The Unidentified Man

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