Private Eyes

Lyrics & music: daryl hall

Some men call half way around the world if they've got a phone game to play
Then again some men call their mom every day
Old boys drink bad beer and throw the cans out in the street
Playboys sit and sip red wine, some drink malt whiskey neat
So if you can, you talk about some men
If you can, you can talk about some men
Baby if you can, you can talk about some men
If you can, you can talk about some men
Colonels collect animal heads and hang their guns up on the wall
Corn balls watch television then pull a gun out in the hall
Crew-cut rainbows hang on streets hoping they'll find a friend
Odd balls running fast enough hope that they won't find their end
So if you can, you can talk about some men
Baby if you can, you can talk about some men
Sleep all night work all day
Work all night sleep all day
Drink all night sick all day
Sick all night drink all day
Dream all night if you can
We ain't soldiers so don't generalize
No categories because it takes all kinds
You can sleep all night you can work all day
You can trip all night peak all day
If you can, you can talk about some men

Lyrics: daryl hall, john oates, sara allen
Music: daryl hall

Maybe i speak too soon
Maybe i play too hard
And i listen to major worries in a minor way
You sent your message to me
Made a move that i'd understand
When you moved from a ticket in line
To a room in l.a.
There was a time spit second i could have said please
Fool around and my guard was down by a few degrees
An unguarded minute has an accident in it.
I guess i should have tried a little bit
Yeah, i could have changed
I could be anything that ya want
But it wouldn't be me
Do anything that you say
Use any thought to armor the way
So do you love them man that i am,
Or what you want me to be
I wanna hold you now but i can let you go
So anytime you can do better just let me know
An unguarded minute has an accident in it
I wanna hold you tight.

Lyrics & music: daryl hall, sara allen, janna allen

When you find yourself alone
And when going out is coming home
You rely on "the kid" `cause there's nobody waiting around
If you're not an easy mark
It's a shot in the dark that hits the heart
I know when it's coming
(i thought so anyway)
Some things stay the some and some are due for change
I thought i had them all nailed down
But you turned `em around
You did you did it you did it you did it in a minute
It didn't take long

Well i still can't say i know
When a love is real or touch and go
And if two can be one, who is the one two becomes
Am i quick enough to see
When i'm ready and it's right for me
Say that i want it (i think so anyway)
Everybody always laughs at love
But what they want is to be proven wrong
Then you came along and i did it

Lyrics: daryl hall, sara allen
Music: daryl hall

When i look in your eyes i can see there's more than passion there
Something ugly and lovely is tuning in just behind your stare
Yeah, i've seen it before and i think that i'd know it anywhere
So tell me girl what you want
I know you know

Grin and bare it, no no i like what you're wearing
You gotta leave it on all night
As above so below so they say so can we do the magick [sic] right
Kiss and tell, when i know you so well there's no need to be polite
That's right
So tell me girl what you want
I know you know

Take a position `cause you know i'm gonna listen to you
Tell me
Ain't no conditions, no there isn't baby ya don't have to sell me
`cause i love you and i want you tonight
So tell me girl what you want
I know you know.

Lyrics & music: daryl hall

I remember when i used to be the jealous kind
I got over it, now you're taking over my old line

You're caring too much about what i say
You're wondering too much about what i do
And baby, your imagination
Imagination's got the best of you

I ain't doin' nothing that you could really say was wrong
Just one oversight and no that didn't last too long

Listen, you're caring too much about what i say
You're wondering too much about what i do
And baby, your imagination
Imagination's got the best of you

Don't know what you're looking for
What's this thing about "true blue"
You know i ain't no danger boy
You're the one i like to touch, touch you, you
When the mood is right, change the light and the moment's gone
Better turn around, `cause the light doesn't last too long

You're caring too much about what i say
You're wondering too much about what i do
And baby, your imagination
Imagination's got the best of you
Imagination, your imagination
Imagination, use your imagination.

Lyrics & music: daryl hall, warren pash, sara allen, janna allen

I see you, you see me
Watch you blowin' the lines when you're making a scene
Oh girl, you've got to know
What my head overlooks
The senses will show to my heart
When it's watching for lies
You can't escape my
Private eyes
They're watching you
They see your every move
Private eyes
They're watching you
Private eyes
They're watching you watching you watching you watching you

You play with words you play with love
You can twist it around baby that ain't enough
Cause girl i'm gonna know
If you're letting me in or letting me go
Don't lie when you're hurting inside
'cause you can't escape my
Private eyes
They're watching you
They see your every move
Private eyes
They're watching you
Private eyes
They're watching you watching you watching you watching you

Why you try to put up a front for me
I'm a spy but on your side you see
Slip on, into any disguise
I'll still know you
Look into my private eyes