It was opened by a guy named Ito back on November tenth of ‘52.
That first night, the servers wore tuxedos; silly for a place they called the Bottle and Brew.
They served sake and soju, cheap whiskey and a few craft beers,
and the bar became the place to go to; only took about seventeen years.
The old man was kind and decent, and the day that he retired,
he left the building keys in the hand of the very first girl he hired…
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
We’ve been here for a while .
We may not always make a difference but we’ll always make you smile.
It's the place the locals swear by and it has been since back in the day.
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
Come on in and enjoy your stay!
The place was left to Miss Hana in September of ‘74.
That first day, she smoked some marijuana and painted that firebird on the door.
She wanted people to know it was somewhere to go when the times were at their worst,
and she knew it always had been, cause way back when, she’d been the first.
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
We're glad you stopped on in!
It's a place where nightmares go to die and fairytales begin.
We're here for drunks who’ve lost their jobs and girls who've lost their way.
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
Come on in and enjoy your stay!
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They couldn’t even fit a band up on that worn-out corner stage,
until Mei stuck a microphone in my hand on the night I came of age.
Now four or five nights every week, I’m singing, sometimes strummin’,
First there was Rise, and then came Sneak, and the hits just keep on coming…
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
We’re glad you came around
to watch this silly girl get to shake your world with eighteen thousand watts of sound!
Come on, pull up a chair, order some hot wings to share while you watch the Dragons play!
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
Come on in and enjoy your stay!
We want you to relax, so please wear casual attire.
Take a load off and kick back with a shrimp pizza and a Dragonfire.
We take more pride in every beer than most of those other dives,
because for everyone who pours one here, these four walls saved their lives.
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
You're just fine as you are.
We're equal parts an orphanage, a temple and a party bar.
And I'm one of the lucky ones who gets to stand here and say,
hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
Come on in and enjoy your stay!
A lot of girls over the years crawled through that double door.
Both good and bad, a lot of tears have seeped into this floor.
Now every booth and table is chock full of memories
of times some poor girl was able to get back up off her knees…
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
It's more than meets the eyes!
Here strangers become sisters bonding over sad stories and fries.
It made us all a family: me, Aya, Yui, Izumi and Mei.
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
Come on in and enjoy your stay!
We had a little close call in September ‘92.
We almost lost it all, but worked together, and we made it through!
After forty years, Mom knew she’d had enough and needed rest.
That’s why my sister Yui is the new proprietress!
Hey, welcome to the Phoenix!
We're so glad you came!
Everyone who comes here is different, but nobody leaves the same!
No matter what else happens, yeah, come whatever that may:
you're welcome at the Phoenix!
Come on in, and enjoy your stay!