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Johnny Cash – If I Had a Hammer Lyrics 6 years ago
The "Hammer" in this song is a metaphor for POWER, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight Injustice.

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement. and was first recorded by
The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.

The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that served as a vehicle
for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. The party sought
desegregation, the establishment of a national health insurance system, an expansion of the welfare system,
and the nationalization of the energy industry.
The party also sought conciliation with the Soviet Union during the early stages of the Cold War.

The Freedom Bell (in German, Freiheitsglocke) in Berlin, Germany, is a bell that was given as a gift from
Americans to the city of Berlin in 1950 as a symbol of anti-communism, and was inspired by the American Liberty Bell.


Hammer of Justice - To do right by the people Progressive Movement
such as desegregation,
nationalization of the energy industry
healthcare for all
Bell of Freedom - Basic freedoms all people should have and referencing the Freedom Bell as a sign of Anti-Communism
Song about love for all men.

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American Music Club – If I Had a Hammer Lyrics 6 years ago
The "Hammer" in this song is a metaphor for POWER, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight Injustice.

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement. and was first recorded by
The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.

The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that served as a vehicle
for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. The party sought
desegregation, the establishment of a national health insurance system, an expansion of the welfare system,
and the nationalization of the energy industry.
The party also sought conciliation with the Soviet Union during the early stages of the Cold War.

The Freedom Bell (in German, Freiheitsglocke) in Berlin, Germany, is a bell that was given as a gift from
Americans to the city of Berlin in 1950 as a symbol of anti-communism, and was inspired by the American Liberty Bell.


Hammer of Justice - To do right by the people Progressive Movement
such as desegregation,
nationalization of the energy industry
healthcare for all
Bell of Freedom - Basic freedoms all people should have and referencing the Freedom Bell as a sign of Anti-Communism
Song about love for all men.

submissions
Trini Lopez – If I Had A Hammer Lyrics 6 years ago
The "Hammer" in this song is a metaphor for POWER, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight Injustice.

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement. and was first recorded by
The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.

The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that served as a vehicle
for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. The party sought
desegregation, the establishment of a national health insurance system, an expansion of the welfare system,
and the nationalization of the energy industry.
The party also sought conciliation with the Soviet Union during the early stages of the Cold War.

The Freedom Bell (in German, Freiheitsglocke) in Berlin, Germany, is a bell that was given as a gift from
Americans to the city of Berlin in 1950 as a symbol of anti-communism, and was inspired by the American Liberty Bell.


Hammer of Justice - To do right by the people Progressive Movement
such as desegregation,
nationalization of the energy industry
healthcare for all
Bell of Freedom - Basic freedoms all people should have and referencing the Freedom Bell as a sign of Anti-Communism
Song about love for all men.

submissions
Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer Lyrics 6 years ago
The "Hammer" in this song is a metaphor for POWER, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight Injustice.

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement. and was first recorded by
The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.

The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that served as a vehicle
for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. The party sought
desegregation, the establishment of a national health insurance system, an expansion of the welfare system,
and the nationalization of the energy industry.
The party also sought conciliation with the Soviet Union during the early stages of the Cold War.

The Freedom Bell (in German, Freiheitsglocke) in Berlin, Germany, is a bell that was given as a gift from
Americans to the city of Berlin in 1950 as a symbol of anti-communism, and was inspired by the American Liberty Bell.


Hammer of Justice - To do right by the people Progressive Movement
such as desegregation,
nationalization of the energy industry
healthcare for all
Bell of Freedom - Basic freedoms all people should have and referencing the Freedom Bell as a sign of Anti-Communism
Song about love for all men.

submissions
Peter, Paul and Mary – If I Had a Hammer Lyrics 6 years ago
The "Hammer" in this song is a metaphor for POWER, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight Injustice.

"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays.
It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement. and was first recorded by
The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.

The United States Progressive Party of 1948 was a left-wing political party that served as a vehicle
for former Vice President Henry A. Wallace's 1948 presidential campaign. The party sought
desegregation, the establishment of a national health insurance system, an expansion of the welfare system,
and the nationalization of the energy industry.
The party also sought conciliation with the Soviet Union during the early stages of the Cold War.

The Freedom Bell (in German, Freiheitsglocke) in Berlin, Germany, is a bell that was given as a gift from
Americans to the city of Berlin in 1950 as a symbol of anti-communism, and was inspired by the American Liberty Bell.


Hammer of Justice - To do right by the people Progressive Movement
such as desegregation,
nationalization of the energy industry
healthcare for all
Bell of Freedom - Basic freedoms all people should have and referencing the Freedom Bell as a sign of Anti-Communism
Song about love for all men.

submissions
Daughtry – All These Lives Lyrics 10 years ago
Doesn't come down when she calls
"It's time for breakfast."
Mama can't get down those halls
Fast enough to see
Glass is sprayed across the floor
From the broken window
She can't breathe anymore
Can't deny what we know

Someone broke a window and kidnapped her child.
She wasn't fast enough to save her child.
When you have children, they are your life.
when you life is taken from you, the unbelievable has happened and
the shock does actually take your breath away. You can't catch your breath.
& your mind doesn't want you to really believe, what has just happened.
It's unfathomable.

They're gonna find you, just believe
You're not a person; you're a disease
That is pretty clear I think

All these lives that you've been taking
Deep inside, my heart is breaking

Talking in general to all kidnappers, all the children you've taking and all the hearts you have broken with your crime.

Broken homes from separation
Don't you know it's violation?

Broken homes since the child is gone.
Don't these people understand the horror of their crime.

It's so wrong, but you'll see
Never gonna let you take my world from me
The world outside these walls may know you're breathing
But you ain't comin' in

Someone out in the world knows who and what you are
but your not getting in to hurt my family
Basically telling the kidnappers, that he is going to protect his family
and there is no way the kidnapper can take his family (his world) away from him.

Posters hung on building walls
Of missing faces
Months go by without the calls
The clues, or traces

Pretty clear - poster of kidnapped children.
The worst part is going day after day not hearing any news about your child.

Shed the light on all the ones who never thought they would become
A father, mother, asking why this world can be so cold

Shed the light - give some information to the parents
about their child.
The worst part is not knowing. The second line is clear.

Doesn't come down when she calls
"It's time for breakfast."
The memories begin to fall
She asks, "When will I be free?"

It's breakfast time and she remembers calling her child to breakfast. Maybe actually thinking of calling her down until she remembers (it can really happen when someone has lost someone, it did to me) it's like they forget their loved one is dead. You start thinking as if they are still alive.
Then she is confronted with reality and wonders when she will be able to put this behind her. However she never will until she knows what happened to her child.

The world outside these walls may know you're breathing
But you ain't comin' in

Someone out in the world knows who and what you are
but your not getting in, to hurt my family.

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