Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello & Metropole Orkest
Elvis Costello
From the My Flame Burns Blue liner notes by Elvis Costello:
First recorded in 1977, this is the oldest original composition in this repertoire. Even though the song was then recorded in a reggae rhythm, there were small references to orchestral film and television music, particularly that of Bernar...
[Verse 1]
Nice girls, not one with a defect
Cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
The red dogs under illegal legs
She looks so good that he gets down and begs
[Chorus]
She is watching the detectives
Oh, he's so cute
She is watching the detectives
Oh 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
When hе's got no heart
[Verse 2]
Long shot at that jumping sign
Invisible shivers running down my spinе
Cut to baby taking off her clothes
Close-up of the sign that says, "We never close"
He snatched 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]
She is watching the detectives
Oh, he's so cute
She is watching the detectives
Oh when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
They beat him up until the teardrops start
But he can't be wounded when he's got no heart
When he's got no heart
[Saxophone, Trumpet and Trombone Solos]
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Just like watching the detectives
Ah, don't get cute
Just like watching the detectives
I get so angry when the teardrops start
But he can't be wounded when he's got no heart
When he's got no heart
Just like watching the detectives
Just like watching the detectives
Just like watching the detectives
Go-go-go-go-go-go!
Watching the Detectives (Live with Metropole Orkest) was written by Elvis Costello.
Watching the Detectives (Live with Metropole Orkest) was produced by Elvis Costello.
Elvis Costello released Watching the Detectives (Live with Metropole Orkest) on Tue Feb 28 2006.