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Artist:Mellencamp John Cougar
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Album:The Lonesome Jubilee
Track:Empty Hands
 
Date Added:18/10/2007
Rating:not yet rated     
Views:4
 
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
We've got to fill these empty hands
 
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