Grandma’s Hands

Grandma's hands
Clapped in church on Sunday mornin'
Grandma's hands
Played a tambourine so well
Grandma's hands

Used to issue out a warning, she'd say
"Mattie don't you run so fast
Might fall on a piece of glass
Might be snakes there in that grass"
Grandma's hands

Grandma's hands
Soothed the local unwed mother
Grandma's hands
Used to ache sometimes and swell
Grandma's hands

Used to lift their face and tell her, she'd say
"Baby, Grandma understands
That you really love that man
Put yourself in Jesus' hands"
Grandma's hands

Grandma's hands
Used to hand me a piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands

Boy they really came in handy, she'd say
"Mattie, don't you whip that boy
What you wanna spank him for?
He didn't drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore
If I get to heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands