The Swans

from Girls Like Me by NYSSA

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the swans on the river at dawn
feast upon the scraps of my wedding cake

and life goes on and on and on
and someone calls each take
and just when you think you’ve got a hit
hey baby hey baby
here’s the apocalypse
here’s the apocalypse

and people will talk and talk they like to talk about five year plans
and money down
real estate and interest rates
talk talk talk talk
to which i say--
check out these swans
on the river
eating my cake

chorus
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
'cause i’m alive
looking out on the river
i'm alive oooh

one of these swans is dead
but the others don’t really seem to care
is that such a bad way to be?
fondant on the beak of a regal beast
might just be my greatest release
the biggest relief
i have ever felt
--there is no hell--

i couldn’t tell you what went wrong
except i left the wedding alone
and i got high alone on someone else’s dance floor
on someone else’s wine
on someone else’s dime
and now all i know
all i know

chorus

freeflowin'
oh honey i'm goin'
i'm alive
hallelu

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from Girls Like Me, released August 21, 2020

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