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Fountains Of Wayne Lyrics for Song: Workingman's Hands
 Lyrics for Album: Sky Full Of Holes [2011]
 
 
 
 30247>He can knock down the wall
 
 Build it up strong
 
 Set the flagstones in a path
 
 
 
 With a nail and a hammer
 
 Barrow and saw
 
 See about the hole in the roof
 
 
 
 And the gathered all breathe
 
 A sigh of relief
 
 At completion of a well-laid plan
 
 It's wearing the day long
 
 And breaking the skin
 
 In the palms of the workingman's hands
 
 
 
 Let the tool do the work
 
 Pull and don't push
 
 Drag that wagon over the hill
 
 
 
 Measure twice and cut once, son
 
 Clear the felled brush
 
 Edge around the gardens and walks
 
 
 
 On a shiny John Deere
 
 Will he reappear
 
 With a power drill and a paintbrush
 
 And a chip on his shoulder
 
 As wide as a barn
 
 And as hard as the workingman's hands
 
 
 
 Now your Uncle John walked
 
 A mile to school
 
 In a storm and it was uphill both ways
 
 Oh, you save your money for a hole in the ground
 
 A black car and a long wall of roses
 
 
 
 And the gathered all breathe
 
 A sigh of relief
 
 At completion of a well-laid plan
 
 It's wearing the day long
 
 And breaking the skin
 
 In the palms of the workingman's hands
 
 
 
 Now the old iron gate
 
 Could use some fresh paint
 
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