Bill Withers
Grandma's Hands lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- R&B, Ballad
- Length
- 2:03
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' drop no apple core
But I don't have grandma anymore
If I get to heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands
Hmm-mmh
Key vocabulary
- grandma's
- belonging to grandma
- clapped
- made a short loud sound
- apple
- round fruitA1
- baby
- very young childA1
- boy
- male childA1
- came
- arrivedA1
- don't
- do notA1
- each
- every oneA1
- face
- front part of headA1
- fall
- go downA1
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About this song
Bill Withers was an American soul and singer-songwriter from West Virginia, known for his introspective, autobiographical storytelling rooted in blues and folk rock. He is remembered for songs like Ain’t No Sunshine and Lean on Me that shaped socially aware, emotionally intimate R&B singer-songwriters.