Save The Hammer For The Man

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] I was driven from the city In the wilderness I stand In the cleansing rain and silence I made my battle plan Alone I march towards freedom Leaving footprints across the land With a vow that's left unspoken Save the hammer for the man [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] I leaned against a hot murder wind Beneath a hateful rain Politics, apocalypse Start to look the same The price of my redemption Will mean the end of many things The ransom for my soul The blood of generals and kings [Chorus] Save the hammer for the man Save the hammer for the man I've sinned and I have suffered And it feels good in my hands Save the hammer for the man [Verse 4] I was driven from the city In the wilderness I stand In the cleansing rain and silence I made my battle plan I will whisper words of freedom I will swing hard as I can Lord knows the time is coming Save the hammer for the man, for the man [Chorus] 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 [Chorus] Save the hammer for the man Got to 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 [Outro] Save the hammer for the man I will whisper words of freedom I will swing hard as I can