Hands - Phil Ochs

    Well I've seen the hands of the laborers
    That lifted all the loads
    And the granite stuck to their fingers
    As they dug the canals and the roads
    Now their cleared and the bridges span
    The river paused for a power dam
    And now the hand of the laborer
    Is reachin' out to you

    [Chorus]
    Oh, the hands hands hands
    That worked to build the land land your land
    The labor of the woman and the man
    Workin' with their hands hands hands hands
    A workin' with their hands

    I've seen the hands of the miners
    Digging out the coal
    The black dust stuck to their fingers
    As they lived out their lives in a hole
    The rocks they're still under the ground
    And now his mine is closing down
    And now the hand of the miner
    Is reaching out to you

    Well, I've seen the hands of the lumberjack
    Forest swaying in the breeze
    And the splinters stuck to their fingers
    As lumber was torn from the trees
    And the wood that came from your timber tall
    Built your buildings from wall to wall
    And now the hand of the lumberjack
    Is reaching out to you

    And I've seen the hands of the farmers
    Plowin' across the field
    The topsoil stuck to their fingers
    As the earth was split by the steel
    Just growin' all they could grow
    To fill your tables, row after row
    And now the hand of the farmer
    Is reachin' out to you

    by Phil Ochs; lyrics changed by Jim Glover © 1983 Phil Ochs Estate

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