He Can't Talk Without His Hands (Album Version)-Lace

[00:14.66]There's a little two-room house just outside of town [00:19.73]With a little picket fence and the blinds pulled down [00:24.60] [00:26.23]A wife with two young kids [00:29.91]She sees them off to bed [00:32.10]As she waits for her husband to come home [00:39.42]Lately she's been doing a lot of thinking [00:46.04]About the arguments and why she's hurting [00:49.79] [00:52.29]Is it worth the extra mile [00:54.98]To hang on for a little while [00:58.56]When she's had all the heartache she can stand [01:03.31] [01:05.25]And her mama's words still echo in her head [01:09.00] [01:11.56]Girl, he can't talk without his hands [01:15.50] [01:18.00]What's made you stay this long I don't understand [01:20.38]If you leave now you might still have a chance [01:28.38] [01:33.01]'Cause girl, he can't talk without his hands [01:35.39] [02:01.03]There's a little two-room house just a few miles down [02:05.21] [02:06.72]The little girl's grown up and she's married now [02:10.97] [02:13.53]Tears on a window pane [02:15.28] [02:16.28]With a baby on the way [02:18.22] [02:19.15]As she waits for her husband to come home [02:23.90] [02:25.90]She calls her mama up on the telephone [02:32.28]She says it's getting dark and I'm all alone [02:38.78]Can we talk for a little while [02:41.72]Mama says what's the matter child [02:44.97]But she knows that her baby's been misled [02:49.34] [02:51.53]And her mama's words still echo in her head [02:58.10]She said, girl, he can't talk without his hands [03:03.28] [03:04.59]What's made you stay this long I don't understand [03:08.72] [03:11.47]If you leave now you might still have a chance [03:18.03]'Cause girl, he can't talk without his hands