A Hammer

A Hammer Lyrics

Song A Hammer
Artist Kate Tempest
Album Everybody Down
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[00:10.94] Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son
[00:13.85] He had a mouth that was too small for his toungue
[00:16.79] Teeth like a ladder that was missing a rung
[00:19.58] Chin looked like it was trying to run
[00:22.56] He had a laugh like a car crash
[00:24.33] Eyes like... Pot holes in tarmac
[00:28.19] Complexion the colour of chewed up bar snacks
[00:31.95] Kinda guy spend his life getting laughed at
[00:34.95] When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
[00:39.80] If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
[00:45.60] The things you do, do you
[00:49.02] The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
[00:51.98] Unless you watch your moves
[00:54.75] Your own fists will knock you unconscious
[00:57.25] Pete took him to the pub and the conversation dragged
[01:00.43] So Pete got pissed, pretty soon he had more than his usual
[01:04.37] Approaching legless
[01:05.99] He found himself opening up
[01:07.94] I got to get this off my chest, he said
[01:10.35] With his head in his hands
[01:11.67] I got this girlfriend but I can't stand the way things are going
[01:16.16] Right, she's got this job but I don't like it
[01:19.13] It pisses me off!
[01:20.55] I don't even know what we're fightin' for but these days
[01:23.83] Me and her, we are fightin' more than I'd like
[01:26.62] And then out comes the white and Dale looks at him in the clinical light of the toilets
[01:33.17] "Why what does she do?"
[01:34.68] Pete looks at his shoes and says "She's a masseuse"
[01:38.35] When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
[01:44.40] If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
[01:50.47] The things you do, do you
[01:53.45] The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
[01:56.44] Unless you watch your moves
[01:59.61] Your own fists will knock you unconscious
[02:02.42] (Pete) "You could call her up, you could book a session
[02:05.07] You could push her, see if she responds and then
[02:08.21] You can tell me everything and we will both see that I was wrong
[02:13.48] To have ever doubted that she would be anything but the mother of
[02:18.90] Pure modesty cause I know she loves me, she just does this to pay the bills
[02:23.81] And to exist in a way that will give her the means to live for for than a dull routine"
[02:31.12] Dale nods
[02:31.99] Bells ring in Pete's head
[02:33.87] But he looks at Dale: those clumsy legs, that sunken chest, that spotty neck
[02:39.49] This is the perfect man to do the test
[02:43.26] When all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like nails
[02:51.29] If you bow to the hand that damns ya, everything fails
[02:57.58] The things you do, do you
[02:59.99] The plans you hatch, hatch monsters
[03:03.33] Unless you watch your moves
[03:06.27] Your own fists will knock you unconscious
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