Smuggler's Blues
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There's trouble on the street tonight
I can feel it in my bones
I had a premonition that he should not go alone
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill
Everything exploded and the blood began to spill
So baby, here's your ticket, put the suitcase in your hand
Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned
You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand
I'm sorry it went down like this, but someone had to lose
It's the nature of the business, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues
The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law
The payoff and the rip off and the things nobody saw
No matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash
You got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash
There's lots of shady characters, lots of dirty deals
Every day there are layers in case somebody squeals
It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal
Perhaps you'd understand it better standing in my shoes
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues
You see it in the headlines, you hear it every day
They say they're gonna stop it, but it doesn't go away
They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A
They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay
It's warming up the governments in Colombia and Peru
You ask any DEA man, he'll say there's nothing we can do
From the office of the President right down to me and you
Me and you
It's a losing proposition, it's one you can't refuse
It's the politics of contraband, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues