Smuggler's Blues Lyrics - The Allnighter - Glenn Frey

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 

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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 

Ev'ry 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 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 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