Swing Tree

Lyrics

[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 night's 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 I've 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 you've 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