Watching The Detectives - Single Version

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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
 "Ooh, it's so cute"
 She's 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
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 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 and you match a 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
 She is watching the detectives
 "Oh, he's so cute"
 She is watching the detectives
 Oh, and 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
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 You think you're alone until you realize 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
 Just like watching the detectives
 I get so angry when the teardrops start
 But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
 Watching the detectives
 
 It's just like watching the detectives
 Watching the detectives
 Watching the detectives
 Watching the detectives
 We're watching the detectives
 They're watching the detectives
 Watching the detectives
 Watching the detectives
 

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Duration
03:46
Key
9
Tempo
133 BPM

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