DETECTIVE


where did you go last night?
i called at half past seven
you didn’t answer then
or when i tried again at ten

you always had a busy line
went straight to voicemail every time
i was going out of my mind
and you never thought to call

you've turned me into a detective
inventing crimes inventing situations
you say the crime is being a detective
but you encourage my imagination

so you went out with your girlfriends
well i bumped into clare
she’d not seen you for ages
and when she called you were never there

eating away inside of me
suspicion and jealousy since
you've turned me into a detective
inventing crimes inventing situations
you say the crime is being a detective
still i continue my investigations

i'm always looking out for alibis
where were you at any given time
a hair on your pillow i don't recognise
these little clues add up to a crime

you've turned me into a detective
inventing crimes inventing situations
you say the crime is being a detective
but you encourage my imagination

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© david schweitzer 2003