Smuggler's Blues
from the Glenn Frey LP "The All-Nighter"

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,
With your suitcase in your hand
Here's a little money,
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,
Someone had to lose,
It's the nature of the business,
It's the smuggler's blues

The sailors and pilots,
The soldiers and the law,
The payoffs and the ripoffs,
And the things nobody saw
Don't matter if it's heroin, cocaine, or hash,
You gotta carry weapons
'Cause you always carry cash
Lots of shady characters,
And 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 can see it in the headlines,
You hear it everyday
They say they're gonna stop it,
But it doesn't go away
They're movin' through Miami and sellin' in LA,
They hide it up in Telluride,
I mean it's here to stay
Proppin' up the governments in Columbia and Peru,
You ask any DA man,
He'll tell you "Nothin' we can do",
>From the office of the President,
Down to me and you, you and me
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