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Doublecross Lyrics by Jay Leonhart

Salamander Pie

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Please don't pull the trigger, please don't shoot me dead
I will be no use to you with a bullet in my head
Please don't pull the trigger, and I'll tell you all I know
The money's down in Mexico
Down in Mexico
Down in Mexico

I was in Helsinki when you first met with Svetlana
I was in Nairobi when the fools they called you Bwana
I was in Rio on the day that you got shot
I watched the bullets dancing off your yacht
I was in Bermuda when you sailed out to the reef
I shot the boat full of the men so hell-bent on your grief
But now the hangman has his evil eyes on you
He knows about the party in Peru

Change the color of your eyes
Pack up all your lies
Put on your disguise and get the hell out of here
I say in your behalf
They've got your polygraph
They know about your laugh, so get the hell out of here
Out of here

Please don't pull the trigger, please don't shoot me dead
I will be no use to you with a bullet in my head
Please don't pull the trigger, and I'll tell you all I know
I gave the blueprints to an Eskimo
To an Eskimo
To an Eskimo

I was in New York riding in your limousine
Doing all your dirty work so quiet and unseen
You go to Harlem and you do the dumbest things
You shoot the man who wears those diamond rings
Hudson River barges full of diamonds, full of lies
Hudson River barges full of vermin, full of flies
So I negotiate and somehow you escape
Before they squash you like a grape

Change the color of your eyes
Pack up all your lies
Put on your disguise and get the hell out of here
Carlos has a plan
He's a very evil man
Like they say in Steely Dan, you better get out of here
Out of here

Please don't pull the trigger, please don't shoot me dead
Please don't move a muscle now and please don't turn your head
'Cause in the corner with his sights set right between your eyes
Sits Carlos in disguise
Carlos in disguise
See his evil look, see his dirty stare
Fall down on your knees and beg, he doesn't really care
I'm sorry for the double cross, but money talks you know
And now I must be off to Mexico
Then to a rendezvous in Tokyo
And by the way Svetlana says hello
Svetlana says hello
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Jay Leonhart

Jay Leonhart

About “Doublecross” by Jay Leonhart

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"Doublecross" appears on "Salamander Pie".

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