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. .