My Father's Hands-Philip Quast

[ti:My Father's Hands] [ar:Philip Quast] [al:Live at the Donmar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Father's Hands - Philip Quast [00:25.49]In the middle of my lifetime I began to lose my way [00:31.02]Between this [00:32.76]That and the other of a crowded resume [00:36.80] [00:38.40]Then I stumbled on a memory out upon the shifting sands [00:44.62] [00:45.42]For one simple honest moment I could see my father's hands [00:51.93] [00:53.48]They were strong [00:54.67] [00:55.57]They were rough [00:56.63] [00:57.33]They would lift me high so I could count the stars [01:01.81] [01:02.72]When the world was not enough [01:04.70] [01:07.05]They would reach for each day [01:10.99]And the feel of home was just a touch away [01:15.32] [01:17.00]In my father's hands [01:19.31] [01:24.20]How could he have seemed so foolish back when [01:28.48]I thought I was wise [01:30.61] [01:31.12]Guess you come to see things different looking through your father's eyes [01:36.90] [01:38.05]Now that I've become a father I begin to understand [01:44.06]All the lessons that are waiting right there in our fathers hands [01:50.73] [01:52.36]They were strong [01:53.60] [01:54.44]They were rough [01:55.26] [01:56.13]They would lift me high so I could count the stars [02:01.29] [02:01.95]When the world was not enough [02:04.86] [02:05.95]They would reach for each day [02:09.88]And the feel of home was just a touch away [02:14.41] [02:15.90]In my father's hands [02:18.32] [02:21.26]Weathered lines [02:23.30] [02:24.23]Storied scars [02:26.47] [02:27.57]Tell who he was and who you are