Smuggler S Blues lyrics

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

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 Columbia and Peru,
You ask any DEA 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