...GRANDMA'S HANDS...

by Bill Withers

*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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Grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning,

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Grandma's hands, played a tambourine so well.

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Grandma's hands, used to issue out a warning, she'd say;

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"Billy don't you run so fast; might fall on a piece of glass,

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"Might be snakes there in that grass", Grandma's hands.

Verse 2:

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Grandma's hands, soothed a local un-wed mother,

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Grandma's hands, used to ache sometimes and swell.

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Grandma's hands, used to lift her face and tell her;

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"Baby, Grandma understands, that you really love that man,

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Put yourself in Jesus' hands", Grandma's hands.

Verse 3:

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Grandma's hands, used to hand me piece of candy,

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Grandma's hands, picked me up each time I fell.

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Grandma's hands, boy, they really came in handy, she'd say;

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"Matty don't you whip that boy, what you want to spank him for?

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He didn't drop no apple core", but I don't have Grandma any more.

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If I get to Heaven, I'll look for, Grandma's hands.

Outro:

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