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The Apartment

from My Shoes by Tret Fure

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They were 3 in a tiny room
3 in an apartment
A young girl older than her age
By poverty and need
A mother clinging closely to
The daughter of the tragic
While the husband stares remotely
Past his hungry family

The subway rattles overhead
Neon flashing loudly
The heat of summer blisters
Faded paper from the walls
Dressed in Sunday finery
Waiting for some magic
The mother turns her head to hear
The neighbors down the hall

CHORUS: Will they go on living broken lives beside each other
Will they perish from each other’s sight, each other’s mind
Starved in their indifference and empty in the cupboard
They will go on beating back the tears
And running for their lives

They were 3 in a tiny room
3 in an apartment
One room and a kitchenette
3 plates and a pan
Not a chance of privacy
Not a day that’s easy
The sober girl, the sorry mom
And the steel-eye of the man

CHORUS:

The clock keeps time with heartbreak, the ticking tricks temptation
You wind it hoping hands will move the night into the day
You rise before the sunlight to test imagination
To see if maybe this time you will find a better way

And if the girl is lucky
If she can find the nerve
There’s still a chance that she might move
Beyond the bitter fray
But only if she looks outside
The shattered, smoky windows
Only if she bravely bolds the door
And walks away

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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..
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