When You Dig Yourself a Hole

2 weeks ago by @nancycunning

When You Dig Yourself a Hole

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Liner Notes

I wrote this one for a #songsidekicksongcircle a few weeks back. The prompt was Saying No, and I think I also had the previous week's "Sparse Lyrics" prompt in my brain too. This one came out of a conversation with my son about that urge to act like everything is okay. For me it ended up touching a lot of the tenderness of learning to parent adult people.

#acoustic #americana #parenting #beinghuman

Lyrics

When You Dig Yourself a Hole
September 5, 2024

When you dig yourself a hole, sometimes, sometimes you dig so deep
You dig yourself a hole, to where it gets, it gets so hard to sleep
Cause you dig yourself a hole to where it's deep
It always gets so deep

So you dig yourself a hole, only now your hole is getting wide
So you dig yourself a hole, cause all you can think is you need to hide
So you dig yourself a hole to where it's wide
It always gets so wide

Once you dig yourself a hole, you get too far to get back out
So you dig yourself a hole, when you know what you need to do is shout

I'll come running with a ladder
I can bring you a length of rope
I can bake you a tray of cupcakes
You can borrow a cup of hope
Don't give up hope

Once you're safe we can fill it all back up
We'll plant turnips and a cabbage rose
Or else we'd decide it's finally time, we can uncoil that garden hose
What would you say to a swimming pool
You always wanted one of those

When you dig yourself a hole, and you can't imagine how you could climb free
When you dig yourself a hole, I hope you'll always, always shout for me

Cause when I dig myself a hole, sometimes, sometimes it gets so deep

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