Indigo Girls - Hammer And A Nail |
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Hammer And A Nail
Indigo Girls Hammer and a Nail Clearing webs from the hovel (Emily Saliers) I see my fate on the surface A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep, I always do. I look a lot like Narcissus A dark aabyss of an emptiness Standing on the edge of a drowning blue. I look behind my ears for the green Glare off the white hurts my eyes. Even my sweat smells clean Learn how to use my hands, not just my head Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose I had a lot of good intentions Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension, Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting after making a decision My life is part of the global life I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts I'd found myself becoming more immobile When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything. If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring. A distant nation my community A street person my responsibility Lyrics reprinted WP/FYC by Trip N. Gregory Reformatted and extracted to a single lyric file by Doug Henkle |
