Erin Ash Sullivan - Before You Go

12 - Before You Go (3:33)
My son is off to college in the fall, and now everything feels like a countdown. I find myself relishing those small moments where we’re following our regular routines, knowing that in a few months everything is going to be different—great in so many ways, but definitely different. A late summer drive down to the local gas station to pick up a pint of ice cream was the starting point for this song (“When you were buckled up in back/I’d strain to make out every word you said/Now you’re riding shotgun up here next to me/I try to listen with my heart instead”).