Hammer Out the Edges

Hammer out the edges now
Try and leave my past
I feel blue even when I’m out
And know the good times won’t last
Hammer out the edges now
I try and make it pass

Moving to the Northside
To a spot with a relative
Suppose I’ve got
Some good friends there
But it don’t make a difference
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right

I’ve come to learn of liquor and
More of heroin
In my youth I ain’t considered
The damps, the darkness
And their ends
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right
I cannot fall asleep
Lie awake through the night

These days I’m staying sober
At least I’m trying to
Some nights are harder than others
When the truth
Don’t seem like the truth
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it through
Hammer out the edges now
Oh, I try and find the truth

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I should probably call my mother
I’m sure she’s worried sick
In the past when I don’t call her
It means I’m back on the shit
Hammer out the edges now
Try and get it fixed
It all falls to pieces
And I’ve got to pick

Speaking of family
I’ve got the best in blood
And I wish we were closer
But I feel I just can’t speak up
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it rhyme

When I was a baby boy
Was my Momma’s Strawberry Man
In the heat of Ohio
I grew to be an awful man
Bang around the edges now
I try and fix it up
And it all falls to pieces
Oh, I try to pick ‘em up

So I try and pick ‘em up
I bang around the edges now
I try and fix it up
And it all falls to pieces
I try and fix it up