Lyrics The Hammer Song (2009 Remaster) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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

Writer(s): Nicholas Edward Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Roland Wolf

Album Kicking Against the Pricks (2009 - Remaster)

date of release

13-09-2018

1 I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (2009 Remaster)
2 Muddy Water (2009 Remaster)
3 Sleeping Annaleah (2009 Remaster)
4 Long Black Veil (2009 Remaster)
5 Hey Joe (2009 Remaster)
6 The Singer (2009 Remaster)
7 All Tomorrow's Parties (2009 Remaster)
8 By the Time I Get to Phoenix (2009 Remaster)
9 The Hammer Song (2009 Remaster)
10 Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (2009 Remaster)
11 Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (2009 Remaster)
12 The Carnival Is Over (2009 Remaster)

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