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Written post election and during the wildfires that plagued the Southeast in November 2016.

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“Wildfire”
Written by Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler
Copyright Penny Jar Publishing 2016

When we lived in Nashville, it was after election day--
Lights were too loud, music too soft,
When the Smokies went ablaze.
We headed to our mountain town--
Can’t find a signal for the haze.
Can’t nobody hear us now.

Wildfire.
Wildfire.

They said it was no accident, they caught a fellow from the town.
He was dousing those tires, setting them on fire,
And rolling them on down.
They caught him on the hilltop, watching all that he had made.
The rumor was his shoes were singed,
Because he couldn’t walk away.

Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?

Does it make it less wild if you start it?

That’s the thing about me and you, can’t tell a whistle from a flame,
Til we set the sirens off and the story burns the page.
You know my face is burning, too,
Watching all that we have made--
Lights are too loud, the music too soft.

Can you hear me now? Wildfire?
Can you hear me now? Wildfire?
Does it make it less wild?

credits

from We Made Ourselves a Home When We Didn't Know, released February 9, 2018
Mallory Graham: vocals, bowed glockenspiel, accordion
Scott Tyler: vocals, banjo, drums, organ
Dave Coleman: baritone electric guitar,

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The Rough & Tumble are a dumpster-folk/thriftstore Americana band consisting of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler. Only This Far, their latest full length record is out May 12, 2023. "The bottom line is these are just quality songs, well written, well played, well sung and arranged, and a pleasure from start to end."- AmericanaUK ... more

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