A SPECIAL HAND ON ME

WHEN I WAS BORN,

THERE WAS A HAND ON ME,

THIS HAND I COULDN'T TOUCH OR SEE,

AS I GREW UP,

THERE WAS A HAND ON ME,

A MAJOR ILLNESS ALMOST TOOK ME AWAY EARLY,

I HAD SOME MAJOR SURGERIES,

MY PARENTS, SISTER, GRANDPARENTS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES,

ALL WONDERED AS TO HOW I WOULD BE,

NOT A WORD WAS SAID, NOTHING WAS SEEN,

BUT THROUGH THE DARK AND THE UGLY,

THERE WAS A HAND ON ME,

EVERY TIME I WENT TO THE OPERATING ROOM,

MY PARENTS SAID, "WE'LL SEE YOU SOON."

MY PARENTS WERE ALWAYS IN THE ROOM,

MARKED, "RECOVERY,"

THEY MADE SURE I WAS TAKEN CARE OF TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY,

AS I LYE IN THE BED, GETTING BETTER AND READY,

TO GO HOME AGAIN, TO LIVE AGAIN NORMALLY,

BUT, TIME AFTER TIME,

THERE WAS A HAND ON ME, A ROOM TO HAVE SURGERY,

BUT I KNOW THAT DURING ALL THESE TIMES THERE WAS A HAND ON ME,

AFTER TALKING TO FRIENDS AND DOCTORS AND TRAVELING TO FAR OFF PLACES, 

ALL THE WHILE AROUND ME THERE WERE FAMILIAR FACES,

ONE NIGHT MY FATHER WAS ALONE IN A ROOM,

AND OUT THE DOOR HE WOULD BE SOON,

WHAT HE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR HAD BEEN FOUND,

AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT WE WERE ON A PLANE GOING NORTHBOUND,

IN A FEW DAYS, I WAS TO HAVE MY LAST SURGERY,

THEN I WOULD HAVE A GRIN TO STAY,

YES, EAR TO EAR A SMILE WOULD GLEAM,

AFTER A WHILE I WAS BACK TO FULL STEAM,

NOW, IN EVERYTHING I DO I CAN SEE THAT,

THERE IS A SPECIAL HAND ON ME.