Dire Straits - Private Investigations (Alchemy Live)

Official Live Video for Private Investigations. Taken from Dire Straits – Alchemy: Dire Straits Live. Captured at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, July 1983. Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992’ is out now (UK/ROW). Out January 19th, 2024. (US). Order now: -- Listen to more music from Dire Straits here: Follow Dire Straits: TikTok: @direstraits Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Website & Newsletter: -- Lyrics: It’s a mystery to me – the game commences for the usual fee – plus expenses confidential information – it’s in a diary this is my investigation – it’s not a public inquiry I go checking out the reports – digging up the dirt you get to meet all sorts in this line of work treachery and treason – there’s always an excuse for it and when I find the reason I still can’t get used to it And what have you got at the end of the day? what have you got to take away? a bottle of whiskey and a new set of lies blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes Scarred for life – no compensation private investigations