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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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.
Includes unlimited streaming of We're Only Family If You Say So
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
Your Daughter’s Father
Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler
You’re just an old dog growling in the corner,
Waiting there for someone to yell at you to stop.
And all your children know how to approach you,
And how to avoid you when they’re cutting through the yard.
Aren’t you tired?
Instead of riling up them boys,
Instead of raising Cain for fodder,
Don’t go swinging at the Devil and not check under your feet.
If you work harder,
And maybe if you’re lucky,
You can grow up, too, to be your daughter’s father.
You’re just an old god reigning in the temple,
Waiting there for someone to bring back what you tossed.
And all your children stand back from the table,
And wait until you’re finished to pick up what you’ve dropped.
Must be lonely at the top.
Don’t go riling up them boys,
Don’t go raising lambs for slaughter,
Don’t go charging out the Cavalry on every empty field you meet.
But if you love harder,
And maybe if you’re lucky,
You can grow up, too, to be your daughter’s father--
And she don’t study war no more.
She don’t study war no more.
She don’t study war no more.
You’re just a bullfrog stranded in the meadow,
Clinging to the old songs that used to be your pond.
And your child, she sprouted with her own legs
And left you for the water while you yell at her to stop.
credits
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, glockenspiel
Scott Tyler: vocals, acoustic guitar
Taylor Donskey: electric bass
Chris Benelli: drums, percussion
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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