Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel cover)

from Covers (Compilation) by Gavin Castleton

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This is a cover of the hit song "Sledgehammer" from Peter Gabriel's seminal 1986 album, So.

View the live performance of this song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtGNX9JHOE

lyrics

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 sky 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
'cos I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit
Shed my skin
This is the new stuff
we go dancing in, we go dancing in
Oh won't you show for me
like I show for you
won't you show for me, like I show for you
I keep time with the rhythm
I'm going to feel that power,
feel that power
yeah
Come on, come on, help me do
yeah

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from Covers (Compilation), released March 25, 2013
written by Peter Gabriel, performed, recorded, and mixed by Gavin Castleton.

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Gavin Castleton Portland, Oregon

Gavin has released 9 solo albums and 8 EPs. Over the last two decades he has performed and recorded with acts like The Dear Hunter, Gruvis Malt, Ebu Gogo, Paranoid Social Club, Sage Francis, Club D’elf, Lex Land, Facing New York, and One Drop.

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