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Nighttime Rain

from Waiting by Doug Hoekstra

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"To call Doug Hoekstra a folksinger simply misses the point. His tangled tales of intimacy and emotion are wrapped in the most unlikely arrangements -- fragile one moment, tumultuous the next...Waiting, Hoekstra's fifth solo effort, defies any easy comparisons. As always, Hoekstra opts for the unexpected...lo-fi, elusive and yet somehow irresistible." (Lee Zimmerman, Goldmine Magazine)

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Nighttime Rain

Like a branch on the water that’s flowin’
Away from my outstretched hand
Tall grass lines the shore
I take off my shoes and walk some more

Lost in a river of words…
I watch the breeze blow away
All the stories held at bay
Underneath a steady nighttime rain

Years ago, on a dark highway
I drove to see my friend; college days
The girl with me had almond eyes
We were lost looking for things to find

We played pool at his favorite bar
She took pictures in black and white
He flirted with her, but I didn’t mind,
Outside there remained
A steady nighttime rain

My friend was taken from this earth
But his memory’s at the surface
A late night movie I can’t remember
A feeling I get come mid-December

That’s when I miss him most
Rows and rows of golden maize
Every spring come to take their place
Underneath a steady nighttime rain

Like a man on a mission I landed there
Playing a show to the past
We took a walk underneath the stars
Purely by chance wound up in that bar

She took pictures just like ours
And nothing changed but everything had
Somehow her youth made me sad
Outside there still remained – a steady nighttime rain

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from Waiting, released January 1, 2003
Doug Hoekstra - acoustic & electric guitars, egg, Wurlitzer, 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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