Sara Storer

Tell These Hands

Sara Storer


Mum and Dad are home 
Sitting round the table 
Dad's got his face buried in his hands 
Never seen Dad cry 
Didn't think that he was able 
Gravel on the drive, washed away again 
And with skin off his fingers 
Still the rain comes down 
Another week just waiting 
As he looks down at his hands 

Tell the rain to stop falling 
Tell the banks to stop calling 
Tell the politicians where they can put their plans 
Tell the day to hold on longer 
Tell our sons we can't be bothered 
And then tell these hands to give up on the land 
Tell these hands. 

Better take a look 
Rain might be gone by morning 
Are you coming for a drive, we wont be long 
Arm out the window 
'Giving In' on the radio 
Funny how that rain cant deep us in 

And with skin off his fingers 
Still the rain comes down 
They're driving through the inches 
On a track of flooded ground 

Tell the rain to stop falling 
Tell the banks to stop calling 
Tell the politicians where they can put their plans 
Tell the day to hold on longer 
Tell our son's we can't be bothered 
And then tell these hands to give up on the land 
Tell, tell these hands 

Go on and tell these hands 
Go on and tell these hands 
Tell these hands