Emily Saliers - Hammer And A Nail lyrics

Clearing webs from the hovel A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep I always do I see my face on the surface I look a lot like narcissus A dark abyss of an emptiness Standing 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 in a jail Now i know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand And 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 seeing the road to hell And just where it starts But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting After making a decision Started seeing the whole As a sum of its parts And i look behind my ears for the green And even my sweat smells clean Glare off the white hurts my eyes Gotta get out of bed Get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands Not just my head I think myself in a jail Now i know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand And 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 And 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 in a jail Now i know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand And a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth If you want a rose