If you went on a three week long hike and met a couple with no sense of personal space who kind of smelled and told you they lived on the trail, this song would sound like the tune they forced you to listen to at the campsite you didn’t agree to share with them. They’d also sing it as they walked down the trail while one of them strummed a ukulele they didn’t know how to play. It’s vaguely folksy and upbeat, you hate it. You think it’s lame. They stay with you for three days. After they leave, you are very happy, but the song is in your head for the rest of your life. Years later you run into them. They haven’t aged. They smell exactly the same. They force you to listen to the song again. It’s vaguely upbeat and folksy, but you enjoy it.
I say I can’t believe it We’re in a whole new world I saw her down the river Just the other day And now she’s picking flowers Things really have seemed to change She’s changed And I’m pretty much the same I sat underneath the willow And started to write my song But I had fallen asleep I guess for way too long Because when I opened my eyes I realized my songs were gone I say I can’t believe it We’re in a whole new world I saw her down the river Just the other day And now she’s picking flowers Things really have seemed to change I missed my chance I guess it’s time to change I sat underneath the willow And wrote a new song The time are changing And so, I guess, am I Because when I opened my eyes I realized she was gone I say I can’t believe it We’re in a whole new world I saw her down the river Just the other day And now she’s picking flowers Things really have seemed to change
~Helen Dotchel
ENGL110 Spring 2020 11:15-12:05 
Helen,
Wow! This song is so well thought out, unique and original! First, your description of the song is so vivid and spot on – it painted a picture for me in my head of where this song would be sung/ how it would be sung! I also loved the repetition of the phrase “Things Really Have Seemed to Change” and your use of rhyme to make the song flow. You should really consider writing more songs, because this was amazing!!
-Sydnee Schapiro
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I love that you gave a description of the song before hand. The description made it so easy to visualize the song you had written. I almost felt like I have heard the song before.the melody was really catchy. The whole new world stood out to me. It relates to our situation now. Enjoying the simple things like picking flowers and sitting under a willow tree is something people wish they could do and hopefully can in the new world after this pandemic.
-Vienna Iacona
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