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it's about a short trip i took to my college town. it's about remembering nouns that don't exist anymore and remembering who i was. it's about realizing i'm growing up. it's about appreciating the time i spent here and the things i learned.

this song is a love and mourning for a simpler life, when i had a clear path at the present and imagined a life beyond those limitations. it's about the days when my friends and i could go out drinking or pull all nighters for the hell of it, and i could fall in love with anyone. it's about learning to be a singer-songwriter and, soon after, an actor. it's about growing up.

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everything is changing
nothing's as it used to be
i feel so different walking down my hometown streets
the people pass but i don't see a single familiar face
remember driving the long way to kentucky
i showed you the streets where i used to live
funny how so many things can change if you let them
funny how i didn't think this place had anything to give
i'll stay awake with you just to see the sun
feel tiny in those mountains rising high
we packed up sunday with a plan to see where bluegrass meets the sky

and it was beautiful
the one tall building in the skyline
i know the way just close my eyes
and the city doesn't feel at all like this
the one thing that i miss

wasn't i supposed to know it all by now
have it all together that's what they said
the ones i knew are growing up and getting older
they only live inside my head
and it's all nostalgia now cause all my friends have moved away
but i see their shadows dancing everywhere
and i wish i could return to the innocence of every day
a life i took for granted when i was here

and it was beautiful
the one tall building in the skyline
i know the way just close my eyes
and the city doesn't feel at all like this
the one thing that i miss
it's so beautiful
the coffee shop on east high
to sing my heart out monday nights
i'll run away as far as i can get before looking back to see
this was everything i need

it was beautiful
all the possibility
the songs that live inside of me wouldn't be here
if not for that place
the steps i could retrace
it's so beautiful
singing songs on monday nights
dreaming tall to get this right
remember faces i may never see
i won't stop until the bluegrass is right in front of me

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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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