Spy Songtext

von Jerry Joseph

Kruezberg.berlin.late.1990s

I was falling in love with berlin…and out of an important relationship.

I was hanging with my friend danny dzuik, who produced this song for a record called öl or oil in english…it was only released in germany.

I was trying to write a creepy love song à la sting's every breath you take…and as far as my love songs go…i felt like i ‘got it'…at least the creepy part.

I wish I could be a spy
Spend all my days
Looking in through your window

I blend into the night
Making sure that you're safe
From here in the shadows

I'd be closer to you
Then I'll ever be now
No matter how I have been fooling myself
I was time for goodbyes

I wish I could be a spy
Spend all my days
Looking over your shoulder

Espionage is a crime
But it's worth doing time
Just to watch you grow older

I run my hands through your things
For the memories they bring
Pretending that I am of soundness of mind
And you will come back, in time

I wish I could be a spy
Spend all my days
Reading through all your letters

I'm sure he's treating you fine
Doing all of the things
That I can do, but better

So I go into your files and
I rewrite the parts
Where I left you to cry

I'll be back in your heart
Where everything's fine

I wish I could be a spy