[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
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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