1)
I REMEMBER DADDY’S HANDS FOLDED SILENTLY IN PRAYER
AND REACHING OUT TO HOLD ME WHEN I HAD A NIGHTMARE
YOU COULD READ QUITE A STORY IN THE CALLOUSES AND LINES
YEARS OF WORK AND WORRY HAD LEFT THEIR MARK BEHIND
I REMEMBER DADDY’S HANDS HOW THEY HELD MY MAMMA TIGHT
AND PATTED MY BACK FOR SOMETHING DONE RIGHT
THERE ARE THINGS THAT I’VE FORGOTTEN THAT I LOVED ABOUT THE MAN
BUT I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE LOVE IN DADDY’S HANDS
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DADDY’S HANDS, SOFT AN KIND WHEN I WOULD CRY,
DADDY’S HANDS, HARD AS STEEL WHEN I’D DONE WRONG,
DADDY’S HANDS WEREN’T ALWAYS GENTLE BUT I’VE COME TO UNDERSTAND
THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOVE IN DADDY’S HANDS
2)
I REMEMBER DADDY’S HANDS WORKING TILL THEY BLED
SACRIFICED UNSELFISHLY JUST TO KEEP US ALL FED
IF I COULD DO THINGS OVER I’D LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN
AND NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THE LOVE IN DADDY’S HANDS