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