Hands - Phil Ochs

Well I've seen the hands of the laborers

That lifted all the loads

And the granite stuck to their fingers

As they dug the canals and the roads

Now their cleared and the bridges span

The river paused for a power dam

And now the hand of the laborer

Is reachin' out to you

[Chorus]
Oh, the hands hands hands
That worked to build the land land your land
The labor of the woman and the man
Workin' with their hands hands hands hands
A workin' with their hands

I've seen the hands of the miners
Digging out the coal
The black dust stuck to their fingers
As they lived out their lives in a hole
The rocks they're still under the ground
And now his mine is closing down
And now the hand of the miner
Is reaching out to you

Well, I've seen the hands of the lumberjack
Forest swaying in the breeze
And the splinters stuck to their fingers
As lumber was torn from the trees
And the wood that came from your timber tall
Built your buildings from wall to wall
And now the hand of the lumberjack
Is reaching out to you

And I've seen the hands of the farmers
Plowin' across the field
The topsoil stuck to their fingers
As the earth was split by the steel
Just growin' all they could grow
To fill your tables, row after row
And now the hand of the farmer
Is reachin' out to you

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