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Billy Dean
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I was framin' houses in Houston one August afternoon
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When the foreman's wife pulled up in her Lincoln and she said I been looking for you
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The old man went home early do you wanna take a ride to town
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I said I guess it couldn't do no harm and I threw my hammer down
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We were shootin' straight tequila when the foreman came stormin' in
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He said honey now didn't I warn you what I'd do if I caught you again
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She pulled out her little pistol she fired and he hit the ground
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She grabbed my arm we jumped into that Lincoln and I put that hammer down
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Hammer down hammer down don't look back it's too late now
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Ain't nothin' you can do about it anyhow
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Just put that hammer put that hammer down
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Well I heard the sirens moanin' just east of New Orleans
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She cried out to the trooper thank God you rescued me
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When they dragged me into the courtroom I knew where I was bound
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That old judge threw the book at me then he threw his hammer down
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Hammer down hammer down don't look back it's too late now
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Ain't nothin' you can do about it anyhow
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Just throw that hammer throw that hammer down
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On a chain gang out of Houston one August afternoon
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I see that same old Lincoln and at the wheel there's a brand new fool
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Then the warden taps my shoulder says son quit your foolin' around
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In ninety-nine years you can lay that hammer down
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Oh hammer down hammer down don't look back it's too late now
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Ain't nothin' you can do about it anyhow
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Throw that hammer throw that hammer down
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Just swing that hammer swing that hammer down swing that hammer down
Billy Dean - If There Hadn't Been You
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