Shanghai'd In Shanghai
Nazareth
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 my line. It’s a cold one being sent down it’s gotta be fifty be(low). 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 Tucson. ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed. Flyin’ ’cross the desert from Texas to Tucson but we’re headed for the 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 a(long). Mister we got a gig in Arizona second billing to the Rolling Stones. Shanghai’d in Shanghai stood on in Tucson. ripped off and kicked right out the b......ed. Shanghai’d in Shanghai laid low in ’Frisco done in and left behind for d....ead. ..... Shanghai’d in Shanghai Shanghai’d in Shanghai....