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Looking for a Hammer

from How I Learned to Drink by Steve Key

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© 2019 by Vicki Landis & Steve Key

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Looking for a Hammer
© 2019 by Vicki Landis & Steve Key

She’s tough as nails, that’s what she’ll say
But tough old nails can rust away
And a nail sitting on a shelf ain’t good for much
She keeps looking for a hammer and calling that love

You’re a nasty dog but that’s OK
In fact she kinda likes ‘em that way
She comes home late at night feeling all beat up
She keeps looking for a hammer and calling that love

Oh I wish she’d say
Don’t treat a tender heart that way
Don’t leave her alone in the cold light of day

She used to be somebody’s wife
No harm no foul she says of that life
But the harmless kind ain’t the kind she’s dreamin’ of
She keeps looking for a hammer and calling that love

I wish this time she’d say enough
And send you off with your nasty stuff
She’s a precious jewel and you’re a fool to treat her rough

She’s tough as nails, that’s what she’ll say
But is she tough enough to walk away
Mend that hole in her heart until it all heals up
No more looking for a hammer and calling that love

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from How I Learned to Drink, released November 18, 2019
Steve Key: acoustic guitar and vocals
Dorian Michael: electric and acoustic guitars
Paul Griffith: drums and percussion
Ken Hustad: electric bass
Damon Castillo: electric guitar
Recorded by Damon Castillo at Laurel Lane Studios, San Luis Obispo. Photo by Matt Vargo. Graphics by Dan Grant.

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Steve Key Pismo Beach, California

Steve Key is an award-winning songwriter & performer, best known as the writer of "33, 45, 78 (Record Time)" recorded by country music star Kathy Mattea. He recorded for New York's Fast Folk, which is now part of the Folkways collection at the Smithsonian. Steve lives in Shell Beach and produces live music events under the banner of Songwriters at Play at many venues on California's Central Coast. ... more

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