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Wheelman

Wheelman This run is my swan song After tonight This smuggling is going to stop Every headlight in my rearview mirror Looks like it's a cop All these kilos in back They're weighing heavy on my mind I can't get busted Lord knows I'm too old To do anymore time I sleep with one eye open I keep the other on my gun I'm the only friend I've got And I'm not sure, he's one I can trust What you think is easy money Cost far more than it's worth I'm paid from people's broken dreams It's stained with blood and I'm sure it's cursed Running on borrowed luck and unanswered prayers There's no contracts in this business The only insurance you have Is some criminal's word I've used so many names That I'm not sure mine is authentic or not My alias changes every time a new wheel turns Everyone I meet has to be somebody I forgot The playing field has gotten so crowed Their all fighting for elbow room You can't tell the players even with a program Who's on the take or talking out of school. Don't judge this life of my mine Don't put the blame on me I wouldn't be a wheelman and smuggler If you and you and everyone else didn't have the need

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