The Hammer Song Lyrics

The Hammer Song lyrics

I set out on monday



 The night was cold and vast



 And my brother slept 



 



 And though I left quite quietly



 My father raged and raged



 And my mother wept 



 



 Now, my life was like a river



 All sucked into the ground



 And then the hammer came down



 Lord, the hammer came down 



 



 Many miles did I roam



 Through the ice and through the snow



 My horse died on the seventh day 



 



 I stumbled into a city



 Where the people tried to kill me



 And I ran in shame 



 



 Then I came upon a river



 And I laid my saddle down



 And then the hammer came down



 Lord, the hammer came down



 It knocked me to the ground



 And I said, "Please, please



 Take me back to my home town"



 Lord, the hammer came down 



 



 Now I've been made weak by visions



 Many visions did I see



 All through the night 



 



 On the seventh hour an angel came



 With many snakes in all his hands



 And I fled in fright 



 



 I pushed off into the river



 And the water came around



 And then the hammer came down



 Lord, the hammer came down



 And it did not make a sound



 And I said, "Please, please



 Take me back to my home ground"



 Lord, the hammer came down