Hammer to Fall [Live Aid]

Hey hey hey hey, "Hammer to Fall"!

Here we stand or here we fall

History don't care at all

Make the bed, light the light

Lady Mercy won’t be home tonight

You don't waste no time at all

Don't hear the bell, but you answer the call

It comes to you as to us all, yeah

And it’s time for the hammer to fall

Every night, and every day

A little piece of you is falling away

But lift your face, the Western Way

Build up...

Tow your line and play their game

'Til the anesthetic covers it all

'Til one day they call your name

Then it's time for the hammer to fall

Rich or poor or famous

For your truth is all the same (Oh no, oh no)

Lock your door 'cause rain is pouring

Through your window pane (Oh no)

Baby, now your struggle's all in vain, oh, yeah

For we who grew up tall and proud

In the shadow of the mushroom cloud

Convinced our voices can't be heard

Just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder

What the hell are we fighting for?

Just surrender and it won't hurt at all

Just got time to say your prayers

Then it’s time for the hammer to, hammer to fall

It’s going to fall!

Hey, yeah

Hey, yeah

Hey, yeah

One more time

Waiting for the hammer to fall

Give it to me one more time!