Crazy Redhead Ember

Intro

Hey—hey, hey—hey, ah

(oh-oh) ooh, ooh

Verse

She walks in like a match and a dare

Red hair, crooked grin, a comet in her chair

Books in one hand, a fist in the other

Teachers straighten up, friends lean closer

Lockers clack like a drum in a fight

She throws a sideways laugh and a streak of light

Says her name like a question, like a dare

Crazy redhead ember, fireworks in her hair

Pre-chorus

Don’t blink, don’t breathe, don’t count her out

She’s a quick flame, living loud, living proud

Every hallway hums when she walks by (walks by)

Heads turn, hearts drop, oh my—oh my

Chorus

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember plays by her own rule

Crazy redhead ember, she’s nobody’s fool

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Verse

Notes scribbled in the margins like graffiti art

A mixtape of trouble and a textbook heart

He watches from the bleachers, tries to rehearse a line

She tosses him a smile like a match to a rhyme

Detention slips like confetti on the floor

She shrugs, lights a grin, they all want more

Rumors run like rivers but she wades through cool

Says, "I’m not your closure, I’m my own fuel"

Pre-chorus

Hands in pockets, she walks the wire

Laughing at the rules, lighting little fires

If you get too close you might combust (might combust)

If you try to hold her you’ll just get dust—get dust

Chorus

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember plays by her own rule

Crazy redhead ember, she’s nobody’s fool

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Bridge

Slow it down—ta-ta-touch, she’s a warming sun

Uh-huh, yeah, she’s an unsolved song

She burns and she stays, she burns then she goes

(hey) Still she leaves streaks where the hallway glows

Chorus

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember plays by her own rule

Crazy redhead ember, she’s nobody’s fool

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school

Crazy redhead ember comes back to school