Save The Hammer For The Man

I hurt the gentlest souls

I robbed my wife and son

I turned my back on troubles

Troubles I’d begun

I cut a swath of pain and loss

In the hallways of my home

In the quiet of my room

I know the things I’ve done



Save the hammer for the man

Save the hammer for the man

It’s the calling of the wretched

It’s the rising of the damned

Save the hammer for the man



I was driven from the city

In the wilderness I stand

In the cleansing rain and silence

I made my battle plan

Alone I march toward freedom

Leaving footprints ‘cross the land

With a vow that’s left unspoken

Save the hammer for the man



Save the hammer for the man

Save the hammer for the man

Never too far down the wrong road

To turn back and change your plan

Save the hammer for the man



I leaned against a hot murder wind

Beneath a hateful rain

Politics, apocalypse

Start to look the same

The price of my redemption

Will mean the end of many things

The ransom for my soul

The blood of generals and kings



Save the hammer for the man

Save the hammer for the man

I’ve sinned and I have suffered

And it feels good in my hands

Save the hammer for the man



I was driven from the city

In the wilderness I stand

In the cleansing rain and silence

I made my battle plan

I will whisper words of freedom

I will swing hard as I can

Lord knows the time is coming

Save the hammer for the man



Save the hammer for the man

Save the hammer for the man

If the fire’s hot enough

Iron and steel will bend

Save the hammer for the man



Save the hammer for the man

Save the hammer for the man

I will whisper words of freedom

I will swing hard as I can

Save the hammer for the man



I will whisper words of freedom

I will swing hard as I can