[ti:Workingman's Hands] [ar:Fountains of Wayne] [al:Sky Full of Holes] [by:van] [offset:500] [00:00.00]Fountains of Wayne - Workingman's Hands [00:09.91]Written by C. Collingwood [00:13.91] [00:15.91]He can knock down the wall [00:18.12]Build it up strong [00:20.04]Set the flagstones in a path [00:23.55]With a nail and a hammer [00:25.90]Barrow and saw [00:27.83]See about the hole in the roof [00:30.57] [00:31.33]And the gathered all breathe [00:33.54]A sigh of relief [00:35.20]At completion of a well-laid plan [00:39.67]It's wearing the day long [00:41.63]And breaking the skin [00:43.06]In the palms of the workingman's hands [00:46.80] [00:52.91]Let the tool do the work [00:55.14]Pull and don't push [00:57.13]Drag that wagon over the hill [01:00.66]Measure twice and cut once, son [01:03.08]Clear the felled brush [01:04.96]Edge around the gardens and walks [01:08.45]On a shiny John Deere [01:10.80]Will he reappear [01:12.33]With a power drill and a paintbrush [01:14.81]And a chip on his shoulder [01:18.58]As wide as a barn [01:20.19]And as hard as the workingman's hands [01:23.67] [01:26.05]Now your Uncle John walked [01:28.46]A mile to school [01:29.99]In a storm and it was uphill both ways [01:34.28]Oh, you save your money for a hole in the ground [01:38.20]A black car and a long wall of roses [01:42.31] [02:01.16]And the gathered all breathe [02:03.56]A sigh of relief [02:04.95]At completion of a well-laid plan [02:19.27][02:09.43]It's wearing the day long [02:21.24][02:11.39]And breaking the skin [02:22.63][02:12.85]In the palms of the workingman's hands [02:26.47][02:17.31] [02:28.45]Now the old iron gate [02:30.82]Could use some fresh paint [02:33.49] [02:35.34]