"The Day Deserved" backstory booklet features lyrics and credits, along with extra photos, poetry, and dialogue from Doug Hoekstra on the making of each track. Full color, 10 pages, measuring 6 x 8 ,this was also designed by Bob Delevante in tandem with the CD. Special pre-order - just add $5 to your order for digital download or CD to cover shipping/handling) and will go out with the release. Limited supply
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about
When I was a kid, I used to go to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs, and we’d sit in the bleachers and look back at the manually operated scoreboard. The guy inside changes big metal number plates to reflect the score, and there are a couple openings, so he can see the game. In Edward Hopper paintings, the windows often hold the subjects in, rather than the reverse. This character in the scoreboard, he’s of the park and the action, but apart, as well, outside looking in. I think it’s a feeling lots of us have and one I can relate to. He’s working at inclusion, but he doesn’t want to give up himself It’s a good song to end the record on as he leaves the park, with a glimmer of hope.
This is the only non-band song on the record, me and Dave just handling the instruments as we went; beyond guitars, he played percussion on a mail box and I once again, hauled out the trusty melodica, an instrument I never thought I’d use as much over the years as I have. Eat your heart out Augustus Pablo and Damon Albarn.
lyrics
Outside Looking In
Sittin’ in the scoreboard, watchin’ all the plays go by
It gets hot in here sometimes, but I don’t’ really mind
Players on the field, others in the stands
Leather gloves or cell phones in their hands
I got no plans
Hanging up the numbers, I see a girl who comes alone
Shirtless men badger her but she’s always in a zone
Like rookies on the bench, they always miss her signs
A motion detector, an invisible line
Sittin’ in the scoreboard, I’m doing time
Outside looking in, that’s how it’s always been for me
On the edges of the crowd don’t you see?
Sittin’ in the scoreboard, wondering about the other league
In the designated hitter, I’m afraid, they still believe
I wish I had a coach who could tell me what to do
If I’m shy and nervous and don’t have a clue
I’m feeling blue on blue
Sunlight paints her graceful hands
Holding a pencil keeping score while she tans
Sitting in the scoreboard I don’t understand
Outside looking in, that’s how it’s always been for me
On the edges of the crowd don’t you see?
Sittin’ in the scoreboard, she’s not satisfied
It’s the way that she moves when they leave in single file
I put away my water, my radio, my chair
And climb down the steps, to breathe the evening air
Neither here nor there
Going home alone, every day is the same
Win or lose, its how you play the game
Living in the moment, eyes on the ball
I grow strong like ivy on the wall
Sitting in scoreboard, ready to heed the call
Outside looking in
Outside looking in
Don’t you see?
credits
from The Day Deserved,
released April 30, 2021
Dave Coleman – guitars, bass drum, mailbox, percussion
Doug Hoekstra – acoustic guitar, keyboard, melodica, vocals
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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