Private Investigations

"And what have I got at the end of the day..."

 

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012

Dire Straits Songs Illustrated

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Private Investigations

Music & lyrics by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler 1982

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It's a mystery to me

The game commences

For the usual fee

Plus expenses

Confidential information

It's in a diary

This is my investigation

It's not a public inquiry

 

I go checking out the report

Digging up the dirt

You get to meet all sorts

In this line of work

Treachery and treason

There's always an excuse for it

And when I find the reason

I still can't 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

Private investigations

Done