Save The Hammer For The Man Lyrics - Ben Harper

"I hurt the gentlest souls, I robbed my wife and son 

I turned my back on troubles, troubles I'd begun 

I cut a swath of pain and loss in the hallways of my home 

In the quiet of my room I know the things I've done 

Save the hammer for the man, save the hammer for the man 

It's the calling of the wretched 

It's the rising of the damned 

Save the hammer for the man 

I was driven from the city, in the wilderness I stand 

In the cleansing rain in silence, I made my battle plan 

Alone I marched towards freedom, leaving footprints across the land 

With the vow that's left unspoken, save the hammer for the man 

Save the hammer for the man, save the hammer for the man 

You're never too far down the wrong road 

To turn back and change your plan 

Save the hammer for the man 

I leaned against the hot and bothered wind beneath a hateful rain 

Politics, apocalypse start to look the same 

For the pasts of my redemption will mean the end of many things 

The ransom for my soul the blood of generals and kings 

Save the hammer for the man, save the hammer for the man 

I sinned and I have suffered 

And it feels good in my hands 

Save the hammer for the man 

I was driven from the city, in the wilderness I stand 

In the cleansing rain in silence, I made my battle plan 

I will whisper words of freedom, I will swing hard as I can 

Lord knows the time has come and save the hammer for the man 

Save the hammer for the man, save the hammer for the man 

If the fire's hot enough 

Iron and steel will bend 

Save the hammer for the man 

Oh, save the hammer for the man 

Gotta save the hammer for the man 

I will whisper words of freedom, I'll swing hard as I can 

Save the hammer for the man, for the man 

I will whisper words of freedom 

I'll swing hard as I can." 

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