Why did Renee walk away?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide

Just walk away Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Just walk away Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me, though they're so small

Just walk away Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

[rufus dog]

1. Don't know

But you won't see me follow her back home.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Maybe he spelled her name wrong...

No, for reals. I have a good friend named Ranee.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. honestly if I saw that written, I would think it was pronounced

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Ran -- ee

as in one who ran

[Archae]

4. I used to tease my older sister Renee with that song.

[WCGreen]

5. And to tell you the truth...

I think she was really to blame...

[TexasTowelie]

6. I think it was because

Steve Martin had a cold when he sang the song (she didn't want to catch anything). The Left Banke was a wonderful group, does anyone remember the oboe part in Pretty Ballerina?

[dimbear]

7. Couldn't find a cab that late at night. These things happen. n/t

[unionworks]

8. Because someone

...turned the one way sign around the wrong way! I had the Left Banke collectors edition anthology on high grade vinyl.

[Lasher]

9. The group's then 16-year-old keyboard player Michael Brown wrote it about Renée Fladen-Kamm,

then-girlfriend of The Left Banke's bassist Tom Finn and object of Brown's affection. She was associated with the band for a few weeks, after which she did indeed walk away.

Guess she found a better gig.

[KamaAina]

10. "Cause she married that guy and had a kid

so she walked away to Long Island.

[Moondog]

11. Got a better offer? n/t

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. The bestest!!!!!

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[Grantuspeace]

13. Because of the pretty ballerina.

As a kid, we had those 45's. And we wore them out.