GUMSHOE

It's a hard night

It's a soft sell

I'm a gumshoe

I could do well

It's a thick fog

It's a sore sight

It's a new friend

It's an old fight, that's right

(Tell me a lie)

Tricks of the painter

(Tell me a lie)

In this age of signs

(Tell me a lie)

See the shape of a saviour

(Tell me a lie)

In shade and light

(Tell me a lie)

There's a voice from the heather

(Tell me a lie)

And birds on the wire

(Tell me a lie)

A sudden drop in pressure

(Tell me a lie)

So I brace, unquestioning

I made a promise, but

I couldn't keep it

I hate the product

But I can't resist the feeling

The way is honest, but

It's hard to see it

I know I'm lost

I gotta bleed to reveal it

And all those vanished ideals

And those varnished floors

Did I make them up

Or should I ask for more

And it's a sacred bull

That I climb inside

But it's hard to see

Until I close my eyes

(Tell me a lie)

There's a voice from the heather

(Tell me a lie)

And birds on the wire

(Tell me a lie)

A sudden drop in pressure

(Tell me a lie)

So I brace, unquestioning

I made a promise, but

I couldn't keep it

I hate the product

But I can't resist the feeling

The way is honest, but

It's hard to see it

I know I'm lost

I gotta bleed to reveal it