Hammer and Heart

Verse 1:

Sun comes up, I lace my boots,

Coffee burns but it don’t mute

The weight of steel and the sweat on my back,

Another day on this same old track.

Kids asleep when I drive away,

Promise I’ll be back, but I can’t say

If they’ll remember my face, my smile,

‘Cause I’m lost in the grind mile after mile.

Chorus:

Hammer and heart, I give it all,

Clock keeps tickin’, I’m about to fall.

Living to work or working to live,

Drowning in dreams I can’t quite give.

And the radio plays our favorite song,

I hum along, but it don’t belong.

Verse 2:

Lunchbox empty, wallet too,

Boss don’t care what I go through.

The sweat on my brow, the dirt in my nails,

I trade my soul for a paycheck trail.

The kids are laughing on the porch tonight,

My heart’s there but I ain’t in sight.

A wife who loves but wears thin too,

I’m losing them slow, and I know it’s true.

Chorus:

Hammer and heart, I give it all,

Clock keeps tickin’, I’m about to fall.

Living to work or working to live,

Drowning in dreams I can’t quite give.

And the radio plays our favorite song,

I hum along, but it don’t belong.

Bridge:

Dust on my boots, ache in my bones,

This old town feels like a rolling stone.

I’m chasing time that won’t chase me,

Just a man in a world that won’t let me be.

Chorus (repeat, with more grit):

Hammer and heart, I give it all,

Clock keeps tickin’, I’m about to fall.

Living to work or working to live,

Drowning in dreams I can’t quite give.

And the radio plays our favorite song,

I hum along, but it don’t belong.

Outro (slow, twangy, reflective):

Sun goes down, I drive back home,

Empty hands, but not alone.

Family waits, and I breathe, and I start,

Another day with hammer and heart.