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    Written before, during, and after a family severance, this collection grapples with boundaries, heartbreak, and what it means to Say So. All songs written by The Rough & Tumble, and recorded with Dave Coleman in East Nashville, TN.

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lyrics

Joni
Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler

Why didn’t we listen to Joni?
And the song that she had sung?
She was crying for our apples,
Now we’re crying for the spots on our lungs.
Farmer gotta make a livin’.
Corporate gonna cut their dime.
Why didn’t we listen to Joni?
While we had time?

Why don’t we listen to the Redtail?
Why don’t we go and let ‘em fly?
Pheasant won’t make it through winter--
But it is not under hawk’s eye.
There’s Big Business in the Prairie,
And the Commissioner’s gone blind.
Why don’t we listen to the Redtail?
While we still have the time?
While we have the time…

Why don’t we listen to the Call in the Wilderness
And the warm October wind.
Can’t hardly breathe between the cornfields that we can’t eat
And the Highway that never ends--
There’s oil in the water,
There’s war inside those drums,
When will we listen to the call?
When will we listen to the call?
While we have the time.
While we have the time.
While we have the time--- oooooh.

I was listening to Joni,
On a cold autumnal day.
Wasn’t a Big Yellow Taxi I watched
Take my Old Man away.
Said he’s gotta make a living,
And the Lord will come in time.
He can’t hear me or Joni--
Can’t even hear the Spotted Apple of His Eye--

Oooooh, Bop Bop Bop Bop
OOoooh, Bop Bop Bop Bop
Oooooh, Bop Bop Bop Bop
OOooooh.

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from We're Only Family If You Say So, released February 19, 2021
Written and performed by The Rough & Tumble
Mallory Graham: vocals, accordion, piano, noises
Scott Tyler: vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Coleman: baritone electric guitar

Engineered and mixed by Dave Coleman
at Howard's Apartment Studio
Produced by Dave Coleman and The Rough & Tumble
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville

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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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