One more favorite, one of the best drug songs ever, Smuggler's Blues:
So baby, here's your ticket, and the suitcase in your hand
Here's a little money, now we'll do it just the way we planned
You be cool for twenty hours, and I'll pay you twenty grand
I'm sorry it went down like this, but someone had to lose
It's the nature of the business, it's the smugglers' blues
The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law
The payoffs and the ripoffs and the things nobody saw
Don't matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash,
You've got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash
There's lots of shady characters and lots of dirty deals
Every name's an alias in case somebody squeals
It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal
Perhaps you'd understand it better standing in my shoes
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues
You see it in the headlines, you hear it every day
They say they're gonna stop it, but it doesn't go away
They move it through Miami and sell it in LA
They hide it up in Telluride, I mean it's here to stay
It's propping up the governments in Columbia and Peru
You ask any D.A., man, they'll say there's nothing we can do
From the office of the president right down to me and you
Me and you
It's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse
It's the politics of contraband, it's the smugglers' blues
The Smuggler's Blues video was a classic, but I can't find a copy online. Here's the 1985 list of MTV video awards though:
Best Video of the Year: Don Henley, "The Boys Of Summer"
Best Male Video: Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire"
Best Female Video: Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It"
Best Concept Video: Glenn Frey, "Smuggler's Blues"
Best Group Video: USA for Africa, "We Are The World"
Best New Artist in a Video: Til Tuesday, "Voices Carry"
Best Special Effects in a Video: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Best Direction in a Video: Don Henley, "The Boys Of Summer"
Video Vanguard Award: David Byrne, Kevin Godley & Lol Creme, Russell Mulcahy
Viewer's Choice Award: USA for Africa, "We Are The World"
We'll see if Live 8 can compete.