Indigo Girls - Hammer & A Nail lyrics

Clearing webs from the hovel<br>A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel<br>I've been digging too deep<br>I always do<br>I see my face on the surface<br>I look a lot like narcissus<br>A dark abyss of an emptiness<br>Standing on the edge of a drowning blue<br><br>I look behind my ears for the green<br>And even my sweat smells clean<br>Glare off the white hurts my eyes<br>I gotta get out of bed<br>Get a hammer and a nail<br>Learn how to use my hands<br>Not just my head<br>I think myself in a jail<br>Now I know a refuge never grows<br>From a chin in a hand<br>And a thoughtful pose<br>Gotta tend the earth<br>If you want a rose<br><br>I had a lot of good intentions<br>Sit around for fifty years<br>And then collect a pension<br>Started seeing the road to hell<br>And just where it starts<br>But my life is more than a vision<br>The sweetest part is acting<br>After making a decision<br>Started seeing the whole<br>As a sum of it's parts<br><br>And I look behind my ears for the green<br>And even my sweat smells clean<br>Glare off the white hurts my eyes<br>Gotta get out of bed<br>Get a hammer and a nail<br>Learn how to use my hands<br>Not just my head<br>I think myself in a jail<br>Now I know a refuge never grows<br>From a chin in a hand<br>And a thoughtful pose<br>Gotta tend the earth<br>If you want a rose<br><br>My life is part of the global life<br>I'd found myself becoming more immobile<br>When I'd think a little girl in the world<br>Can't do anything<br>A distant nation my community<br>And a street person my responsibility<br>If I have a care in the world<br>I have a gift to bring<br><br>I look behind my ears for the green<br>Even my sweat smells clean<br>Glare off the white hurts my eyes<br>I gotta get out of bed<br>Get a hammer and a nail<br>Learn how to use my hands<br>Not just my head<br>I think myself in a jail<br>Now I know a refuge never grows<br>From a chin in a hand<br>And a thoughtful pose<br>Gotta tend the earth<br>If you want a rose