You think you're alone 'till you realize you're in it
Now fear is hear to stay, love is here for a visit.
They call it instant justice when it's past the legal limit
Someone's scratchin' at the window, I wonder who is it.
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
Who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance.
It nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
It only took my little finger to blow you away.
-- Elvis Costello. "Watching the Detectives"