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Lyrics for Empty Hands by Mellencamp John Cougar:
| | | Artist: | Mellencamp John Cougar |
| | Album: | The Lonesome Jubilee | | Track: | Empty Hands | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 183 | | | | Lyrics: | Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green
In the shadows of the
smokestacks
Through the black snow that lay on the land
Walked home one winter
morning
With my life's savings in my hand
Maryanne, she's fixin' up some
breakfast
Got the lights on, on the Christmas tree
Sittin' there lookin' up at an
angel
With something dyin' inside of me
Grew up with great expectations
Heard
the promise and I knew the plan
They say people get what they deserve
But Lord, sometimes
it's much worse than that
Maryanne she's takin' in some laundry
I got a part-time job at a
drive-in stand
Oh Lord, what did I do
To deserve these empty hands
Across
the cities, across this land
Through the valleys, and across the sand
To many
people standin' in line
Too many people with nothin' planned
There's too many
people with empty hands
Now Maryanne's been cryin'
Lord knows I love her the best I
can
When my pride is bruised and broken
She slips her hand into my empty
hands
Without hope, without love, you've got nothing but pain
Just makes a man not give a
damn
That's no way for us to live
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