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the janky hammer blues

from me & maybe you by margarita obrien

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Things you need to know to fully embrace this song:
1. I have taught metals for many years and hammers, like life, require a balance of power and control to work best. This smithing advice is accurate and useful. Enjoy your first lesson in metalsmithing:)
2. A Fretz is the Caddilac of hammers.
3. A peen is opposite the face of a hammer.

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the janky hammer blues

Maybe you don’t think much
How 'bout right to use me
Proper methods and such
You’re not the first to ruin me

I got them janky
Them janky hammer blues
Yeah, I got them janky
Them janky hammer blues
Baby, I can’t help you
if ya got a loose screw

You can choke up my neck
And have all the control
I will give you just pecks
Ya ain’t got no power no more

If you want power
You gotta give up some control
You want my power
You gotta give up some control
You think you know how to hammer
But, Baby, your banging ain’t got soul

You can hold me from the back
All the power in your hands
But when you hear that thwack
Your throbbing thumb will understand

You feel my power
But You ain’t got control
Yeah, we got power
But you ain’t got control
You gotta find a place of balance, Baby
Of balance in your soul

Hit that nail on the head mmmph
Think you know what I mean
I know I ain’t a Fretz
But I ain't jealous of your peen

I’m just a hammer
I'm feeling like a tool
Yeah, I’m a hammer
With them janky hammer blues
Just cause I’m a hammer, Baby
Don’t mean I’m gonna nail you.

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from me & maybe you, released February 21, 2020

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Margarita O'Brien Eugene, Oregon

Margarita rediscovered her musical roots when she found a guitar in the house she was housesitting in the rain forest in Costa Rica during rainy season.

Soon after the ukulele stole her heart away.

In a developing style she likes to call quirk-folk, she writes songs of her life, stories for which you may have been an unwitting muse, encouraging words, and the saddest happy songs she can muster. ... more

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