Name: Hammers
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: (C. Woodhead)

Hammers

from Proof Of Past Lives by Old Arrows

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I rise early and my hands are sore
From working late the night before
Just trying to get ahead
There in the dark
My wife and daughter sleeping
I hardly even see them
Before it all begins again
Desperation don’t pay bills on time
Keep the lights on and the bedroom warm
It makes me wanna tear ‘em up now

Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday
Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday

On what condition should we expect more
When starving or provided for?
At any moment this could end
Where is the spark
To refuel the fire thats waning
Restore how we relate and are willing to extend?

I’ve been tracing someone else’s lines
But I’m working on my own designs
I think I’m gonna draw ‘em up now

Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday
Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday

I know nothing is easy
And it all takes time
If it was free it wouldn’t be worth keeping
But it keeps getting harder
And I see the great divide
Is getting wide and wide and wide and wider

Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Don’t wanna feel like I’m being cheated everyday
Get back what used to be
Hammers of industry
Can’t help but feel like I’m being cheated everyday

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from Proof Of Past Lives, released February 27, 2015

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