Hammer (Memory Machine Sessions)

There's a "screw" followed by a "you"

Followed by a "Damn, you've done it this time, here's what I'm gonna do"

And there's a door bein' slammed

Followed by gravel kickin' up from the back of a black Trans Am

Yeah, and that's a hammer, that's a heavy blow

That's a nine-pound comin' down on a "Never should've let her go"

And that's a killer, put her hurt down deep

When a devil-red dust cloud risin' up's all you see

Yeah, that's a hammer

There's a bag and an axe to grind

In a backseat, she left everything else behind

And there's hell, and there's how I feel

And there's a poundin' in my head and a bed that's cold as steel

Yeah, and that's a hammer, that's a heavy blow

That's a nine-pound comin' down on a "Never should've let her go"

And that's a killer, put her hurt down deep

When a devil-red dust cloud risin' up's all you see

Yeah, that's a hammer

This ain't no note that she left behind

This ain't no tear fallin' from her eyes

It's the fire in the words of a last goodbye

That's a hammer, that's a heavy blow

That's a nine-pound comin' down on a "Never should've let her go"

Yeah, and that's a killer, put her hurt down deep

When a devil-red dust cloud risin' up's all you see

Yeah, that's a hammer

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