Name: Prime Time
Duration: P00H02M21S
Description: “Prime Time” is one of Pete’s. Nature boy that he is, he got to thinking about cicadas, particularly the varieties that live underground for 13 or 17 years. Prime numbers. Of course it seems obvious that this is a metaphor for any creative life cycle that takes a long time to develop and results in a glorious flowering of song. As the chorus goes, “you can’t help but sing with me.”

Prime Time

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“Prime Time” is one of Pete’s. Nature boy that he is, he got to thinking about cicadas, particularly the varieties that live underground for 13 or 17 years. Prime numbers. Of course it seems obvious that this is a metaphor for any creative life cycle that takes a long time to develop and results in a glorious flowering of song. As the chorus goes, “you can’t help but sing with me.”

lyrics

It’s prime time
Seven’s fine
Eleven’s more refined
Thirteen’s rad
Seventeen is great and nineteen’s grand

Leaving childish things
Waiting on the wings

They come to hurt me
I don’t give up easily

I’ll sing the summer
I’ll sing you free
Wearing my brightest colours
You can’t help but sing with me

Time to climb
Leave the ground
And leave the dark behind
Chase the light
Dazzle them with sound and sight

Leaving childish things
We’re waiting on the wings

They come to catch and hurt me
Try to convert me
But I don’t give up easily

I’ll sing the summer
I’ll sing you free
Wearing my brightest colours
You can’t help but sing with me

I’ll sing the summer
I’ll sing you free
Wearing my brightest colours
You can’t help but sing with me

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released November 17, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Pete Marley
Produced and arranged by The X-Flies

Jess Ciampa - Drums
John Encarnacao - Guitars, Bass Guitar, Vocals
Pete Marley - Vocals, Guitars, Tamborine
James Greening - Trombone
Brendan Smyly - Saxophone
Kendal Cuneo - Trumpet

Recorded at Sugarplum Studios, Sydney by Richard Ball
and The Peppermint Lounge, Sydney by Pete Marley

Mixed and Mastered by Pete Marley

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