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Best Parking Space on the Block

from Aleatorium by The Old Smugglers

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    This long awaited second printing of The Old Smugglers' first full length album, Aleatorium, is here! Recorded in the middle of the woods by the light of a gas burning lamp and heated by the fire of a cast iron stove, Aleatorium is a 17 track masterpiece of undeserved confidence and ill-conceived notions of grandeur. This album features fan favorites such as 'Salad Days', 'You've Got the Shimmys', and 'We All Walk the Plank Alone'.

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lyrics

My windshield may be cracked and dirty
The blades are old and rotten
And you can stick your legs through the rust hole in the floor

Radio’s been busted since 1978
Tires are bald with the belts popping out

Radiator’s leaking like an old man
He’s coughing up blue smoke, and choking on the blue smoke
Brakes are screaming like a banshee through the night

Hold on tight here come some more train tracks
They’ll rattle your cage and they’ll throw you back in your place
Sparks are flying like it’s the Fourth of July

The heater’s busted so wear a hat and coat
And I don’t like the look of all that engine smoke
Well the radio’s been busted since 1978
Tires are bald with the belts popping out

Fly around the corner got to use it to your advantage
Now reel it in tight ‘cause the bumper’s got a bandage
You’re an off track rooster tail filling up the back seat
Cutting down the cul-de-sac burning up the back streets

Frozen tree watcher through the intersection’s main vein
Hood wink blocks up a hill down the passing lane
Looking for a slalom, looking for a drift
Catch it all supped-up hanging on a frozen rut

Radio’s been busted since 1978
Tires are bald with the belts popping out
You gotta kick the door if you wanna get out
I just found the best parking space on the block.

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from Aleatorium, released November 13, 2015
Cap'n Thunder - lyrics, music, vocals, guitar, drums, kazoo, percussion
Mr. December - backing vocals, guitar, bass, percussion

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The Old Smugglers Saint Paul, Minnesota

Scotch and coffee, smelling like smoke and grandpa, truckload of soup cans falling from the sky, Americana shanty sounds of regret and revelation.

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