The Bottomless Pit

from Six Songs by Doug Hoekstra

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This song was inspired by a fellow I met on a tour of the Highlands, in Scotland. Best to him and his family.

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The Bottomless Pit

The world is big, but it don’t matter
Some folks just don’t fit
They stand and wait, accept their fate
And fall through the bottomless pit
They fall through the bottomless pit

There’s a man I know who’s a poet
Lives in a seaside town
He’s worked a thousand dead-end jobs
He's got one foot in the ground

Once he was a cutter
Another time a clerk
And his eyes are sad when he smiles
And when he cries they’re something worse

The world is big, but it don’t matter (chorus)

He’s got stories of his troubled past
And all the deals that never were
And the voyages he almost took
And the things of which he once was sure
He’s got a boy who runs ahead of us
Kicking up the sand
And he tells me of what he could do for him
If he only had one more chance

The world is big, but it don’t matter (chorus)

I went to one of his readings
Where peaks and valleys freeze
As if only the paper in his hand
Can bring him sweet relief

And, the next day someone asked me
Was his writing any good?
As if the only folks that matter are
The ones we say are the ones that should

The world is big, but I think it matters...

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

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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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