Name: The Oak and the Leafroller
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Description: The debut song by father / daughter songwriting team Vivi Rogers and Tony Rogers. Shoot us a note at Tony.thegood@gmail.com :)

The Oak and the Leafroller

by The Never and the North

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The debut song by father / daughter songwriting team Vivi Rogers and Tony Rogers. Shoot us a note at Tony.thegood@gmail.com :)

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THE OAK:

You’re impatient
That’s okay cause I got
All the time you need

I’m in station
No one says that I’m just
Growing like a weed

You say you won’t leave me
But you don’t know
You don’t know

One day you’ll believe me
Then you can go
And I’ll behold you chiefly

THE LEAFROLLER:

Whisper in the wind
You have pulled me in
Look now the sky says a storms a’ comin
I’ll take shelter here
We’ll wait for the “all clear”
Wrestle with the fear of losing your leaves
But you’ll always have me

And i say I won’t leave you
That I know
That i know

One day you’ll believe me
That I won’t go
We’ll grow old so briefly

THE OAK:

I watched you change
Iit was beautiful
When you flew away
I just wished you well
And the parts you left behind
They grew into me
And I thrill to imagine
What you left here to see

Though none of you return
I don’t know where you go
If you think of me ever
Will you think of me slow?

Will you lay yourself down
In the shade of a tree
Will you count the waves of light
And will you sing them to me?

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released April 1, 2024
Written and performed by Vivi Rogers and Tony Rogers

Piano: Vivi Rogers
Guitar and keys: Tony Rogers
Bass guitar: Dave Rothkopf

Recorded by Bryan Clavey at Crystal Recorders in Lombard, IL
Mastered by Johnny Nevin at Heart and Soul

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The Never and the North Chicago, Illinois

The Never & The North is the daughter/dad songwriting collab of Vivi and Tony Rogers. Vivi is finishing her solo EP, “Smile, You’re Seventeen” & is performing with her Liverpool trio Catnap. Tony is a longtime Chicago artist in The Good, Tiny Bit of Giant’s Blood, & Dem Buneez. Vivi and Tony sometimes write in the same room, but often across lakes, oceans, and vast tracts of multi-purposed land. ... more

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