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Make Haste to the Smugglery

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

When the curtain drops and the lights go dim
We’ll sweep the day under the streets
The cloak room hangers clack like dried up bones
The last coat check is in

Songbirds are packed into the steamer trunks
Night owls let loose from the hat box
Hounds roam the grounds with their nose in the air
And the gate is latched and locked

You gotta make haste to the Smugglery
Find that sway in the bottom of a glass
Make haste to the Smugglery
Drain it all down ‘fore the sun breaks

There’s a velvet shroud o’er the tops of the homes
All the fires have gone out
The moon’s on the rise with a sparkle in its eyes
The foreman starts another shift

The wind kicks around all the boats at the dock
And rattles down the alley way to boot
Street lights flare shadows crawling everywhere
Better find your way, better push off the ground

You gotta make haste to the Smugglery
Find that sway in the bottom of a glass
Make haste to the Smugglery
Drain it all down ‘fore the sun breaks

With the soot and grime washed down the drain
And the bones have been picked clean
The ne’er-do-wells cast out on the swells
The sea’s a friend to me

It’s the night’s last stroll through the sleeping streets
The chairs have all been stacked
The sun will soon return and you’ll start to feel the burn
Better line them all up, better make ‘em all fall

Make haste to the Smugglery
Find that sway in the bottom of a glass
Make haste to the Smugglery
Drain it all down ‘fore the sun breaks down.

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