There's trouble on
the streets 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
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