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There's trouble on the streets tonight,
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I can feel it in my bones.
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I had a premonition,
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That he should not go alone.
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I knew the gun was loaded,
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But I didn't think he'd kill.
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Everything exploded,
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And the blood began to spill.
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So baby, here's your ticket,
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Put the suitcase in your hand.
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Here's a little money now,
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Do it just the way we planned.
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You be cool for twenty hours
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And I'll pay you twenty grand.
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I'm sorry it went down like this,
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And someone had to lose,
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It's the nature of the business,
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It's the smuggler's blues.
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Smuggler's Blues
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The sailors and pilots,
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The soldiers and the law,
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The pay offs and the rip offs,
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And the things nobody saw.
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No matter if it's heroin, cocaine, or hash,
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You've got to carry weapons
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'Cause you always carry cash.
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There's lots of shady characters,
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Lots of dirty deals.
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Ev'ry name's an alias
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In case somebody squeals.
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It's the lure of easy money,
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It's gotta very strong appeal.
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Perhaps you'd understand it better
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Standin' in my shoes,
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It's the ultimate enticement,
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It's the smuggler's blues,
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Smuggler's blues.
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See it in the headlines,
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You hear it ev'ry day.
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They say they're gonna stop it,
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But it doesn't go away.
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They move it through Miami, sell it in L.A.,
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They hide it up in Telluride,
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I mean it's here to stay.
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It's propping up the governments in Columbia and Peru,
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You ask any D.E.A. man,
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He'll say "There's nothin' we can do",
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From the office of the President,
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Right down to me and you, me and you.
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It's a losing proposition,
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But one you can't refuse.
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It's the politics of contraband,
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It's the smuggler's blues,
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Smuggler's blues.
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Smuggler's Blues
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| Glenn Frey |
