Smuggler’s Blues lyrics

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, someone had to lose
It's the nature of the business, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues

The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs 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 gotta very strong appeal

Perhaps you'd understand it better standing 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 nothing 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

Mmm
Mmm-hmm
Mmm-hmm
Whoa-oh, whoa-ohh
Oh-ooh, whoa-oh-oh
Yow!
Yow!