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Elm Court

from Roses in November by Tret Fure

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A song about my childhood in Libertyville, IL

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Cream colored studio loomed large in my youth
Now shrunk to the length of the years ahead of me
The Olds in the driveway, seven years young
My brothers and I on the street
“Get in here for supper!” my mother would shriek
Macaroni and gravy gone cold and weak
Nonon in the rocker, my mom at the sink
My childhood hard yet so sweet
So sweet

Games in the empty lot, games on the pavement
No cars on this one block paradise drive
Libertyville, outside of Chicago
Some of the best years of my life
Much better in hindsight, such awkward times
But days that roll on like a carnival ride
The past stays the past, the future too present
Best to just take it all in stride
Take it in stride

Old age, young dreams
Muddled in the middle
Bigger than life this flash from the past
Time can be so
Strange in the riddle
But through fortune our memories last



The elms now gone, a canopy of maples
Gone like the childhood of yesterday
So many kids all on one block
And hens in the yard across the way
Asparagus in the backyard now gone to seed
My father would garden, my mother would feed us
And Little Caesar, he was my best friend
Old fabric torn now and frayed
Torn and frayed

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from Roses in November, track released May 28, 2018

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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..
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