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Bigger Than I

from My Shoes by Tret Fure

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Washington this time of year is so dreary
It rains and it’s dark and it’s hard to stay cheerful
But each time I come here, the sun is so shiny
As if it were trying to prove that I’m wrong
And I’ve traveled so wide, I’ve traveled so far
And I’m looking for something outside this car
And it’s all about music, it’s all about time
And it’s more about something much Bigger than I

Kentucky is blistering hot in the summer
You barely can move, so you lie around naked
It’s slow as molasses, that’s how they tell it
But I’ve always managed to get up and be gone
And I’ve pushed through the heat and I’ve plowed through the snow
And I’ve fought off my demons each place I go
And it’s all about poetry all about rhyme
But it’s more about something much Bigger than I

Sweet understanding, I’m standing on nothing
Holding the thinnest line
Here as I’m falling, I’m calling of something or someone to keep me
Keep me in time

New Hampshire is pretty when the leaves turn to gold
You can drive there for hours and never get tired
Of the colors of autumn before it turns brittle
But watch out for winter, she’ll lock you up tight
And I’m off again Monday and home again May
It may be for the weekend or only a day
And sometimes it’s tiring, sometimes so high
But it’s still about something much Bigger than I

And Texas is hungry and trying to grow bigger
By pushing up derricks and stretching for miles
And remember the Alamo, sweet San Antonio
Driving through Houston can take you all night
And it’s east and it’s west and it’s north for the frosting
70 shows and a hundred ten crossings
And it’s all about beauty, it’s all about ties
It’s more about something much Bigger than I

And Michigan’s home for a couple of weekends
Wisconsin is all that I hoped it would be
But I’m hardly at home and I’m hardly with family
But this is the life that is chosen for me
And I’ve pushed through the heat…

And I’ve traveled so wide…

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from My Shoes, track released April 10, 2003

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Tret Fure Newport News, Virginia

Tret Fure began her career at 16, singing in coffeehouses in the Midwest. At 19 , she moved to LA and within a year was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis, penning the single for his album “Mousetrap”.  In 1973 she recorded her first solo album on MCA/UNI Records, with Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. 
Tret has released 16 acclaimed albums in her long career.. ... more

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