Smuggler's Blues

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
 And someone had to lose, it's the nature of the business
 It's the smuggler's blues
 Smuggler's blues
 The sailors and pilots, the soldiers and the law
 The pay-offs and the rip-offs and the things nobody saw
 No matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash
 You've got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash
 There's lots of shady characters, lots of dirty deals
 Every name's an alias in case somebody squeals
 It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal
 Perhaps you'd understand it better
 Standin' in my shoes, it's the ultimate enticement
 It's the smuggler's blues
 Smuggler's blues
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 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, sell it in L.A.
 They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay
 It's propping up the governments in Colombia and Peru
 You ask any D.E.A. man, he'll say, "There's nothin' we can do"
 From the office of the president
 Right down to me and you, me and you
 It's a losing proposition but one you can't refuse
 It's the politics of contraband
 It's the smuggler's blues
 Smuggler's blues