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 whores 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.