Jim Morris - The Unidentified Man lyrics

Lightning cracks the western sky; a storm is fast approaching The surf churns white with rollers crashing on the shore A noise above the rumble and a seaplane makes a landing Every night's a big adventure; it's just a job and nothing more He's had a hundred thousand beers or more to forget some girl named Alice And a thousand sleepless nights reliving the horrors of the war A scheme to make a fortune got him thrown out of Jamaica Spent last night with a stranger; woke up naked on the floor CHORUS: You might see him for a moment in the darkness where he stands A figure hiding, just a shadow leaving footprints in the sand A face forgotten, he disappears The unidentified man He's had it with the girls who don't meet you at the station And the partners who befriend you then take the goods and run Dogs who jump their fences and those who*es who can't be trusted Every tragic ending is a story just begun REPEAT CHORUS Some day he'll be the body washed ashore in Puerto Rico Or the man found in the wreckage of the plane that crashed and burned In a bar in north Miami his buddies will toast their fallen comrade Savoring their whiskey and waiting for their turn He's had a hundred thousand beers or more to forget some girl named Alice And a thousand sleepless nights with the horrors of the war Survivors of this madness live like royalty down on South Beach Every night's a big adventure; it's just a job and nothing more