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We All Walk the Plank Alone

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 you look past the waves
And find nothing but shame
And the wind slaps your pride
To leave you limping and lame
Tied your 120 bass
To your only good limb
And you’re covered in piss
And ready to swim

When your lung’s filled with bilge
And your mouth’s filled with bile
You’ve chopped your guitar
To stoke the dying fire inside
Your thick skull’s cracked open
And you’re bleeding out hope
The yardarm’s inviting
And you’ve plenty of rope

When you’ve sunk your last ship
And you’re smuggled to the floor
When your peg leg is rotten
And she’s left through the door
You’ve got one last bullet
In your rusty old gun
Batten down the hatches
And give up the fun

When your lung’s filled with bilge
And your mouth’s filled with bile
You’ve chopped your guitar
To stoke the dying fire inside
Your thick skull’s cracked open
And you’re bleeding out hope
The yardarm’s inviting
And you’ve plenty of rope
The best advice I received
From a dirty old salt is
"We all walk the plank alone..."

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from Aleatorium, released November 13, 2015
Cap'n Thunder - backing vocals, drums, chains, accordion
Mr. December - music, vocals, guitar, bowed bass, cymbals
The Old Smugglers - lyrics

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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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