Name: STREET SIGN | Caroline Novatney
Duration: P00H02M39S
Description: I wrote this song about not being able to avoid the thought of someone while trying to get over them because everything around you is a reminder, and it seems like a sign that there’s some reason not to move on. I did the guitar and vocals and then Joel mastered it and added piano and some percussion.

STREET SIGN | Caroline Novatney

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I wrote this song about not being able to avoid the thought of someone while trying to get over them because everything around you is a reminder, and it seems like a sign that there’s some reason not to move on. I did the guitar and vocals and then Joel mastered it and added piano and some percussion.

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i went to my corner store today
walked by the street sign, the one that says your name
I hadn’t thought of you, at least this morning anyway
so I’m giving the street sign all the blame
I would have sent a picture out of pure desperation
So I could act like this was still the same
But the truth is there’s weight in that notification
Can’t just brush it off now and it’s a shame

It’s a shame what a shame
that my street sign says your name
when I’m not yours and you’re not mine
and I can’t tear down the sign

across the city can you get away
or does your mom not let you forget
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cuz my parents tell me listen to what the signs say
and your mom still talks about me to her friends
and I still think about you all the time
there’s no good reason, but here’s a rhyme
cuz when I walk out to the corner and the street sign says your name
I can’t forget you for my life

It’s a shame what a shame
that my street sign says your name
when I’m not yours and you’re not mine
and I can’t tear down the sign

so when I walk down our street at night
and the streetlight on the metal is all I can see
I almost call cuz of a little green and white
I can’t escape you, can you tell why it could be
such a shame for me to live on my street

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from f.i.f.a., released March 12, 2021
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Words and Music by Caroline Novatney

Guitar / Vocals by Caroline Novatney
Piano / Bass / Perc by Joel Chapman

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