Henry the Hammer

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Henry the Hammer was seven and restless,
a wrecking ball with a question, he’s helpless
Surrounded by small-minded partisans,
pulling him in undesired directions
Big brother brought home a record, a cannonball,
a brick of self-conception, a catapult
Little Henry ate it up, that sound of gold
Kept an ear to the ground of the good road

There’s nothing to see here, nothing to find
without looking elsewhere and otherwise
It's an innuendo incognito
Keep looking elsewhere and otherwise

Henry the Hammer was patient, straight-laced,
always playing straight for the mainstream to save face
But Billie Joe Androgynous at the microphone
chanted truth, the gospel of the good road

("Finally figured out myself for the first time")

There’s nothing to see here, nothing to find
without looking elsewhere and otherwise
It's an innuendo incognito
Keep looking elsewhere and otherwise

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from Heads /, released January 29, 2024

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