Erin was a friend of Joanna Newsom’s. In an interview she said:
“The person who made me feel like I could write in the first place was my friend Erin. I always wrote from a really young age, but she was the person who had the highest bar. She was such an incredible writer, and she and I would read...
Erin, Erin, Erin!
Errin' across America
Do now cheer me on
Can you hear the song for you?
Quick, now — caramel dip
Give it up to the runaway ship
Hail, now — hail to the bitch
The hairy literary with the nervous, nervous twitch
Shy, your light pops out
And we stand there astounded
And we pound our heads and shout
We shout hallelujah
Well, look what it did to ya
Oh, a horrible mess
And we're eatin' by the river in the sunday dress
Oh, serenade me
Eatin' my biscuits and gravy
You are missing from me
As you juggle with your uncle in the red Red sea
I will wait, or will
Knock my knees and talk to you, oh so still
Oh, Shenandoah
We just across the wide Missouri
You are so bonny, shhhhhh, do not worry
Quick, now — caramel dip
Give it up to the runaway ship
Life's so sweet and so low
Buried in the water, yeah, buried in the snow
So dear, deep and so dark
Sleeping under papers in the central park
Twentieth floor balcony
Houses what is home to me
Twentieth floor balcony
Houses what is home to me
Twentieth floor balcony
Houses what is home to me
Erin was written by Joanna Newsom.
Erin was produced by Noah Georgeson & Joanna Newsom.