Jackhammer Blues

JACKHAMMER BLUES

Jackhammer Blues is shakin’ me down
There's a rhythm to the city all over this town
Things will start to heat up when the Sun goes down
Come on, take a chance on a barefoot clown

If I had a Hammer for each night in the slammer
I'd fly like a Windjammer, skip like a triphammer
High in the Rockies of Southern Montana
Keep a stone in your pocket and silence your chatter

There was a time when I was much younger
I thought I would die of the cold and the hunger
I was feeling as old as yesterday's news
That's when I came up with the Jackhammer Blues

(JACKHAMMER BLUES INSTRUMENTAL SOLO)

I made a living building things, and breaking up cement
I lived in the penthouse, and in a tenement
Silent as the dormouse, I took some medicine
Like it was at your house when you first let me in

CHORUS:
Jackhammer Blues runnin’ through my veins
Making this poor old boy insane
In about another minute, I was goin’ down the drain
Headed for New Orleans in a railroad train

I'm looking for a wing girl a lot like you
Someone who can sing, and she knows just what to do
I ain't loving anyone before the night is through
I'll strut the Walk of Life tonight and play a song for you

Tell me if you think you can, what am I supposed to do?
I've never been a happy man till I fell in love with you
I could not love anyone, and it tore my heart in two
Done with my life on the run, I tore ‘em down with Delta Blues

I went out on Bourbon Street, it seems like yesterday
I brought out my steel guitar and I showed them how I play
They said you're a whole lot better than some white kid from LA
But when I broke Jackhammer Blues, it blew them all away

(JACKHAMMER BLUES INSTRUMENTAL SOLO)

I've been working overtime a-breaking up the street
Got calluses on both my hands and blisters on my feet
I stay up late most every night but I still have food to eat
I'll get down on my knees and pray till it takes my breath away

Jackhammer Blues, Jackhammer Blues
Nothing's going to happen that we can't break through
Bet your bottom dollar that I'm gonna take you
Gonna take you to the Water in your Blue Suede Shoes

(JACKHAMMER BLUES INSTRUMENTAL SOLO & OUT)
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