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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ocean
Ocean
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gene MacLellan
Gene MacLellan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Greg Brown and other members of Ocean in association with Bill Gilliland and the staff at Bay Studio, Toronto
Greg Brown and other members of Ocean in association with Bill Gilliland and the staff at Bay Studio, Toronto
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 differently
[Verse 2]
By puttin' your hand in the hand
Of the man from Galilee
[Verse 3]
Every time I look into the Holy Book
I want to tremble
When I read about the part
Where the carpenter cleared the temple
For the buyers and the sellers were
No different fellas than what I profess to be
And it causes me shame to know
We're not the people we should be
[Verse 4]
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 differently
By puttin' your hand in the hand
Of the man from Galilee
[Verse 5]
My mama taught me how to pray
Before I reached the age of seven
She said "there'll come a time when there'll probably be room in Heaven"
But I'm feeling kind of guilty 'bout the number of times
To do what we must do
Oh we forget what he said, then we figure that he'll still make room
[Verse 6]
You gotta put your hand in the hand
Of the man who stilled the water
Put you hand in the hand
Of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself
And you can look at others differently
By puttin' your hand in the hand
Of the man from Galilee
Everybody, come on
[Verse 7]
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
Take a look at yourself
And you can look at others differently
Written by: Gene MacLellan

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