Hammer Down lyrics

I was framin` houses in Houston one August afternoon

When the foreman`s wife pulled up in her Lincoln and she said I been looking for you

The old man went home early do you wanna take a ride to town

I said I guess it couldn`t do no harm and I threw my hammer down

We were shootin` straight tequila when the foreman came stormin` in

He said honey now didn`t I warn you what I`d do if I caught you again

She pulled out her little pistol she fired and he hit the ground

She grabbed my arm we jumped into that Lincoln and I put that hammer down

Hammer down hammer down don`t look back it`s too late now

Ain`t nothin` you can do about it anyhow

Just put that hammer put that hammer down



Well I heard the sirens moanin` just east of New Orleans

She cried out to the trooper thank God you rescued me

When they dragged me into the courtroom I knew where I was bound

That old judge threw the book at me then he threw his hammer down

Hammer down hammer down don`t look back it`s too late now

Ain`t nothin` you can do about it anyhow

Just throw that hammer throw that hammer down

[ guitar ]

On a chain gang out of Houston one August afternoon

I see that same old Lincoln and at the wheel there`s a brand new fool

Then the warden taps my shoulder says son quit your foolin` around

In ninety-nine years you can lay that hammer down

Oh hammer down hammer down don`t look back it`s too late now

Ain`t nothin` you can do about it anyhow

Throw that hammer throw that hammer down

Just swing that hammer swing that hammer down swing that hammer down