HOUR GLASS from SLOW TRAUMA by Bill Mallonee (March/2016)

Hour Glass (Only So Many Grains of Sand)
words & music: bill mallonee

Well, the heroes always died with just the right words on their tongues
In the arms of the most beautiful woman you ever laid your eyes on
He'd kiss her tenderly and then he'd breathed his last
Only so many grains of sand in the hour glass

They went down guns a-blazing; they went down with a prayer on their lips
They went down with swords a-flailing; they went down with sinking ships
Went down with flags a-waving, after the die was cast
Only so many grains of sand.....in the hour glass

Now the woman? She would rise after the hero's bitter end.
She'd gaze off in the distance and here is where the strings come in
Maybe one day every flag is gonna have to fly at have mast
Only so many grains of sand.....in the hour glass

• Americana
• Country-Alt
• Folk-Rock
• Indie-Folk
• Rock
• United States