Dinosaur

by Tawny Newsome & Bethany Thomas

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originally written and recorded for the Bloodshot Records 25th Anniversary Album 'Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots'

Bethany Thomas & Tawny Newsome's Dinosaur
These two renaissance women can be spotted in every theater, comedy club, and live room in town. They co-wrote this door-busting song recalling the ‘90s golden era of local roots-inflected indie rock.
Bethany & Tawny are one half of Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls, whose Muscle Shoals-borne album was released on Bloodshot in 2017
-Bloodshot HQ

lyrics

There's a dinosaur in this house...
I felt you hunkering down.
You stuck around
eluded the ground.

I want you to be better than you were before
I don't know what to tell you
So reluctant to change

I want you to do better than you did before
I don't know what to tell you
You're losing your place

How can I shake you, take you
Make it clear
I don't know what to tell you it's not here
I don't know what to tell you it's not
Honey if I can help it
It's not here

And there's no scaring me off, no

There's a dinosaur in this house
And she's starting to move her mouth
We'd have the problem solved
If you would just evolve

I want you to be better than you were before
I don't know what to tell you
You can't find your place
Oh I want you to be better
I don't know what to tell you it's not here
I don't know what to tell you it's not
So I gotta keep yelling
It's not here

And there's no scaring me off. No.

credits

released August 28, 2020
Music and Lyric: Bethany Thomas & Tawny Newsome

Performance:
Vocals: Bethany Thomas, Tawny Newsome
Guitar, bass, percussion: Packy Lundholm
Recorded and Mixed by Packy Lundholm at Sound Vault Studios in Chicago

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Tawny Newsome & Bethany Thomas Chicago, Illinois

windy
Black girl
DIY
desert
garage
punk.
and
some pop.

full length album MATERIAL FLATS will be here Oct 9

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