Felt this hunger deep inside me,
And I knew I had to go,
Left my friends and my companions,
Everyone I ever knew
Put the old ways far behind me,
Lost their meaning long ago.
People tell me that I’m crazy —
‘You got a good thing’, here to stay!
Ain’t no point to look for trouble
‘Cos trouble finds you anyway!’
Try to tell them but it’s useless.
I don’t know no other way
Chorus
And I smell trouble,
Trouble round the bend
Said I smell trouble,
Trouble round the bend
Got a devil deep inside
Making sure that it ain’t ever gonna end —
Guess I’ll need you here beside me
‘Cos baby, you’re my only friend.
Got some money in my pocket,
Got my lady by my side —
There’ll be times when I get lonesome
For all the good friends that I had
But the Man says ‘keep on moving’
I got to keep him satisfied.
Chorus
But I smell trouble
Trouble up ahead
I smell trouble