Under The Hammer
Posted: October 13th, 2009, 8:30 am
Teamster hiring hall
south baltimore
next door to the hardware store
with the huge big hammer neon sign
hanging out over the sidewalk
where we used to loiter
and smoke and tell our stories
there in the heart of the city we could have been aboriginal warriors dancing around a camp fire. A brotherhood.
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under the big hammer
Hutch told his story
about loading coil steel
not chained down tight
foreman hurried him up
load shifted
driver killed
___________________________
Next day he was not there
"Where's Hutch" I asked
someone told me he fell dead
off a freight dock
told me he was dead before he hit the ground.
Everybody loved Hutch, he had integrity
_________________________________________
Us teamster brothers hanging out
standing under the big hammer
of the hardware store
next door to the union hall
on hanover street in south baltimore
we all told our stories
& I believed that big neon hammer on the sign would come down on my head if I told a lie.
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south baltimore
next door to the hardware store
with the huge big hammer neon sign
hanging out over the sidewalk
where we used to loiter
and smoke and tell our stories
there in the heart of the city we could have been aboriginal warriors dancing around a camp fire. A brotherhood.
________________________________
under the big hammer
Hutch told his story
about loading coil steel
not chained down tight
foreman hurried him up
load shifted
driver killed
___________________________
Next day he was not there
"Where's Hutch" I asked
someone told me he fell dead
off a freight dock
told me he was dead before he hit the ground.
Everybody loved Hutch, he had integrity
_________________________________________
Us teamster brothers hanging out
standing under the big hammer
of the hardware store
next door to the union hall
on hanover street in south baltimore
we all told our stories
& I believed that big neon hammer on the sign would come down on my head if I told a lie.
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