When Hall and Oates took this cloak-and-dagger passion play to the top of the charts, they had everyone clapping along with them. Daryl Hall says: "That’s a real Janna Allen song. Janna, and I, and Warren Pash wrote that. Warren and Janna wrote most of the song, and I took it and changed it around – changed the chords. Sandy and I wrote the lyrics. It’s a real family song, the Allen sisters and me." The song is rumored to be inspired by Stevie Wonder, who used to joke with Hall that he was not blind; but had "private eyes". Allen thought it would make a good song. Hall thought it was a throwaway joke; but when Wonder and executives heard it, they insisted it would be a hit. It turned out to be the title track of their new album and the leadoff single. The music video was their first to include the entire band with guitarist G. E. Smith, bassist "T-Bone" Wolk, drummer Mickey Curry, and saxophonist and keyboardist Charles DeChant. They were all dressed as detectives in long trench coats and trilbys.
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I see you, you see me
watch you blowin' the lines when you're making a scene
Oh girl, you've got to know
what my head overlooks
the senses will show to my heart
when it's watching for lies
you can't escape my
Private Eyes
they're watching you
they see your every move
Private Eyes
they're watching you
Private Eyes
they're watching you, watching you, watching you, watching you
You play with words you play with love
you can twist it around baby that ain't enough
cause girl I'm gonna know
if you're letting me in or letting me go
don't lie when you're hurting inside
'cause you can't escape my
Private Eyes
they're watching you
they see your every move
Private Eyes
they're watching you
Private Eyes
they're watching you, watching you, watching you, watching you
Why you try to put up a front for me
I'm a spy but on your side you see
Slip on, into any disguise
I'll still know you
look into my Private Eyes
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