Lyrics

VERSE 1
Martini glass in one hand
Half-smoked cigarette
Weathered, unmoving
A flamingo named regret

VERSE 2
Joke you’ll find a pool boy
To live out your dreams
Clipping coupons, endless bingo
Who came up with this scheme? (I did)

CHORUS 1
That’s what they did—they promised you paradise
With the wind in your sail
Here comes another hurricane, another sad refrain
A sunny veil

VERSE 3
Expired sweepstakes, unopened letters
Like a palm tree garden gnome
Faded receipts and feather boas
A moat to your seaside throne

CHORUS 2 (Repeat)

BRIDGE
Ft. Lauderdale (dreams built on sand can’t survive)
Slipping into the ocean
Ft. Lauderdale (how are we even alive?)
Drifting away

CHORUS 3 (Repeat x2)