[Chorus] If I was a boy at sea I would be swinging from a broken tree I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes [Verse 1 Rostam Wes] When I hear that wind and I think of Spring Underneath an open window, a carved out sign and Often I would fight with my mind Saltwater brine where you hung your crown When you washed your eyes in last nights tea I thought you might come out from the dream to find that [Chorus] If I was a boy at sea I would be swinging from a broken tree I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens If I was a boy, if I was a boy You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes If I was a boy [Verse 2 Rostam Wes] Underneath the pine grew a patch of thyme That I burned for six days in the sun Til I heard the distant sound of drums Oh, the queen had come and the King had died And my forehead burned but I closed my eyes And my forehead burned but I closed my, closed my eyes [Chorus] If I was a boy at sea I would be swinging from a broken tree I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night Before I go Ive got to run down the street to the market cove And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes Where I could find six seeds to bring back to the yard and plant underneath the birch tree If I was a boy at sea No white skies or red sunlight I would be swinging from a broken tree In the saltwater brine I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night My forehead burned but I closed my eyes Whoa, now youve got to go And if I could get back to reach, to reach the saltiest of evergreens You know that I would turn back just to fight the whites of iron eyes [Outro] If I was a boy, if I was a boy If I was a If I was a If I was a If I was a boy at If I was a If I was a boy at sea I would be swinging from a broken tree I would be down on my back looking up at stars at night
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