Clive Bruce - A Man with a Hammer Lyrics

He was solemn as a preacher
He was steady as a rock
For twenty years my father
Punched a blue-collar clock

And when I got my diploma
I kinda let it go to my head
He pointed to his toolbox
And then he softly said

It was a man with a hammer
Who invented the wheel
Built the house we live in
My automobile
He can fix what you break
He can make what you need
Son, a man with a hammer is a mighty fine thing to be

With a muscle in his arm, boy
And the sweat of his brow
He learned how to farm
And then he showed us how

So, no matter where you go
How smart you get
It's a fact of life, son
You best never, ever forget

It was a man with a hammer
Invented the wheel
Built the house we live in
My automobile
He can fix what you break
He can make what you need
Son, a man with a hammer is a mighty fine thing to be

He can fix what you break
He can make what you need
Son, a man with a hammer is a mighty fine thing to be

Son, a man with a hammer is a mighty fine thing to be

(A man with a hammer, let me tell you)

Son, a man with a hammer is a mighty fine thing to be