...GRANDMA'S HANDS... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Just As I Am' (1971)*
Intro
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Mmm-mm-mm, mmm-mm-mm.
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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Mmm-mm-mm.
