## Verse 1 She had hands that knew what they were doing Always certain always warm always sure Mine are similar in shape and in their moving But they're still learning what her hands already knew She could make a meal from almost nothing She could hold a room without saying a word She could fix the things that seemed like they were broken She could make you feel like everything you said was heard ## Pre-Chorus I look down sometimes and see her In the way my fingers fall And I think she's not so gone She's not so gone at all ## Chorus My mother's hands They live in mine Every time I reach for something I feel her reaching through time My mother's hands They guide me still In everything I make and give and hold They're with me still My mother's hands ## Verse 2 She never got to see what I became Never sat in any audience and heard her name In my thank yous never knew that what she gave me Was the thing that made it possible to not be afraid I'd give it back I'd give all of it back gladly For one more ordinary afternoon with her But since I can't I carry her in everything I make now And I try to make her something to prefer ## Pre-Chorus I look down sometimes and see her In the way my fingers fall And I think she's not so gone She's not so gone at all ## Chorus My mother's hands They live in mine Every time I reach for something I feel her reaching through time My mother's hands They guide me still In everything I make and give and hold They're with me still My mother's hands ## Bridge I think she would have laughed at all of this The stages and the lights and all the fuss She always cared more about the quiet things The ordinary magic between us But I think she would have cried a little too The way she cried at anything worth crying at And I would have pretended not to notice And she would have pretended that she wasn't doing that ## Final Chorus My mother's hands They live in mine Every time I reach for someone I feel her reaching through time My mother's hands They guide me still In everything I make and give and hold They're with me still In everything I'll ever make They're with me still My mother's hands ## Outro My mother's hands Still here Still mine Still hers My mother's hands
