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The Other Side of the Sands of Time

from Return of the Black Flamingo Band by Bud Bronson & The Good Timers

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LAST CALL, THEY’RE TURNING ON THE HOUSE LIGHTS. BUT NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE. EXILED INTO THE ENDLESS NIGHT TIME. A WORLD TOO DARK TO SEE. SPRAWLED OUT ON THE BEACH WE’LL GAZE AT STARS A MILLION MILES AWAY, SLOWLY SUFFERING THE SMALLNESS OF OUR FATES. BUT WE COULD HIT THE HIGHWAY, HEAD WEST WITH THE RISING SUN. FIND SOME BETTER PLACE TO BE EVERYTHING WE WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BECOME. WE’LL RIP THE ROAD TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF AND SPARKS TURN INTO SMOKE. SHED OUR SMOLDERING SKIN, FINALLY EXPOSED.

NOT EVERY PROMISE MADE DELIVERS US INTO THE PROMISED LAND. SHRED THROUGH YOUR SEA OF SALTY TEARS WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. IF THIS IS ALL THERE IS, I’M DRINKING EVERY DROP UNTIL I’M DEAD. SERVING LIFE IN PARADISE WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND.

TO HELL WITH EVERY FEAR THAT HELD US BACK FROM DREAMS WE NEVER LIVED. SHRED ‘EM INTO OBLIVION WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND. AND FOR ALL THE HOPES WE CLING TO IN OUR BLEEDING TORN UP HANDS, LET ‘EM TAKE FLIGHT ON THE WINGS OF THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND.

DON’T SINK INTO THE SEA OF ALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. FLOAT FOREVER AS THE SETTING SUN DESCENDS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHO WILL EVEN CARE? WE’LL SEE YOU THERE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SANDS OF TIME, WE’LL SEE YOU THERE.

AIR THICK WITH SALT WHEN WE INHALE
FROM THE BAR THE BAND PLAYS SONGS WE FIRST HEARD LONG AGO
THEIR GHOSTLY ECHOES WHISPER WHAT REMAINS OF DREAMS WE USED TO KNOW

THEY’LL FADE INTO THE BLACK WITH THE BLACK FLAMINGO BAND

IF WE LET THIS MOMENT LAST A LIFETIME
HOW MANY LIVES WILL PASS US BY?

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from Return of the Black Flamingo Band, released March 22, 2023
BBGT: Music + Lyrics
Murry Mercier: Keys + Intergalactic Space Station Synths

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