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.
