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Little Girls Growing Up
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Trabue Gentry began writing music at age twelve and has since penned over 150 musical compositions.
Trabue Gentry began writing music at age twelve and has since penned over 150 musical compositions. In the 70's he teamed with friends Kevin Sterner and Dennis Neff, performing live shows in the midwest. Neff moved on to other musical ventures, and Gentry and Sterner continued composing and performing as a duo. In 1977, the two met with a major Nashville record producer, Pete Drake, and were offered a recording contract on the spot. Most unfortunately, personal issues prevented them from moving forward with the deal. Overwhelmed by the dissapointment over this lost opportunity, Gentry abandoned music and pursued other business interests. Gentry and Sterner went their separate ways. Years later Gentry and Sterner crossed paths again, resuming their friendship and rekindling their interest in music, even revisiting the possibilities of releasing some of those songs the Nashville producer was convinced had great promise. Today Gentry is working on several musical projects, new and old. Realizing he can't rely on others to make things happen, he's pulled some of those lost treasures off the shelf for a revisit and began composing new. Other musicians have since demonstrated great interest in working on some of these previously unreleased tunes. Gentry is now working on several creative musical collaborations and is crafting the World Music Project, a cross-continental project with promising new artists.
Song Info
Charts
#665 in subgenre Peak #12
Charts
Peak #327
Author
Trabue Gentry
Rights
1980
Uploaded
May 21, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 2:46
Story behind the song
I wrote this song in 1980. It was the next to the last next song I wrote before my 30 year respite from writing. I wrote it to emulate the Frankie Avalon, Bobby Vinton sound of the 50's. It has become a very popular song for the father daughter dance at weddings.
Lyrics
Growing up isn't easy Read your fan magazines Maybe then for a while your a star and you'll ride in a fancy white car With your name up in lights On Saturday nights With him All the boys want to meet you Waiting turn for the chance To sweep you off your feet for a while Telling jokes for a glimpse of your smile Then one walks you on home Now you find your alone with him Some night when you're home all alone You'll get up to answer the phone And it will be the one That you had so much fun With today He wants to get to know you And you really don't mind As he whispers sweet things in your ear And maybe this time you will hear All the things said before You tried to ignore Till now It's the change of the season Little girls growing up Fall in love with the man of your dreams And everythings just as it seems For a while anyway until the next day Begins For a while anyway Until the next day Begins
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