A Hammer-Kate Tempest

[ti:A Hammer] [ar:Kate Tempest] [al:Everybody Down (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Hammer - Kate Tempest [00:11.26]Dale was Pete's Mum's new boyfriend's son [00:13.99]He had a mouth that was too small for his toungue [00:17.27]Teeth like a ladder that was missing a rung [00:20.09]Chin looked like it was trying to run [00:22.61]He had a laugh like a car crash [00:24.45] [00:25.13]Eyes like [00:25.89] [00:26.54]Pot holes in tarmac [00:28.61]Complexion the colour of chewed up bar snacks [00:32.24]Kinda guy spend his whole life getting laughed at [00:34.48]When all you've got is a hammer [00:36.38] [00:37.16]Everything looks like nails [00:40.07]If you bow to the hand that damns you [00:42.54] [00:44.09]Everything fails [00:45.73] [00:46.52]The things you do do you [00:49.29]The plans you hatch hatch monsters [00:51.44] [00:52.53]Unless you watch your moves [00:54.92]Your own fists will knock you unconscious [00:57.30]Pete took him to the pub and the conversation dragged [01:00.68]So Pete got pissed [01:01.71]Pretty soon he had more than his usual [01:04.69]Approaching legless [01:06.34]He found himself opening up [01:07.99]I got to get this off my chest he said [01:10.28]With his head in his hands [01:11.93]I got this girlfriend [01:13.41]But I can't stand the way things are going [01:16.21]Right she's got this job but I don't like it [01:19.30]It pisses me off [01:20.58]I don't even know [01:22.06]What we're fighting for but these days [01:24.14]Me and her [01:24.83]We are fightin' more than I'd like [01:27.15]And then out comes the white [01:29.15]And Dale looks at him in the clinical light of the toilets [01:33.52]Why what does she do [01:34.99]Pete looks at his shoes and says [01:36.97]She's a masseuse [01:38.14] [01:39.09]When all you've got is a hammer [01:42.02]Everything looks like nails [01:44.51] [01:45.13]If you bow to the hand that damns you [01:47.59] [01:48.76]Everything fails [01:50.58] [01:51.43]The things you do do you [01:54.04]The plans you hatch hatch monsters [01:56.61] [01:57.49]Unless you watch your moves [01:59.42]Your own fists will knock you unconscious [02:01.64] [02:02.14]You could call her up [02:03.54]You could book a session [02:05.43]You could push her [02:06.38]See if she responds and then [02:08.17] [02:08.72]You can tell me everything [02:10.91]And we will both see that I was wrong [02:14.00]To have ever doubted [02:15.22]That she would be the mother of [02:17.87]Pure modesty cause I know she loves me [02:21.44]She just does this to pay the bills [02:24.22]And to exist in a way [02:26.07]That will give her the means to live for [02:29.25]For than a dull routine [02:31.13]Dale nods [02:31.92]Bells ring in Pete's head [02:34.04]But he looks at Dale [02:35.56]Those clumsy legs [02:36.88]That sunken chest [02:38.42]That spotty neck [02:39.68]This is the perfect man to do the test [02:42.73] [02:45.93]When all you've got is a hammer [02:48.10] [02:48.93]Everything looks like nails [02:51.36]If you bow to the hand that damns you [02:53.80] [02:54.90]Everything fails [02:57.09] [02:57.92]The things you do do you [02:59.79] [03:00.37]The plans you hatch hatch monsters [03:02.88] [03:03.72]Unless you watch your moves [03:06.02]Your own fists will knock you unconscious