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Look At My Hands

by JoAnne Spies

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This song was written from stories heard in my Community Access to the Arts (CATA) Art Cart work. I go room to room in six Berkshire Healthcare settings bringing art and music one-on-one.
Two settings are Alzheimer's groups where we created art and stories based on drawings of our hands over the year.
for more info on art cart work: www.movingsound.org/tour

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Look At My Hands

Look at my hands
My hands stayed young from all the bread I kneaded
Look at my hands
My hands got old from the sun and the garden I weeded
When I drove my car I waved to everyone
I played bridge and poker and hardly ever won
Look at my hands, look at my hands

CHORUS:
See what I carried and left behind
When you look at my hands you'll find
Love waiting

Look at my hands
How did I carry everything?
Look at my hands
When I held my babies I learned how to sing
Now I wear my husband’s ring on a chain
I will never find a man like that again
Look at my hands, look at my hands

CHORUS:
See what I carried and left behind
When you look at my hands you'll find
Love waiting

When I go to sleep at night, I turn out the light
I remember the stories in my hands

Look at my hands
I prayed for my son when he went off to war
Look at my hands
My hands kept busy when I didn’t know what for

CHORUS:
See what I carried and left behind
When you look at my hands you'll find
Love waiting

Look at your hands
Let faith and hope enfold them
Look at your hands
Find another hand to hold and hold them

CHORUS:
See what you carried and left behind
When you look at your hands you'll find
Love waiting

Repeat chorus

c 2017 words and music by JoAnne Spies

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released February 26, 2018
JoAnne Spies ~ guitar and vocals
Michael Cohen ~ guitar

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JoAnne Spies Stockbridge, Massachusetts

JoAnne Spies is a singer songwriter who collaborates with her audience in rhythm and sound explorations. An innovative performer, she invites the audience to literally walk with her, leading groups on musical experiences down Main Street to Stockbridge-Munsee tribe burial grounds and through museums. Her song "Survival Tree" honored Jane Goodall and the tree at Ground Zero for Intl. Day of Peace. ... more

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