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Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel cover) Lyrics
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You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue skies back
All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need
You could have a big dipper
Going up and down
All around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends
I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
Show me round your fruitcage
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be
I want to beyour sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm gonna be your sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'll be your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it
Yeah, sledge sledgehammer
I've kicked the habit
Shed my skin
This is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
Oh won't you show for me
And I will show for you
Please, show for me, I will show for you
Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
Oh, I mean you
You've been coming through
Gonna build me power
Gonna build that power
Feed in the rhythm
Gonna beat in the rhythm
Gonna build me power
Yeah, It'll be you
Come on come on help me through
Come on come on help me through
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yes,
I kicked the habit
I have shed my skin
This is the new start
That I go dancing in
Won't you show for me
And I will show for you
Please, show for me
I will show for you
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I do mean you
You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue skies back
I'll be anything you need
Going up and down
All around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
This can be my testimony
I'll be your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it
Shed my skin
This is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
And I will show for you
Please, show for me, I will show for you
Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
Gonna build me power
Gonna build that power
Gonna beat in the rhythm
Gonna build me power
Yeah, It'll be you
Come on come on help me through
I have shed my skin
This is the new start
That I go dancing in
And I will show for you
Please, show for me
I will show for you
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One of the more popular of the 2008 Summer Tour covers. Originally from So, 1986. 'twas Pete's biggest hit on either side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Eh, I don't like it as much as most people seem to. It would actually be pretty boring to me if it wasn't for Timmy, Fonzie, and Dave's occasionally good vocal delivery. But Boyd and especially Carter must be bored out of their fucking minds on this song.
Was okay when I saw it. Which leads me to mention, the outro has varying lyrics based on which one you're listening to. The lyrics I submitted were derived from the 8/13/08 version.
I was at the show they first played this at! It was the best concert I've been to! :) :) I liked this version, but I think most versions are pretty good anyway.
I wonder if this means Dave has kicked the hard stuff. "H". I hope so.
@fazzpowell....you can't make an inference about lyrics that Dave didn't write...it's merely a cover