There's trouble on 3A streets tonight
Got the FBI on the phone
I had a premonition
The player should've stayed at home
The transcrips that were loaded
Were like those of U of Chapel Hill
Everything exploded
And the lies began to spill
Man said baby, here's your ticket
Put the suitcase in your hand
Here's a little mo' money now
Go to Charlotte Magnet like we planned
Be cool in'a trailer for twenty hours
Yo mama paid me twenty grand
Aint' sorry it went down like this
Everyone but me had to lose
It's the nature of sports business
It's high school smuggler blues
Smuggler's Blues
The coaches and principals
Now someone called the law
The pay offs and the rip offs
The little girls nobody saw
No matter if it's fball, bball, all cash
You've got to carry kids around
'Cause they families got some cash
There's lots of shady characters
Lots of dirty deals
Every name's an alias
In case somebody squeals
It's the lure of that last victory
It's got a very strong appeal
Perhaps you'd understand it better
Wearin' state champion shoes
It's the ultimate enticement
It's high school smuggler blues
Smuggler blues
Oh
See it in the Times headlines
Alamance News on Thursday
They say they're gonna stop it
But it doesn't go away
They move them through Meb-i-ami, sellen em to play
They hide em' up in trailer parks
Told em' mansions soon to stay
It props up greedy seedy teams whose losses are just a few
You ask any booster crowin rooster man
He'll say "there's nothin' we can do"
From the office of the Superintendent
Right down to me and you, me and you
It's a losing proposition
Usin' teens as refuse'
It's the politics of championship
It's high school smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues
Hmm, hmm
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Ya
(Somehow an Eagles song just fits)