By Emmylou Harris
Submitted by juan d'fule
Date: 2004 Nov 10
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Strong Hand

He was a tall man, made up from the fields pickin' cotton
In a hard land, where the ground was poor and the world was rotten
But when he saw her, all those bad times were forgotten
And he believed, he believed.

She was the strong hand, a good sister and a daughter
Lookin' for one man, to love the way that her mother taught her
And when she saw him, she thanked God for what he brought her
She believed, she believed.

And it's a miracle, how one soul finds another, just one miracle, is all it took my brother
For I have seen them, as they walk this world together
And I believe, I believe.

Well it's a sad thing, when one must leave the other
And fly up where the voice rings,
Out with all the multitudes that gather,
But for the truth now, down here no song has sounded sweeter
We believe, we believe.

For it's a miracle, how one soul finds another, just one miracle, is all it took my brother
And I have seen them, some day they'll walk again together
I believe, I believe,
I believe, I believe.