grandma s hands clapped in church on sunday morning grandma s hands played the 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 sooth the 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 loved 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 mattie don t you whip that boy what you want to spank him for he didn t drop no apple core but i don t have grandma anymore if i get to heaven i ll look for grandma s hands um mm mm