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this song went through so many lyrical changes in the two years it's been since i wrote it, alongside the personal changes i've been going through as well. but the consistent question has been, "how do i capture the evolution and gratitude i feel for the things in my life?"

i think about when i was a kid and of how absolutely awed i'd be by my life now. i think about all the dreams i've chased in all the places i've lived. i get to remember all the people i've loved and lost and appreciate what those people have taught me about life and about myself.

23, 24, 25 have had their extreme ups and sad downs, and it feels like the years get faster and i can't keep up sometimes. it feels like it's blowing by and i haven't had a second to appreciate what it really is. but i've been immensely lucky with the people who stick around in my life. i've been so grateful to have the love i feel. i'm so lucky to do what i love. gratitude, luck, and love really do sum up this era for me.

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look at twenty three years upon this ground
wild reminiscing on how i made it here till now
living life in make believe i can't get too attached
wonder when i'll wake up don't know how long this will last
driving on the highway never knowing next just what i'll see
counting blessings i never thought this life would be for me

twenty three you've been so good to me
i'm free raise my hands to the breeze
i love with everything you've given me
twenty three

there's a tea that reminds me of new york city
lost my favorite winter hat from my old kentucky home
polaroids of chasing dreams on mountain tops in north carolina
and my parents live two thousand miles away in arizona

scared that someday it'd be over and this was all a dream
when i was thirteen i never thought i'd be here
now look at me

twenty three you've been so good to me
i'm free raise my hands to the breeze
i love with everything you've given me
twenty three

new lives new loves
new cities
i evolve
don't believe it
this could be mine
with the lowest lows and highest highs

twenty three
twenty three
twenty three you've been so good to me
i'm free raise my hands to the breeze
i love with everything you've given me
twenty three

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from Small Love, released August 7, 2020
vocals, arrangement, instruments by Eileen Doan

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Eileen Doan Chicago, Illinois

Eileen is willing to bet she’s the best damn acoustic-pop-female-singer-songwriter in Chicago. She plays the piano, guitar, and ukelele, and tries her best with electronic pads. Lately, she’s been carving out her sound, writing sad songs that sound happy, and pondering existence as we know it. She has three EPs and is about to release her first full-length album “Small Love” on August 7th 2020 ... more

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