The Private Dicks Band - Private Eye

I wipe the dirt from the window pane
I watch the woman walking through the rain
The night is dark but she's wearing shades
She looks as sharp as a razor blade

Stood in the doorway right across the street
Turns up her collar and shuffles her feet
Is that a gun that she's got in her hand
It's time to call it and make my stand

But it's all in the job for a private eye
Watching people who cheat and people who lie
A wife or husband or a guy on the take
Gumshoe for hire at a daily rate

She asks me if I have a cigarette
Lowers the gun it's no longer a threat
She holds the barrel close against her heart
Pulls the trigger it tears her apart

Stood there and waited for the cops to arrive
She still had hold of that smoking forty five
End of the line and another case closed
I watched the blood soaking through her clothes

But it's all in the job for a private eye
Watching people who cheat and people who lie
A wife or husband or a guy on the take
Gumshoe for hire at a daily rate

Written by:
Peter Cooke

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