Sandy Springs

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[sand rushes and hisses in a shaker; the beat builds and rides]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the shaker and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Glass towers humming where the Perimeter bends,
a city that grew where the old road ends;
not quite the country, not quite the town,
just sand through the hourglass, sifting down.

[Chorus]
Sandy Springs, Sandy Springs, hiss and shake,
the sand keeps moving for the city's sake;
rush, rush, rush through the glass and the gleam,
a north-side district running like a dream.

[Verse 2]
Sandy by name on the springs and the creeks,
a commuter tide that rises and peaks;
shake it like a maraca, let the rush-hour spill,
Sandy Springs running on a corporate thrill.

[Chorus]
Sandy Springs, Sandy Springs, hiss and shake,
the sand keeps moving for the city's sake;
rush, rush, rush through the glass and the gleam,
a north-side district running like a dream.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the sand-shaker rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]