My Own Two Hands (feat. Ben Harper) - Jack Johnson

First time that I saw her She had white doves in her eyes She spoke to me But I could not reply, not reply She was a stranger I had known for years She brought to me So many smiles and tears, Smiles and tears The two hands of prayer Together like the two hands of prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Tired maid slowly drifts Into past, into the past And finds a home Where all echoes rest, echoes rest She softly kissed My mind, my mind And whispered What will we do with time Do with time? The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer Aay, aay, aay Aay, aay, aay Aay, aay And by the way I choose Choose to be, choose to be Or just the man I used to be, used to be Am I the man I want, want to be, I want to be 'Cause this question It keeps haunting me Haunting me The two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of prayer Together like two hands of a prayer Together like the two hands of a prayer, of prayer

Last night I had a desperate dream, I was standing in the winter rain Footsteps close behind me, somebody called out my name, ohhh No magic mirrors can erase, these lines of living on my face Lessons learned and last, ohhh, ohhh Take this life - into my own hands, make this world - into my own land Take this life - I'll take my stand, take this world - into my own hands Take this life - into my own hands, I'll take my stand I was walking in the summer sun, thinking that my life had just begun How wrong could I be, ohhh, ohhh Take this life - into my own hands, make this world - into my own land Take this life - I'll take my stand, take this world - in my own hands Take this life - into my own hands, take this world - I'll take my stand Take this life - into my own hands, take this world - I'll take my stand (Solo) Take this life - into my own hands, make this world - into my own land Take this life - I'll take my stand, take this world - in my own hands Take this life - into my own hands, take this world - into my own hands Take this life - I'll take my stand, take this world - into my own hands Into my own hands, into my own land, I'll take my stand, into my own hands

I've tried everything I know to make you happy Never knew someone could be so hard to please Loving you is hard and I'm not sure I'll make it But at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees. I've still got my pride it's just that I misplaced it Anyway it's better lost that no one sees Maybe I'm not strong enough, right now, to hold you But at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees. It wasn't long ago you had me crawlin' Oh, but look how far I've come, can't you see Well, I know I'm still not walking tall but I'm trying And at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees. Yes, I know I'm still not walking tall but I'm trying And at least I've learned how to stand on my own two knees...

There ain't a pair of boots in my closet That ain't scuffed up and walked right through the soles And there ain't a pair of jeans That ain't hanging on by the seams and full of holes I ain't never been inside a three piece suit And my collar's just a worn out shade of blue I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man She has flowers in her hair on Sunday mornin' And she has a bud light in her hand on Friday night She's corn bread in the oven She's wild and crazy loving me just right Oh you know that's right She ain't afraid to put me in my place And she ain't afraid to love me every night, so every day I try to beat the morning sun out of bed Then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me Solid as the rock on her left hand She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man And she can rock a dress and cowboy boots Make a rolling stone wanna plant some roots And she's the one thing that I can't afford lose So I try to beat the morning sun out of the bed And then I work like hell 'til the sun goes down And then I rest my head next to The most beautiful thing you've ever seen Lord only knows what she means to me The reason I keep this ring on my left hand She's proud to be my woman That's why I'm proud to be her man She's proud to be my woman And that's why I'm proud to be her man