Shanghai`d In Shanghai


Standing on a corner in downtown l. a.
Waiting for the man to come along
She comes up to me and says “too bad, too sad”
You know that he`s been dead and gone.

L. a. lady, kinda shady
She picked him up and took him home

I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy
And i knew that it had been blown

Early in the morning sitting in a hotel
Moscow`s looking fine through the wine
Spaced out i crashed out
When the k. g. b. came on the line.

It`s a cold one, bein` sent down
It`s gotta be fifty below

Mama here`s a postcard to let you know
I`m in a saltmine and looking for coal

Shanghai`d in shanghai
Stood on in tuscon
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

Flyin` across the desert from texas to tuscon
But we`re headed for a southern star
The captain says it`s fine in havana
This dude behind me needs a cigar.

He`s a big one, he`s got a big gun
I guess we better go along

Mister we`ve got a gig in arizona
Second billing to the rolling stones

Shanghai`d in shanghai
Stood on in tuscon
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed
Shanghai`d in shanghai
Laid low in `frisco
Done in and left behind for dead