The Hand Song

Song The Hand Song
Artist Nickel Creek
Album Nickel Creek

Lyrics

[00:15.34]
[00:20.07] The boy only wanted to give Mother something
[00:25.03] And all of her roses had bloomed
[00:30.07] Looking at her as he came rushing in with them
[00:35.44] Knowing her roses were doomed
[00:39.81] All she could see were some thorns buried deep
[00:44.87] And the tears that he cried as she tended his wounds
[00:49.58] And she knew it was love
[00:54.50] It was one she could understand
[00:59.82] He was showing his love
[01:02.97] And that's how he hurt his hands
[01:10.54] He still remembers that night as child
[01:14.94] On his mother's knee
[01:20.27] She held him close and she opened her bible
[01:25.16] And quietly started to read
[01:29.81] And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out
[01:35.15] "Momma, he's got some scars just like me."
[01:39.71] And he knew it was love
[01:44.79] It was one he could understand
[01:49.84] He was showing his love
[01:52.69] And that's how he hurt his hands
[01:58.95] (music)
[02:40.15] Now the boy's grown and moved out on his own
[02:45.45] When Uncle Sam comes along
[02:50.22] A foreign affair, but our young men were there
[02:54.70] And luck had his number drawn
[02:59.84] It wasn't that long till our hero was gone
[03:04.90] He gave to a friend what he learned from the cross
[03:09.83] But they knew it was love
[03:14.77] It was one they could understand
[03:19.79] He was showing his love
[03:22.34] And that's how he hurt his hands
[03:27.56]
[03:29.98] It was one they could understand
[03:34.82] He was showing his love
[03:37.61] And that's how he hurt his hands