You Have A Hand Like That Lyrics

Take my hand

The right one

The hand that waves

When I see you

The hand that lays down

Drinks on a napkin

The one that drops

Down to my side

When your car drives away

This hand swells

With heavy lifting

No I can carry it

This hand that shows me worthy

Of my husband

So when life has caused her to cry

This is the hand that strokes

My daughter's hair

The hand that turns up the flames

That stirs the soup

That texts my son

All grown up in faraway state

This hand opens the door for you

This is your primary hand

The one strongly designed

To care for this world

Just open it

Be ready

You have a hand like that

One that writes love

At the end of your cards

One that is never harsh

It holds the hot mug

It points at the snow

This hand held my mother's hand

Before we hugged goodbye

And later it threw her ashes

Through the air above the bay

This hand turns the faucets

Tests the water then swirls

Lavender salt into the bath

This is your primary hand

The one strongly designed

To care for this world

Just open it

Be ready

You have a hand like that

One that writes love

At the end of your cards

One that is never harsh

On TV tonight a man stood up

To slap another man's face

Then that hand held up

A golden trophy

My thumb saves these words on my phone

It's dark

The sun's not even begun its rise

I check

No texts

No emails from friends

Still asleep in safe beds

Their hands resting

This is your primary hand

The one strongly designed

To care for this world

Just open it

Be ready

You have a hand like that

One that writes love

At the end of your cards

One that is never harsh

Elsewhere the sun shines down

On hands pointing at cities and towns

As targets

Who counts the hands raised

To stop what isn't stopping

The sirens the fires the blizzard of bullets

In basements or burned out rooms

There are those holding both hands

Over the ears of the children

I'm sorry

I so wanted to write lines

Full of hope

What we have is that

One hand that switches on lights

In every room we've ever entered

The hand that pours our coffee

Our wine or hands over a clear

Cold glass of water

This is your primary hand

The one strongly designed

To care for this world

Just open it

Be ready

You have a hand like that

One that writes love

At the end of your cards

One that is never harsh

This is your primary hand

The one strongly designed

To care for this world

Just open it

Be ready

You have a hand like that

One that writes love

At the end of your cards

One that is never harsh

Ma ma maa

Ma ma maa

Ma ma maa ma ma ma maah