The Strong Hand

January and the air is cold

Been awhile since I heard my mother's tone

Yet I know when I need her most

She lends me a shoulder

Carries my grief like hidden sin

Even through the times I wouldn't let her in

Now I'll never make the same mistake ever again

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Of a kind-hearted mother to make a weak man

Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

To withstand more than he can without her care

Lately I've been callin' home

Speakin' to my brothers on the phone

And we laugh as we're lookin' back

Over our shoulder

Laughin' 'bout games that we played to win

And how we wouldn't let each other in

How we'll never make the same mistakes ever again

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Of a kind-hearted brother to make a weak man

Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

To withstand more than he can without his care

It's hard to think there was a time when I believed I

Would never see a future

Now I can't see anything clearer

So tonight I'm comin' home

Can't bear to think of you lyin' there alone

Stroke your hair and I'll kiss your back

Then right up over your shoulder

Dive into your world like it's gonna end

Like I may never get the chance again

Everybody needs somebody on whom they can depend

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Of a kind-hearted woman to make a weak man

Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

To withstand more than he can without her care

Sometimes it takes a little plannin'

And a whole lotta understandin' to make a weak man

Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

To withstand more than he can without her care

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

(Of a kind hearted mother)

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

(Of a kind hearted brother)

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

(Of a kind hearted woman)

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Sometimes it takes a strong hand