Song Information
Song Artist(s):Elvis Costello
Song Title:Watching the Detective
Year:1978

Album Information
Album:Dance Time - Hot Stuff - 027
Track:7

Track Classification
Genre:TBD
MusicBrainz Genre:Rock

Audio
20 sec. sample

Lyrics
Original Source:LyricWiki
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

She is watching the detectives
"Oooh it'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 'cos he's got no heart

Long shot of 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'

You snatch a chill, you match a cigarette
She pulls your 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

She is watching the detectives
"Oooh it'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 'cos he's got no heart

You think you're alone until you realise you're in it
Now baby's 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 cos he's got no heart

Watching the detectives
It's just like watching the detectives
(fade)

Track Information
Published Time:3:41
Measured Time:3:41
Traktor Peak dB: 1.061
Traktor Perceived dB: 4.339

Mix Information
Mixmeister BPM:134.6
Traktor BPM: 134.2 (100.0%)
Mixmeister Key:A m

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Song Artist:Elvis Costello
Song Title:Watching The Detectives
First Release Year:1978

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