I Set Out On Monday

The Night Was Cold And Vast

And My Brother Slept



And Though I Left Quite Quietly

My Father Raged And Raged

And My Mother Wept



Now, My Life Was Like A River

All Sucked Into The Ground

And Then The Hammer Came Down

Lord, The Hammer Came Down



Many Miles Did I Roam

Through The Ice And Through The Snow

My Horse Died On The Seventh Day



I Stumbled Into A City

Where The People Tried To Kill Me

And I Ran In Shame



Then I Came Upon A River

And I Laid My Saddle Down

And Then The Hammer Came Down

Lord, The Hammer Came Down

It Knocked Me To The Ground

And I Said, "Please, Please

Take Me Back To My Home Town"

Lord, The Hammer Came Down



Now I've Been Made Weak By Visions

Many Visions Did I See

All Through The Night



On The Seventh Hour An Angel Came

With Many Snakes In All His Hands

And I Fled In Fright



I Pushed Off Into The River

And The Water Came Around

And Then The Hammer Came Down

Lord, The Hammer Came Down

And It Did Not Make A Sound

And I Said, "Please, Please

Take Me Back To My Home Ground"

Lord, The Hammer Came Down