She says, “It’s time to settle down,
but I keep moving
into some vacant spot in someone else’s life,
to wither as they grow.”
And if the fool still wears the crown,
there’ll be no fooling me.
‘Cause I’ll be nothing but a vagabond’s remains
with a mystery in tow.
I saw the changing of the guard,
but I was frozen
by imperfections in the summer sunlight
as I tried to have it all.
“I heard you mock me at the station,
that’s when you drifted out of my sight.”
These words were pouring out of me,
“I thought you lost them when you woke up in that bathroom stall.
Working with Florist member Rick Spataro, Eva Louise Goodman delivers buoyant compositions that run the gamut of psych-pop, girl group, and folk. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 23, 2023