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Tales of a Turtle
Lyrics by M. Lacombe and A. Blakney

Welcome all please have a seat, the chairs they’re tied together
And until you’re called stay off your feet or you’ll find them both severed
We lead you here, you followed with fear but you couldn’t care less to be bothered
The tales you hear are often revered and give good cause to the author

We need hunters and farmers and those that breed scapegoats to keep ourselves clean
We need workers, barristers and those without to build and maintain this machine
We need paper bills, more reasons to kill and division of class
We need conspiracies and secret agencies, it’s convoluted you say? Well that’s the best part

Lets all sing together while we work to remember what made us forget in the first place
The tales they entice and they’re there to remind us that everything fine but we are not safe

These walls you see pay them no mind just take a number and get in line
One more leap of faith, simply close your eyes, you must trust us, everything’s fine
We are the ones in control don’t forget just pay attention to the tales
These fine stories to induce conformity now have a seat, the chairs they’re tied together

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from .​.​.​and they call it Whiskeybillie, released January 28, 2012

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The Steady Swagger Montréal, Québec

As soon as they get going, so does their hungry public. For the past six years The Steady Swagger have been crafting their unique style of folk storytelling grounded by a solid rock & roll foundation. They play a deft mélange of high octane theatrical folk music punctuated by surf rock, jazz, pirate shanties and gritty blues. ... more

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