The Secretive Life

Lyrics

[Verse 1] A crack in the door A slit in the blinds A hole in the fence So easy to find [Chorus] People doing people things Whatever that might be They go on about their business Too wrapped up to see In the shadows my unblinking eye I love the secretive life [Verse 2] I hide in the park Behind the bushes See runners and skaters And a half naked man Showing off his tattoos And there's old Mr. Gray In his bad toupee With some dumb girl about half his age [Chorus] People doing (Definitely not his wife) people things Are calling out to me They're so funny I could almost cry I love the secretive life [Verse 3] There's Johnny's dad On his third martini And his nose is getting bigger As I watch him through the kitchen window They really oughta close those blinds And under my coat I got a micro-recorder A pad, and a pencil And a picture of you I can't believe you did that I see two love birds walking by With that sick and dreamy look in their eye And there's a big fat cop With a Magnum mustache Trying so hard to look mean [Chorus] People doing (Bet he doesn't see that man across the street) People things (Stealing a bicycle) Whatever that may be They may look in my direction But they never see In the shadows my unblinking eye I love the secretive life [Outro] You know what'll happen if you're mean to me I'll write it all down for everyone to see And I'll put it in a song and I won't change your name I got no shame