Walking Backwards in Flip Flops

from Go by Sugar Still

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I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Watching the sun drop, drinking gin
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Listening to hip-hop, smiling again

It’s a long beach, full of footprints and dirty shells washed away
My summer feet are broken in kicking your ass out into the street
The sand’s so nice once you get past the flies
And they nip at your ankles and thighs
I’ve got stale cocaine and I’ve still got my name
And a town full of people to meet

I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Watching the sun drop, drinking gin
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Listening to hip-hop, smiling again

Out on the pier, can’t see the other side, waiting on the next hurricane
Standing and dancing and way too high, waiting for someone to crash down on me
The sand’s so nice once you get past the flies
And they nip at your ankles and thighs
Down on my knees with six Long Island Iced Teas
And we all know nothin’s for free

I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Watching the sun drop, drinking gin
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Listening to hip-hop, smiling again

Life was much simpler when the earth was flat

I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Watching the sun drop, drinking gin
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Listening to hip-hop, smiling again
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Watching the sun drop, drinking gin
I’m walking backwards in flip-flops
Listening to hip-hop, smiling again

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from Go, released March 1, 2017
Music and Lyrics by Sarah Blick and Charlie Cheney © 2017 Additional music and lyrics by Barb Hale, Dan Stoffels, Barrett Tasky

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