Various Artists - Spike Driver Blues lyrics

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone Take this hammer and carry it to my captain Tell him I'm gone, just tell him I'm gone, I'm sure is gone This is the hammer that k**ed John Henry But it won't k** me, but it won't k** me, but it won't k** me This is the hammer that k**ed John Henry But it won't k** me, but it won't k** me, ain't gonna k** me It a long ways from East Colorado Honey to my home, honey to my home, honey to my home It a long ways to East Colorado Honey to my home, honey to my home, that where I'm going John Henry he left his hammer Layin' side the road, layin' side the road, layin' side the road John Henry he left his hammer All over in red, all over in red, that's why I'm gone John Henry was a steel driving man But he went down, but he went down, but he went down John Henry was a steel driving man But he went down, but he went down, that's why I'm gone