2nd Place Winner, September/October 2014 Contest: “Bottom of the Hole”

2nd Place
“Bottom Of The Hole”
Charlie McNamara
Bethesda, Maryland

Videos by American Songwriter

You got to get hit
Before you learn you can feel
And you got to get cut
To learn how quick you can heal
You got to fall far
To find how high you can rise
You got to go blind
To learn to use your eyes

And you can’t find gold
Until you get to the bottom of the hole
You can’t find gold
Until you get to the bottom of the hole

You got to learn to make paths
When you get lost in the woods
And you got to get robbed
To know you ever had the goods
You got to get stripped bare
To learn what’s bred in the bone
You can’t live with yourself
Until you stand alone

And you can’t find gold
Until you get to the bottom of the hole
You can’t find gold
Until you get to the bottom of the hole

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