Hard On Equipment / Tool For The Job Lyrics - Corb Lund

lyrics by Corb Lund and Mike Plume, music by Corb Lund 

He's been roundin off bolts since the age of fourteen 

Was that a five eighths or a nine sixteenths? 

He's got a metric socket that don't quite fit 

Well it'll wiggle just a little but it aint quite stripped 

The safety guards gone from his grinding machine 

He got a stiff paint brush he only kinda got clean 

He's the hired man, my neighbor and a cousin in law 

He's a jerry riggin fool, he got the tool for the job 

Well it's vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench 

A wrench for a hammer, hammers everything else 

It just dont seem to make much difference 

I sure do like him but hes hard on equipment 

I sure like you son, but youre hard on equipment 

His corners aint square and his floor aint level 

And he's always had trouble with the old tape measure 

His doors dont close cause the jamb aint plumb 

And hes a Goddamn menace with an air nail gun 

They love to see him comin at the lumberyard store 

Fixed the leak in his roof with a two by four 

Drilled holes in his boards with the wrong kinda bit 

And when they dont line up he blames the government 

He got the whole front yard full of fix em up cars 

Three dont run and the rest wont start 

Everything's fine with his rebuilt motor 

Except of course for the couple spare parts left over 

Baler wire tie downs goin down the road 

On two bald tires and an oversize load 

He ain't never read a manual cause that's like cheatin 

He don't mind a little grease on his hands while he's eatin 

Hes got busted up knuckles, his thumb got bruised 

Jesus Christ was a carpenter, too