put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently put your hand in the hand of the man from galilee every time i look into the holy book i want to tremble when i read about the part where a carpenter cleared the temple and those buyers and the sellers no different fellas than what you and i profess to be and it causes me shame to know that man is not what he should be put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea take a good look at yourself you can look at others differently put your hand in the hand of the man from galilee hey my mama taught me how to pray before i reached the age of seven when i m down on my knees hey hey i m close to heaven my daddy lived his life with two kids and a wife and you ve got to do what you ve got to do but he showed me enough of what it takes to see you through this is what he used to tell me put your hand in the hand of the man that stilled the water put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea oh yeah you gotta take a good look at yourself and you can look at others differently put your hand in the hand of the man from galilee hey put your hand in the hand of the man that stilled the water