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Clumsy Hands

from Chin Up (2003) by Susan Gibson

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lyrics

CLUMSY HANDS

There’s a gal out in ol’ West Texas
She don’t believe in spells she don’t believe in hexes
Try as she might she can’t explain what’s come over her

She runs into things she trips over her shoes
She’s got a funny story for every scrape & every bruise
& she knew that there’d be trouble finding a man to give his heart to her

she met a handy man and he lived down south
she leaned in to give a kiss, accidentally hit him in the mouth
she chipped his tooth and gave him a fat lip

she said ‘I guess I thought this would be more romantic,
I didn’t mean to hurt you, it’s just my clumsy antics’
But he wore her smile & did not care about the chip

Put your heart in these clumsy hands
I’ll be careful but you got to understand
I have a tendency to break so many things
Left ‘em laying around where I knew they should not have been
Sometimes I fall down but I’ll get up again
& keep your heart in these clumsy hands

Now this handy man he traveled with his tools
You gotta be prepared it was his only rule
& when he met this gal he knew he’d have to make a few repairs

A roll of duct tape and a socket wrench,
he’s used ‘em plenty when he’s in a pinch
And he handled that clumsy girl with everloving care

Put your heart in these clumsy hands
I’ll be careful but you got to understand
I have a tendency to break so many things
Left ‘em laying around where I knew they should not have been
Sometimes I fall down but I’ll get up again
& keep your heart in these clumsy hands

Now every love story’s got to have a good end
& some rules you break and some rules you bend
& this handyman tried like hell to put the ending off

I guess she broke his heart just one time too many
He looked for his tape and found that he did not have any
He headed south he headed south he headed south

Put your heart in these clumsy hands
I’ll be careful but you got to understand
I have a tendency to break so many things
Left ‘em laying around where I knew they should not have been
Sometimes I fall down but I’ll get up again
& keep your heart in these clumsy hands

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from Chin Up (2003), released June 1, 2002

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