take this hammer and carry it to my captain tell him i m gone tell him i m gone tell him i m gone take this hammer and carry it to my captain tell him i m gone just tell him i m gone i m sure is gone this is the hammer that killed john henry but it won t kill me but it won t kill me but it won t kill me this is the hammer that killed john henry but it won t kill me but it won t kill me ain t gonna kill me it a long ways from east colorado honey to my home honey to my home honey to my home it a long ways to east colorado honey to my home honey to my home that where i m going john henry he left his hammer layin side the road layin side the road layin side the road john henry he left his hammer all over in red all over in red that s why i m gone john henry was a steel driving man but he went down but he went down but he went down john henry was a steel driving man but he went down but he went down that s why i m gone