Houses

by Robin West

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Written on the porch at Lovegrove Studios in Nashville, TN.

Production, Programming, Engineering, & Backing Vocals: Van Isaacson
Electric Guitar: Sam Roller
E-Bow: Matt Gordon
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals: Robin West
Music & Lyrics: Robin West
Mixing: Hayden Tumlin
Mastering: Cameron Row
Album Artwork: Melissa Sue Stanley

Recorded at Lovegrove Studios, Nashville, TN, June 2021

lyrics

A few days out from Chicago
The highway's a river of rain
And I'm singing to a silent radio
I hear Nashville high lonesome my name
Indiana circles vultures around me
I count the seconds as I watch them go
And I wonder if you'll wonder about me
But I know you probably won't

So I'm crying in a gas station bathroom
I'm sick and tired of staring at the floor
And in the mirror there's someone I knew
But I don't want to be anyone else anymore

You always liked lonely houses
Standing in the fields on their own
And I can't stop thinking about it
How much I wanted to build you a home
But you were an engine running
And I was still sewing up my seams
And I'm laughing even though it's not funny
Coyotes still howl in my dreams

And I know I can't make you love me
And part of me still thinks that's my fault
But as I drive through the hills of Kentucky
I just feel lucky to know you at all

But as I drive through the hills of Kentucky
I just feel lucky to know you at all

credits

released January 1, 2022
Production, Programming, Engineering, & Backing Vocals: Van Isaacson
Electric Guitar: Sam Roller
E-Bow: Matt Gordon
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals: Robin West
Music & Lyrics: Robin West (BMI)
Mixing: Hayden Tumlin
Mastering: Cameron Row
Album Artwork: Melissa Sue Stanley

Recorded at Lovegrove Studios, Nashville, TN, June 2021
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Robin West Chicago, Illinois

Chicago singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer. Indie rock/pop/folk (sadgirl???). Actively performing, writing, and avoiding pigeons at all costs.

discography

Houses

Jan 2022
Hunger Moon EP

Oct 2021
Better

Sep 2021
Hunger Moon

Jul 2021
Set It On Fire

Oct 2019

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