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There's trouble on the streets tonight, |
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I can feel it in my bones. |
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I had a premonition, |
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That he should not go alone. |
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I knew the gun was loaded, |
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But I didn't think he'd kill. |
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Everything exploded, |
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And the blood began to spill. |
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So baby, here's your ticket, |
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Put the suitcase in your hand. |
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Here's a little money now, |
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Do it just the way we planned. |
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You be cool for twenty hours |
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And I'll pay you twenty grand. |
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I'm sorry it went down like this, |
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And someone had to lose, |
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It's the nature of the business, |
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It's the smuggler's blues. |
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Smuggler's |
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Blues The sailors and pilots, |
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The soldiers and the law, |
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The pay offs and the rip offs, |
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And the things nobody saw. |
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No matter if it's heroin, cocaine, or hash, |
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You've got to carry weapons |
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Cause you always carry cash. |
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There's lots of shady characters, |
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Lots of dirty deals. |
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Ev'ry name's an alias |
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In case somebody squeals. |
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It's the lure of easy money, |
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It's gotta very strong appeal. |
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Perhaps you'd understand it better |
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Standin' in my shoes, |
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It's the ultimate enticement, |
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It's the smuggler's blues, |
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Smuggler's blues. |
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See it in the headlines, |
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You hear it ev'ry day. |
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They say they're gonna stop it, |
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But it doesn't go away. |
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They move it through |
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Miami, sell it in |
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L.A., They hide it up in |
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Telluride, |
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I mean it's here to stay. |
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It's propping up the governments in |
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Colombia and |
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Peru, You ask any |
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D.E.A. man, |
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He'll say |
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There's nothin' we can do, |
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From the office of the |
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President, |
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Right down to me and you, me and you. |
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It's a losing proposition, |
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But one you can't refuse. |
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It's the politics of contraband, |
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It's the smuggler's blues, |
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Smuggler's blues. |