Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of the man from Galilee.

Every time I look into the Holy Book,
I wanna tremble (tremble).
Or when I read about the part where,
The carpenter cleared the temple (temple).
For the buyers and the sellers
Were no diff'rent fellas,
Than what I profess to be.
And it causes me shame to know,
We're not the people we should be.

So, put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of the man from a-Galilee.

My mama taught me how to pray,
Before I reached the age of seven.
She said, "They'll come a time when,
There'll probably be room in heaven."
But I'm feelin' kinda guilty 'bout,
The number of times to do what we must do.
But we forget what he said,
Then we figure that he'll still make room.

Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/TcpmSo, you gotta put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look at others diff'rently,
By puttin' your hand in the hand,
Of THE man from a Galilee.

Everybody come along.

Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who stilled the water.
(Who stilled the water.)
Put your hand in the hand,
Of the man who calmed the sea.
Fade.
(Who calmed the sea.)
Take a look at yourself,
And you can look...

PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
Written by: Gene MacLellan-1970
Performed by: Ocean1-1971
Appears on: Put Your Hand in the Hand-1971, Freedom Rock-1987*, AM
Gold: (1971)-1990*2, Amen Hymns & Spirituals-1997*, Songs of
Inspiration-2004*, '70s One-Hit Wonders-2005*, et al. (*Compilations
of various artists.)
1Origianlly recorded by Anne Murray, but popularized by Ocean. Other
covers by: Joan Baez, Dave Dudley, Donny Hathaway, Lynn Anderson, Roy
Clark, Ramsey Lewis, Shirley Casar, California Earthquake, The Five Boys
of Alabama, Perry Como, The Ray Conniff Singers, Crystal Gayle, The Oak
Ridge Boys, Elvis Presley, The Platters, Sandy Posey, Dotty West, Glenn
Yarborough, Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynn, et al.

2Transcribed from the track on this album.