《A Hammer》歌词

[00:00:00] A Hammer - Kate Tempest

[00:00:11] Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son

[00:00:13] He had a mouth that was too small for his toungue

[00:00:17] Teeth like a ladder that was missing a rung

[00:00:20] Chin looked like it was trying to run

[00:00:22] He had a laugh like a car crash

[00:00:25] Eyes like

[00:00:26] Pot holes in tarmac

[00:00:28] Complexion the colour of chewed up bar snacks

[00:00:32] Kinda guy spend his whole life getting laughed at

[00:00:34] When all you've got is a hammer

[00:00:37] Everything looks like nails

[00:00:40] If you bow to the hand that damns you

[00:00:44] Everything fails

[00:00:46] The things you do do you

[00:00:49] The plans you hatch hatch monsters

[00:00:52] Unless you watch your moves

[00:00:54] Your own fists will knock you unconscious

[00:00:57] Pete took him to the pub and the conversation dragged

[00:01:00] So Pete got pissed

[00:01:01] Pretty soon he had more than his usual

[00:01:04] Approaching legless

[00:01:06] He found himself opening up

[00:01:07] I got to get this off my chest he said

[00:01:10] With his head in his hands

[00:01:11] I got this girlfriend

[00:01:13] But I can't stand the way things are going

[00:01:16] Right she's got this job but I don't like it

[00:01:19] It pisses me off

[00:01:20] I don't even know

[00:01:22] What we're fighting for but these days

[00:01:24] Me and her

[00:01:24] We are fightin' more than I'd like

[00:01:27] And then out comes the white

[00:01:29] And Dale looks at him in the clinical light of the toilets

[00:01:33] Why what does she do

[00:01:34] Pete looks at his shoes and says

[00:01:36] She's a masseuse

[00:01:39] When all you've got is a hammer

[00:01:42] Everything looks like nails

[00:01:45] If you bow to the hand that damns you

[00:01:48] Everything fails

[00:01:51] The things you do do you

[00:01:54] The plans you hatch hatch monsters

[00:01:57] Unless you watch your moves

[00:01:59] Your own fists will knock you unconscious

[00:02:02] You could call her up

[00:02:03] You could book a session

[00:02:05] You could push her

[00:02:06] See if she responds and then

[00:02:08] You can tell me everything

[00:02:10] And we will both see that I was wrong

[00:02:14] To have ever doubted

[00:02:15] That she would be the mother of

[00:02:17] Pure modesty cause I know she loves me

[00:02:21] She just does this to pay the bills

[00:02:24] And to exist in a way

[00:02:26] That will give her the means to live for

[00:02:29] For than a dull routine

[00:02:31] Dale nods

[00:02:31] Bells ring in Pete's head

[00:02:34] But he looks at Dale

[00:02:35] Those clumsy legs

[00:02:36] That sunken chest

[00:02:38] That spotty neck

[00:02:39] This is the perfect man to do the test

[00:02:45] When all you've got is a hammer

[00:02:48] Everything looks like nails

[00:02:51] If you bow to the hand that damns you

[00:02:54] Everything fails

[00:02:57] The things you do do you

[00:03:00] The plans you hatch hatch monsters

[00:03:03] Unless you watch your moves

[00:03:06] Your own fists will knock you unconscious