She was a mom back when moms didn't 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 it's time to rest those hands a while

Those hands have done some prayin'

Worn just one wedding band

Now there ain't much time

And there ain't much strength

But there's a lot of love left in those hands



If I had a dime for every button she sewed

All the tears she's dried and bedtime stories she's told

I'd 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 it's time to rest those hands a while

Those hands have done some prayin'

Worn just one wedding band

Now there ain't much time

And there ain't much strength

But there's a lot of love left in those hands

There's a lot of love left in those hands