Hammer And A Nail (Album Version)

Clearing webs from the hovel

A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel

I've been diggin' too deep, I always do

I see my face on the surface, I look a lot like narcissus

A dark abyss of an emptiness

Standin' on the edge of a drowning blue

I look behind my ears for the green

And even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands, not just my head

I think myself into jail

Now I know a refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose

Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose

I had a lot of good intentions

Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension

Started seein' the road to hell and just where it starts

But my life is more than a vision

The sweetest part is acting after makin' a decision

I started seein' the whole as a sum of it's parts

And I look behind my ears for the green

And even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands, not just my head

I think myself into jail

Now I know a refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose

Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose

My life is part of the global life

I'd found myself becoming more immobile

When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything

A distant nation my community

A street person my responsibility

If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring

I look behind my ears for the green

Even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands, not just my head

I think myself into jail

Now I know a refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose

Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose