Emmy The Great - Phoenixes lyrics

The phoenixes headed west
Cross country nebraska, nevada
The phoenix has to leave it's nest but

Change is good for some
It is not good for others

First there were five, then there four
Leaf, he changed his colours, that's for sure
River was your favourite his eyes were aqua
He's in our history now like Cleopatra
And you

My screen grab beauty queen
Typing something out in green

Like we were seventeen

When we first met we read bliss
Soon we were too old for this
We though that weight loss was survival
We thought that vogue was french for bible
Up on the wall we put them all
Leaf, he changed his colours, that's for sure
River was your favourite his eyes were aqua
He's in our history now like Cleopatra
And you

My screen grab beauty queen
Typing something on the screen

Like we were seventeen
River, rain, summer, leaf and liberty

And you my screen grab beauty queen
Are you working out your next life dream?

Like we were seventeen