Before The Hammer Could Ring - Gene Watson

Before the hammers could ring

His blood touched the cross for me

Before the hammers could strike the nails

That pinned him to the tree

Before the spear ever pierced his side

Letting blood and water run free

Before the hammers could ring

His blood touched the cross for me

When sin was nailed thunder rolled

The earth shook with fright

Darkness fell as the lamb of God

Held him tight

Legions of angels and a host of heaven stood by

The law was fulfilled

And a dark kingdom fled from the light

Before the hammers could ring

His blood touched the cross for me

Before the hammers could strike the nails

A crown of thorns made him bleed

And the stripes on his back left a bloody trail

All the way to Calvary

Before the hammers could ring

His blood touched the cross for me

When sin was nailed thunder rolled

The earth shook with fright

Darkness fell as the lamb of God

Held him tight

Legions of angels and a host of heaven stood by

The law was fulfilled

And a dark kingdom fled from the light

Before the hammers could ring

His blood touched the cross for me