Watching The Detectives — текст песни (Elvis Costello)

Nice girls, not one with a defect,

Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct.

Red dogs under illegal legs.

She looks so good that he gets down and begs.



Chorus:

She is watching the detectives.

Ooh, he`s so cute!

She is watching the detectives

When they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.

They beat him up until the teardrops start,

But he can`t be wounded `cause he`s got no heart.



Long shot at that jumping sign,

Invisible shivers running down my spine.

Cut to baby taking off her clothes.

Close-up of the sign that says, We never close

He snatch at you and you match his cigarette, ?????

She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.

I don`t know how much more of this I can take.

She`s filing her nails while they`re dragging the lake.



-chorus-



You think you`re alone until you realize you`re in it.

Now fear is here to stay. Love is here for a visit.

They call it instant justice when it`s past the legal limit.

Someone`s scratching at the window. I wonder who is it?

The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents

Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter`s disappearance.

Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay,

It only took my little fingers to blow you away.



Just like watching the detectives.

Don`t get cute!

It`s just like watching the detectives.

I get so angry when the teardrops start,

But he can`t be wounded `cause he`s got no hearts.



Watching the detectives.

It`s just like watching the detectives.

Watching the detectives. (repeat and fade)