Hands
If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
Poverty stole your golden shoes
But it didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after
We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
We are never broken
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands
We are God's hands
The room is full
and we're dancing slow
the band is playing
an old country tune
and cowboy's will be bringing
their ladies home soon
I don't wanna hear
no more sad songs
don't know happy ones no more
the worlds full of broken hearts
and I'm not pretending
but is it asking too much
for just one happy ending?
tonight I need an happy ending
Outside the night is still
and the moon's hanging low
and tomorrow can conquer
with its tyranny and noise
but tonight I'm taking a stand
Cause I don't wanna hear
no more sad songs
don't know happy ones no more
the world's full of broken hearts
and, hey, I'm not pretending
but is it asking too much
for just one happy ending?
Tonight I need a happy ending
So hold me tight
hold me dear
whisper quietly
so my heart can't hear
no more sad songs
no more sad songs
So hold me tight
and pray this night never ends
don't make me lonely
and don't make me blue
don't say goodnight
just say you want a
happy ending.
Cause I don't wanna hear
no more sad songs
don't know happy ones nomore
the worlds full of broken hearts
and I'm not pretending
but is it asking too much
for just one happy ending?
Tonight I need a happy ending...
Just one happy ending
tonight I need a
happy ending
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Peace on earth, and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With th'angelic host proclaim
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Christ, by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold him come
Offspring of the favored one
Veiled in flesh, the godhead see
Hail th'incarnate deity
Pleased, as man with men to dwell
Jesus, our Immanuel!
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Oh, oh, oh
Ah
Hail! The heav'n born prince of peace!
Hail! the son of righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings
Ris'n with healing in his wings
(mild he lays his glory by)
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Yeah
When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark, baby
Have a little faith in me
When the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try, baby
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
When your secret heart
Cannot speak so sweet
Come here darlin'
From a whisper start
To have a little faith in me
When your back's against the wall
Just turn around, you will see
I will catch ya, I will catch your fall
Just have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Well, I've been loving you for such a long, long time baby
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend
Cause for us there is no end
All you gotta do is have a little faith in me
I said I will hold you up, I will hold you up
Your strength gives me enough
So have a little faith in me
Hey baby, oh, baby
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
A little faith in me
I am a woman haunted by hands
Even though I'm alone
Traces of Pompey
Across my skin
And an invisible map
Of where you've been
It's dry road to Idaho
A thirsty tongue across the land
And soil so dry
You could swallow an entire man
Took the first road out of town
Hoping that you were just skin deep
Well I feel you like
Some sort of phantom limb
Beside me when I sleep
Cause you are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
I watch another grey day unfold
It's dusty wings
Sometimes I wish I were more like
Rocks and stones and things
Sometimes I wish my heart
Were not like flowers at all
That way I wouldn't get butterflies
When you called
begin extra
And the night swallows itself
You can see it in the stars
The moon blinks it's tired eyes
I may be a thousand miles to nowhere
Does that make me lost or found?
Oh - is it that relative to if you're around?
end extra
And some birds abandon their young
Cause the instinct is too strong to fly
Well I feel like abandoning
My guitar and my books and I'm afraid
I don't know why
Cause you are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
A man stands in the doorway like a small child
angry fists
she lies on her bed her head buried in her pillow
and she stares at the moon
he speaks to her all the words shes heard too many times before
and pretty soon she just let's his voice fade away
and she thinks...
This was a gradual steel frost
that started with cold feet
and ended with numb hearts
This was once satisfying sex but now no longer is
It was once filled with the possibilities of new china or old stone
but now it's exaggerated and waterlogged no longer what these hands had
intended and still I cry in my sleep
He always said I was too sensitive,
but I say
CHORUS:
At least I never meant to make him cry.
At least I never meant to make him hurt that way
No I never meant to make him cry
Never meant to make him hurt that way
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
but he takes pleasure in my pain.
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
but he takes pleasure in my pain.
And the unheard hours they fly by
she goes to the window
she puts on a nightgown and brushes her hair
he's already asleep
by the time she goes and lays herself back down.
She thinks
my god, what am I doing here?
My bones have grown tired of his hunger, of his gray eyes,
and I feel if I were to stay one more night here I'd die or explode
or worse yet just fade away.
he always said I was too sensitive that if I cared so much
the world could kill me that way.
I wonder if he's only half alive or if he's simply always been this inarticulate,
cause I say
CHORUS:
At least I never meant to make him cry.
At least I never meant to make him hurt that way
No I never meant to make him cry
Never meant to make him hurt that way
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
but he takes pleasure in my pain.
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
but he takes pleasure in my pain.
And she get's out of bed and looks at her feet as though they
were the wings for her freedom
she gets up and goes to the door
it's a moment in which anything could happen
instead she gets out some clothing
puts it in a bag and leaves him sleeping
while she heads for the door.
Oh, God
Oh, God
Oh...
Sweet man, sweet mystery
Unveil yourself to me
Lie so still
Flesh cup, gonna get my fill
Let me rise and fall
With the wings of our sheets
While the moon's
Full over Austin
The city sleeps below
Only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
Your body be a tender vine
That twists and turns just like mine
Your heart a slender thong
Filled with honey, built with song
Dawn steals you from me
And takes me to the next town
But tonight the moon's
Full over Austin
And the city sleeps below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
There's one thing
That keeps me going
It's the slow and easy knowing
You're the kind of man
Who's kind of girl
Could maybe give her hand
So sweet man in your sweet misery
Lie upon my temporary sea
Love's dressing, I will adorn
To my side your absence be a thorn
I'll rock you gently to sleep
Tonight is one promise
We both can keep
While the moon's
Full over Austin
And the city sleeps below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel
Through the window
Hotel angel
Through the window
Feels like that man took my heart
Laid it neatly out before him on the floor
Then he put on the biggest
heaviest winter boots he had
And stomped on it for three hours,
Maybe four
And I hope his Sorrells are ruined forever
Cause you know he knows how to push my every button
Get down to my last nerve
Like the other day he forgot to put his beer can
In the recycling bin
And he meant to do it on purpose I'm sure
So I might just have to tell him
Why his dog, Ralph, that ran away three years ago
Won't be coming home again
Cause you know he walks around the house
In his underwear
Whenever my girlfriends come around
And perhaps if he were good looking
I might feel a bit jealous, overzealous
But all I feel is embarrassed
looking at him standing there
And I hope he never finds his left slipper
And my psychiatrist says I should tell him how I feel
He says, "Oh great, I gotta listen to her snivel again"
So I have these little unfulfilled fantasies
Of putting arsenic in his teacup
We'd see who'd be laughing then
If only he was the type to drink tea
Now I hear him come up the driveway
In his El Camino
With its black with a red-flame firebird on front
He keeps the keys to himself
He won't take me out to the movies
Cause of football
So I'll just hold out on something else
I'll never cook him another single Hungry Man TV dinner again
I say, "Listen man, you better treat me with so
r-e-s-p-e-c-t
Cause I gotta a whole lotta what you need
Then a whole lot besides, and then still a whole lot more"
He said, "Yeah, if you were talking about your weight
that might be true - but otherwise all you give me is
Headache and heartburn"
So I took his Hungry Man TV dinner and his Sorrels
So I took his left slipper and his Hungry Man TV dinner
And I spit on his Sorrels as I walked out the door.
And I spit on him as I walked out the door
By the way, your dog Ralph won't be coming home again
