Smugglers Blues - Glenn Frey

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
Ev'rything 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 bus'ness
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 
Thre's lots of shady characters
Lots of dirty deals
Ev'ry 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 
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 ev'ry 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 
Of Columbia 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