Born With A Hammer In My Hand

I was born with a hammer in my hand
It's the kind of life I doubt you'd understand
I'd give anything just to hear that cold steel
Ring because I was born with a hammer in my hand

Swinging steel is the only life I've known
I've never been afraid to be alone
I hope my mama understands I'll always be a working
Man because I was born with a hammer in my hand

John Henry was a steel-driving man
You could hear his hammer ring across the land
But before the steam drill came, John Henry knew my name
I was born with a hammer in my hand

The boss man tries to break a good man's back
He takes 30 men to lay a mile of track
But if my shaker holds the line, there'll be 30 miles behind me
I was born with a hammer in my hand

John Henry was a steel-driving man
You could hear his hammer ring across the land
But put us side by side, he'd have to run and
Hide because I was born with a hammer in my hand

Yeah, I'll die with a hammer in my hand