She was a mom back when moms didnt work She just did the laundry and brushed off the dirt She cooked all the meals and scrubbed all the floors And she mowed that front yard with that old push mower All of those years without the help of a man She held us together with those delicate hands Those hands have rocked some cradles Calmed many a cryin child Set ten thousand supper tables Now its time to rest those hands a while Those hands have done some prayin Worn just one wedding band Now there aint much time And there aint much strength But theres a lot of love left in those hands If I had a dime for every button she sewed All the tears shes dried and bedtime stories shes told Id buy back the years back from old father time Just sit here and hold her hands in mine Those hands have rocked some cradles Calmed many a cryin child Set ten thousand supper tables Now its time to rest those hands a while Those hands have done some prayin Worn just one wedding band Now there aint much time And there aint much strength But theres a lot of love left in those hands Theres a lot of love left in those hands
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