Private Investigations (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London/1983)

Private Investigations

Ar: Dire Straits

Al: Love Over God

By: Sam Floyd

Its a mystery to me

The game commences

For the usual fee

Plus expenses

Confidential information

Its in a diary

This is my investigation

Its not a public inquiry

I go checking out the report

Digging up the dirt

You get to meet all sorts

In the line of work

Treachery and treason

Theres always an excuse for it

And when I find the reason

I still cant get used to it

And what have you got at the end of the day

What have you got to take away

A bottle of whisky and a new set of lies

Blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes

Scarred for life

No compensation