Tom was a guy with a bunch of friends

Now he's just left with a bunch of bands

Whose names start with a "the"

And mostly really suck

So he sold out to the businessman

$600 million in his hand

And quickly walked away

Just as it became a flash in the pan

Flash in the pan



And Lou had a thing for the singing kids

He knew his way around the biz

A genius and a crook

Looking for a look

He'd find some guys who knew how to dance

Put microphones in their hands

And the name he gave to them

Might as well have been



Flash in the pan

Flash in the pan

Before you know it

It's come and gone

You find yourself at the end of the song

Yeah it's a big deal

But not for long

It's a flash in the pan

Flash in the pan



They stocked up on guns and spaghettios

Filled the bomb shelters down below

'Cause if the world should end

We're gonna need these cans

But the long hand reached 12 o'clock

The TV showed the apple drop

And we all took a breath

Witnessing the death of a flash in the pan

Flash in the pan



Before you know it

It's come and gone

You find yourself at the end of the song

Yeah it's a big deal

But not for long

It's a flash in the pan

Flash in the pan



Well, hindsight's got some kind of power

Makes years feel like half an hour

And troubles melt away as quickly as they came

And I know times are hard for you and me

But hold on, baby

I think we'll see it's a flash

It's a flash

It's a flash

Then it's gone