Mama's Iron Hand

                                  She's taking blood and making water

She's turning fear into faith

She says "if time is gonna tell

There freezing down in hell

But I can wait"



Pray for mama's iron hand

She's doing all she can 

Oh to carry the weight



She says "the weather is against you"

"some days the dirt will fight you too"

"but when the help up and fails your hands they feel the nails

That reach for you"



So pray for mama's iron hand

She's doing all she can

To fight the devils crew



She says that "daddy was a good man"

He tried for years to put us straight

But the scars they couldn't heal

Your father had to yield to the magistrate



So pray for mama's iron hand 

She's doing all she can 

Oh to handle the breaks.



"so baby fight the blood inside you

Some days I know it will be hard

But that blood running through your veins

Was filtered through the pain in your daddy's heart



And pray for mama's iron hand 

She's doing all she can

To make the healing start