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Artist: Bill Withers
Track: Grandmas Hand

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Grandma's hands
Clapped in church on Sunday morning
Grandma's hands
Played a tambourine so well
Grandma's hands
Used to issue out a warning
She'd say, "Billy don't you run so fast
Might fall on a piece of glass
"Might be snakes there in that grass"
Grandma's hands

Grandma's hands
Soothed a local unwed mother
Grandma's hands
Used to ache sometimes and swell
Grandma's hands
Used to lift her face and tell her,
She'd say "Baby, Grandma understands
That you really love that man
Put yourself in Jesus hands"
Grandma's hands

Grandma's hands
Used to hand me piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands
Boy, they really came in handy
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
What you want to spank him for?
He didn't drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore

If I get to heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands
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Bill Withers – Grandma's Hands
“Grandma’s Hands” was the third single from Bill Withers' 1971 album Just As I Am. Uncharacteristically short, it clocks in at just barely over two minutes long. The lyrics
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Gladys Knight – Grandma's Hands
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Barbra Streisand – Grandma's Hands
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Merry Clayton – Grandma's Hands
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Jeff Lorber (Ft. Eric Benét) – Grandma’s Hands
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Anthony David – Grandma's Hands
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Meg Mac – Grandma's Hands
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Keb' Mo' – Grandma's Hands
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José James – Grandma's Hands
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Gil Scott-Heron – Grandma's Hands
Grandma's hands clapped in church on Sunday mornings / Grandma's hands played the tambourine so well / Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning / She say, "Scotty why you run so
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“Grandma's Hands” by Bill Withers was produced by Booker T. Jones.
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Bill Withers released “Grandma's Hands” in May 1971.
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“Grandma's Hands” by Gil Scott-Heron was written by Bill Withers.
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