THESE HANDS
(Kevin Wilson/Walter Fixsen)
As I twist the cap off this bottle,
The words my mama said to me
Ring back through a haze of tender memories
To the days when I sat upon her knee.
She'd fold her hands over mine as we prayed.
We'd count our blessings every day.
And I remember promising to make my mama proud.
She'd shake her head and smile. Lord, it seems like yesterday.
CHO: She said, “Son, these hands will make your living.
Son, these hands will make your love.
These hands will keep your promises when you become a man.
You'll be known by the proof in these hands.”
As I sift through the wreckage that's left of my life,
I've made so many mistakes.
And it feels like a hurricane has blown away my mind
And left this heart in pieces and these hands with the shakes. CHO.
(Repeat first verse)
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