Two Strong Hands (My Daddy)

Two strong hands,
that's all he had.
Two strong hands,
an eighth grade education,
a young wife and three babies.

Two strong hands
and a will to start again.
Swamp, rocks, and green trees
surrounded his dream.
A truck with box on the back
was home while he cleared land.

Two strong hands
and a poor man's vision
of making something better.
With two strong hands
he built a farm
and raised nine kids.

Two strong hands
now grow old,
sometimes lose their grip
on the tools
he's held for 70 years.

His two strong hands
made me the man
I am today.
If I had to start over
I would pray for the strength
my daddy has in
his two strong hands.