Before The Hammers Could Ring

Gene Watson · Other Songs - Gene Watson

Before the hammers

could ring

His Blood

touched the cross

for me.



Before the hammers

could strike the nails

that pinned Him to the tree.



Before the spear

ever pierced His side

letting blood and water

run free.



Before the hammers

could ring

His blood

touched the cross for me.



When sin was nailed

thunder rolled,

the earth shook

with fright.



Darkness fell

as the Lamb of God

held Him tight.



Legions of angels

and a host of heaven

stood by.



The law was fulfilled

and a dark kingdom fled from

the light.



Before the hammers

could ring

His blood

touched the cross for me.



Before the hammers

could strike the nails

a crown of thorns

made Him bleed.



And the stripes on His back

left a bloody trail

all the way to Calvary.



Before the hammers

could ring

His Blood touched the cross

for me.



When sin was nailed

thunder rolled, the earth shook

with fright.



Darkness fell

as the Lamb of God

held Him tight.



Legions of angels

and a host of heaven

stood by.



The law was fulfilled

and a dark kingdom fled from

the light.



Before the hammers

could ring

His blood

touched the cross for me.