Lyric The Hands You re Holding Now

(Marty Robbins)

The hands I m holding now if you remember
Are the very hands that gave me my first rose
They re reaching out for one last dying ember
In the ashes of a love that s lost its glow.

But if you don t want me I won t try to keep you
But there s just smallest chance you may be wrong
Until you re sure I hope you ll never let go
Of the hands that you ve been holding for so long.

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Did God mean I could keep you for a lifetime
Or did he mean for just a year or two
And if it s meant that I should have to lose you
Then what s these hands you re holding gonna do.

But if you don t want me I won t try to keep you
But there s just smallest chance you may be wrong
Until you re sure I hope you ll never let go
Of the hands that you ve been holding for so long...