Song Description

Sam Spade murder mystery

Lyrics

THE COLD STEEL DOOR SLAMMED AND LOCKED BEHIND HER
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WAS ABOUT TO DO LIFE...

IT WAS RAINING WHEN I RAISED MY HEAD FROM MY DESK
AND OPENED MY EYES
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'D BEEN OUT BUT I WAS THANKFUL
FOR THE FEW SHOTS OF BOURBON LEFT IN THE BOTTLE
IT WAS SUNDAY... I COULD TELL BECAUSE MY SECRETARY CHARLOTTE WASN'T THERE, OR, HAD I LET HER GO ON FRIDAY
HAVING NO CLIENTS CAN DO THAT FOR YOU

I WAS CONTEMPLATING GETTING WORRIED
WHEN THE SCENT OF EXPENSIVE PERFUME
SWEPT UNDER THE DOOR IN ADVANCE OF THE INEVITABLE KNOCK
I MUST HAVE MUMBLED SOMETHING
BECAUSE SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND WALKED IN

THE MINK WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK
LOOKED COMFORTABLE AND CONTENT
SHE LOOKED AROUND AND FROWNED
AS IF SHE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT SHE SAW
I OFFERED HER A CHAIR ANYWAY
AND ASKED HER WHAT I COULD DO FOR HER

WHEN SHE SPOKE I FELT LIKE I WAS BECOMING INTOXICATED AGAIN
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER RIGHT THEN
AND SHOWN HER THE DOOR
BUT I HAD SORT OF BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO EATING
SO I LISTENED TO HER STORY

SHE TOLD ME HER HUSBAND HAD RUN OFF WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
I DON'T NORMALLY TAKE MARITAL CASES
BUT I DECIDED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION SINCE, AS I SAID,
I HAD CULTIVATED A NUMBER OF BAD HABITS

LOVE AND MURDER JUST DON'T MIX

THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HER FACE
MAYBE THE LITTLE WRINKLES AROUND HER EYES
WHEN SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE HER CASE
OR THE WAY HER LIPS PARTED AS SHE WAITED FOR MY ANSWER



I SUGGESTED WE GO TO JACK'S GRILL FOR A STEAK
AND A FEW DRINKS, AND NOT IN THAT ORDER
I NEEDED INFORMATION TO FIND HER HUSBAND
AND I WANTED TO ASK HER WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO
WHEN I FOUND HIM...I HOPED I KNEW THE ANSWER
SHE ACQUIESCED AND I LED HER DOWN TO THE STREET AND JACK'S

EYEBROWS RAISED WHEN WE WALKED IN
NO ONE THERE HAD EVER SEEN SUCH ELEGANCE ON MY ARM
ME WITH HER WAS A PICTURE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
NO ONE CAN ESCAPE DESTINY AND THE TRUTH
LOVE AND MURDER JUST DON'T MIX
LOVE AND MURDER JUST DON'T MIX

I'M SURE YOU'VE FIGURED OUT BY NOW
THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY I'D HOPED
YEAH, I FOUND THE HUSBAND AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
IN HER APARTMENT...
SHE WAS LYING FACE DOWN WITH A 38 IN HER HAND
RIGHT NEXT TO HIS CORPSE
ALL NEATLY PACKAGED AS A MURDER SUICIDE
IT LOOKED PERFECTLY OBVIOUS
BUT FOR THE UNMISTAKABLE SCENT OF
VERY EXPENSIVE PERFUME...MINGLED WITH GUNPOWDER

HER LAWYER TOLD HER THAT WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR
SHE'D BE OUT IN 20 YEARS AND I PROMISED TO WAIT
BUT NOTHING WE SAID COULD CONSOLE HER
I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO CHARLOTTE
WHEN SHE TOLD ME NOT TO TRUST HER
BUT AS USUAL, I WOULDN'T LISTEN

LOVE AND MURDER JUST DON'T MIX