Tono: C
Introducción:
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There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones,
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I had a premonition that I should not go alone,
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I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill,
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everything exploded and the blood began to spill.
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So baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand,
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Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned,
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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, someone had to lose,
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It's the nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues.
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The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law,
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the pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw,
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No matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash,
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You've got to carry weapons 'cause you allways carry cash.
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There's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals,
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every name's an alias in case somebody squeels,
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it's the allure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal.
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Perhaps you'd understand it better, standing in my shoes,
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It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues.
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You see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday,
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They say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away,
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They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A.
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They hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay.
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Departments of the govenment in Columbia and Peru,
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You ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do,
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From the office of the President right down to me and you, me and you.
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Well it's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse,
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It's the politics of contraban, it's the smugglers blues.
Any questions, comments, or complaints, feel free
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