Detective - Tellison

If I

Were a Detective

I would be happier

Than I am now

‘Cause I

Would not be expected

To just take this lying down

I’ll do what I can

And my job would be my life

I’ll do what I can

But I could not keep my wife

‘Cause she left some time ago

I really thought my life was homing in on

Some kind of resolution

Some kind of bold, stark solution

A neat Baker Street end

With a Paul Auster bend

Or a plausible lie

That I could tell my friends

Oh I think I could be

The one happy

Detective

‘Cause I would search for everyone else

I’d do what I can

And my job would be my life

I’ll do what I can

But I never get it right

‘Cause she left some time ago

I do what I can

And my job would be my life

I do what I can

But I never get it right

‘Cause she left some time ago

And she’s with a better man

Than me