His Hands - Lyrics - Hank Snow

Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a celebrated Canadian country music artist. In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.

His hands paint the flowers he puts leaves on the trees At his whisper birds start singing when my heart needs melodies Why I strayed from all his goodness my poor mind can't understand I'm to blame for my misfortune I lost hold of his hands Those hands that gave me mercy when I'm wrong as wrong can be If they really gave me justice I'd be lost on homeless sea I've been lost in the shuffle I've obeyed the wrong command I'm going back to the chapel in search of his hands [ guitar ] Those hands that gave me mercy...