The Hammer Song Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

[Verse 1]
I set out on Monday
The night was cold and vast
And my brother slept
And though I left quite quietly
My father raged and raged
And my mother wept
Now, my life was like a river
All sucked into the ground

[Chorus]
And then the hammer came down
Lord, the hammer came down

[Verse 2]
Many miles did I roam
Through the ice and through the snow
My horse died on the seventh day
I stumbled into a city
Where the people tried to kill me
And I ran in shame
Then I came upon a river
And I laid my saddle down

[Chorus]
And then the hammer came down
Lord, the hammer came down
It knocked me to the ground
And I said now, "Please, please
Take me back to my home ground"
Lord, the hammer came down