DIRE STRAITS lyrics - Private Investigations

It's a mystery to me - the game commences

for the usual fee - plus expenses

confidential information - it's not a public inquiry



I go checking out the reports - 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 windows and a pain behind the eyes



Scarred for life - nocompensation

private investigations