Diminishing Returns

from Six Songs by Doug Hoekstra

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I wrote this at a time when, like everyone, I was evaluating my life's choices. I had one thing in mind, but people have read it as a relationship song or a political song, or something else - which is good. It's good if you can get layers into what you're doing.

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Diminishing Returns

We’re so far under the radar
We’ve been crawling on the ocean floor
There are days when I ask myself
What all of this was for
But hindsight’s twenty-twenty
And makes everyone look real smart
How long will it take us to learn
We’re in the land of diminishing returns

I’ve held a thousand coffee cups
My ears have heard it all
I’ve looked into eyes sympathetically
While tears began to fall
There are times when we must talk
And other times when we must act
How many times will we be burned
In the land of diminishing returns

Throw it to the wind
The reasons that we live

Let’s take a loving look ahead
And throw old negatives away
We can accept the lies in front of us
Or buy two tickets for the train
That’s leaving from the station
For the land of better days
There may be twists and there may be turns
Beyond the land of diminishing returns
The land of diminishing returns

credits

from Six Songs, released January 1, 2005
Paul Griffith - drums, percussion
Doug Hoekstra - acoustic guitar, vocals
George Marinelli - bass, electric guitar, farfisa, backing vocals
Cole Slivka - backing vocals

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Doug Hoekstra Nashville, Tennessee

Doug Hoekstra’s singular musical persona sets sympathetic narratives against understated vocals, memorable melodies, and subtle but unexpected arrangement turns. His albums have earned Nashville Music Award and Independent Music Award nominations, a bevy of top 10 list appearances, and a reputation as a “songwriter’s songwriter” (CMJ Music Monthly). "The Day Deserved" due out Spring 2021 ... more

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