(Hammerin' hammerin' hammerin') Hammerin' hammerin' Hammerin' hammerin' Halleluhoodwink a hound's life is for me Everything but the kitchen sink he built it just for me Hallelu you're the thing that leads me to the mark I'd build you a river but I'm still not through with this ark Man built a furnace, a Mercedes-Benz Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin Man slew the bison and he built a Thieves' Road (oh oh oh oh) That pass over Tel Aviv-Jaffa and lead to the Mother Lode Mother Lode Hallelu-half-a-wit a mule's life is for me Steppin' off a parapet with a dog nippin' my knee Hallelu you're the girl that whispers through the wall I'd build you a hammer with a thick (thick thick) head and long claws Man built an empire out of ocean and earth Man built the prisons of Joliet San Quentin Leavenworth And man built a market for Muhammad Ali (oh oh oh oh) Evel Knievel and the legacy of John Wayne Gacy Gacy But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh) But I can't sing along (Bury my oh) But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh) But I can't sing along Sing along Sing along Hammerin' hammerin' Hammerin' hammerin' Hammerin' hammerin' hammerin' hammerin' But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh) But I can't sing along (Bury my oh) But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh) But I can't sing along Sing along Sing along Man built a furnace a Mercedes-Benz Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin