Camouflage Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

The room was dark, it looked like someone had to get out fast 

A window open by the fire escape 

How long have you been following this guy, the bellboy asked 

Not long enough, 'cause we got here too late 

And everybody wants another piece of the pie today, he said 

You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean 

Chorus: 

It's the big heat, there's someone followin' you 

It's the big heat, step aside, we're comin' through 

Well, we followed him from Tuscon, ended up in Baton Rouge 

We trailed him with information by 

A woman he knew in Barstow that would like to see him dead 

That was four weeks agowell, maybe five 

And everybody wants another piece of the pie today," she said 

You gotta watch the ones who always keep their hands clean. 

Chorus (repeat twice) 

A block away he wondered if he'd left behind a clue 

The front page of the paper dated 19921 

He remembered when he used to be the chairman of the board 

But that was when the world was young and long before the war 

And everybody wants another piece of the pie today, he said 

You gotta watch the ones who keep their hands clean 

Chorus (repeat twice)