Shanghaid in Shanghi

<br>Standing on a corner in downtown l.a.<br><br>Waiting for the man to come along<br><br>She comes up to me and says &quot; too bad, too sad&quot;<br><br>You know that hes been dead and gone.<br><br><br><br>L.a. lady, kinda shady<br><br>She picked him up and took him home<br><br><br><br>I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy<br><br>And I knew that it had been blown<br><br><br><br>Early in the morning sitting in a hotel<br><br>Moscows looking fine through the wine<br><br>Spaced out I crashed out<br><br>When the k.g.b. came on the line.<br><br><br><br>Its a cold one, bein sent down<br><br>Its gotta be fifty below<br><br><br><br>Mama heres a postcard to let you know<br><br>Im in a saltmine and looking for coal<br><br><br><br>Shanghaid in shanghai<br><br>Stood on in tuscon<br><br>Ripped off and kicked right out the bed<br><br><br><br>Flyin across the desert from texas to tuscon<br><br>But were headed for a southern star<br><br>The captain says its fine in havana<br><br>This dude behind me needs a cigar.<br><br><br><br>Hes a big one, hes got a big gun<br><br>I guess we better go along<br><br><br><br>Mister weve got a gig in arizona<br><br>Second billing to the rolling stones<br><br><br><br>Shanghaid in shanghai<br><br>Stood on in tuscon<br><br>Ripped off and kicked right out the bed<br><br>Shanghaid in shanghai<br><br>Laid low in frisco<br><br>Done in and left behind for dead<br><br><br><br><br><br>(copyright 1974 mountain/carlin music)