My mother's hands Picking off the chicken from the bone Onions dancing in the pan My mother's hands My mother's hands Mandolin picking tremolo Back and forth shimmy on the dance floor My mother's hands My mother's hands I got to borrow them today Cooking up my mother's chicken soup Celery poppin' in the pan Just like her mother taught her to Now I get to pass along this bowl of love to you With my mother's hands With my mother's hands