We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Closer To My Sons

from Back Home by Tret Fure

/

lyrics

Closer to my sons
Closer to my sons, I am
Closer to my sons
I see what I’ve become
I am closer to my sons, I am
Closer to my sons

She never came back to the farm anymore
She couldn’t come back to a cold, cold heart
She wouldn’t come back, he was just like his father before
She never came back

He couldn’t get back to his dreams anymore
He couldn’t get back from a cold, cold heart
He wouldn’t go back to the life they had before
He couldn’t get back

CHORUS:

He couldn’t get past a father who pushed too hard
He couldn’t get past the killing of the birds
And his cold, cold heart froze up and pushed her away
And she never came back

CHORUS:

Every spring me and the boys paint the birds
On the side of the barn
We paint them for me, we paint them for her
We paint the birds wild
On the side of the barn

They wouldn’t go far from the father they loved
They wouldn’t have heard of any such a thing
They painted him well, they painted as hard as they could
And they painted him back

CHORUS:

Every spring me and the boys paint the birds wild
On the side of the barn

credits

from Back Home, track released April 25, 2001

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

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

contact / help

Contact Tret Fure

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Tret Fure, you may also like: