NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2024 | Jared Daws - The Turtle & The Hare

2024 NPR Tiny Desk Contest submission by Jared Daws and his band "The Dusk Singers." (Katie Lang on keys & Justin Dedeaux on bass.)

Live take performance of "The Turtle & The Hare" from Jared Daws' debut album 'Snow Below' out now via all streaming platforms.
Video and audio recorded at Dauphin Street Sound in Mobile, Alabama.
Sound Engineering by Ryan Avinger.
Videography by Lancing Ruel of Glasswork Productions.

This song is dedicated to my parents, Robert (the turtle) & Fanny Daws (the hare). I owe you both my life.. quite literally. But you get what I mean. Thank you for always being so proud and telling my story everywhere y'all go. This time around I'm telling y'all's.
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Lyrics:
This is a story
Or maybe it’s a tale
Of a woman moving way too quick
And a man that’s slow as hell
See that woman and her family came from poorer lands afar
Broke theirs backs to make a wage just to try and get along
And that man was from the city but had the heart of a small town
In a place that’s moving quick you gotta learn to slow it down

This is a story
So listen to me well
Take from it what you can
It’s an easy one to tell

The turtle & the hare
Are folks just like the both of us
Tryna pay the fare
So when you go to gettin’ on down the road again
Remember all you’ve done and where you’ve been
See the turtle & the hare are folks just like the both of us
It don’t matter how you’re moving long as you’re kicking up some dust
So go on get on down the road and take with you in mind
When you see somebody moving it’s their time

Back to the story
That only time can tell
Despite the way they move they learned to get along so well
See the turtle got to getting on
And learned a thing or two
As the hare learned to slow it down she took on in the view

This is a story
So listen to me well
Take from it what you can
It’s an easy one to tell

The turtle & the hare
Are folks just like the both of us
Tryna pay the fare
So when you go to gettin’ on down the road again
Remember all you’ve done and where you’ve been
See the turtle & the hare are folks just like the both of us
It don’t matter how you’re moving long as you’re kicking up some dust
So go on get on down the road and take with you in mind
When you see somebody moving it’s their time

This is a story
’Bout 60ish years old
It’s still being written as it’s told
This is a story
It’s one that I know well
The story of my mother and my father I do tell

The turtle & the hare
Are folks just like the both of us
Tryna pay the fare
So when you go to gettin’ on down the road again
Remember all you’ve done and where you’ve been
See the turtle & the hare are folks just like the both of us
It don’t matter how you’re moving long as you’re kicking up some dust
So go on get on down the road and take with you in mind
When you see somebody moving it’s their time

[brodylee]

This is my friend and he is gonna be a big artist one day

[itsdamag]

From making post-hardcore music in a Louisiana trailer to this! Crazy how things change over the years, but you still have that beautiful voice :) very happily surprised to see your submission after I submitted mine <3

[TheNeighborhoodKorner]

America's music still alive and well in Mississippi.

[goingthroughthemotions]

Almost positive I recognize the guy on bass from the state hospital... If I recall even showing him how to play a bit of smashing pumpkins 1979 on guitar. Small world..

[Reeshawd]

You sound so good live! I hope I can make it to a show! Good luck, lucky man 💚✌🏼