Easy Money - REO Speedwagon

South of the border and busted

Caught by a woman I trusted

Now don’t you call me a fool

It could have happened to you

It’s just my luck

It had to happen to me

Sweet Carmelita betrayed me

She said, «Take me home, serenade me.»

I figured a song could do me no wrong

I didn’t know how wrong I could be

Easy money for just one run to Peru

It’ll be so easy.

We’ll have no trouble gettin' through

Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard

He opened up my guitar.

Hello prison yard

Goodbye easy money.

Easy money

The chiquita must have told 'em my story

'Cause when my eyes finally focused next morning

Carmelita had spoken 'bout guitars and some coke

And she laughed as they slapped me in chains

I was thrown in cell with a killer

A convict who coughed through the night

While I laid awake with the chills and shakes

Hoping for a file in a cake

Easy money for just one run to Peru

It’ll be so easy.

We’ll have no trouble gettin' through

Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard

He opened up my guitar.

Hello prison yard

Just to make me mad he smashed my guitar

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Easy money