Hands Of Love Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

On a crowded street, or from a passing car 

I can see the world from where I am 

People stand in line so they can buy their things 

They buy a vegetable or a can 

I taste the water and the water tastes hot 

I taste the water and the water tastes hot 

Chorus: 

Hands of love 

They keep on slipping 

Hands of love 

They keep on gripping 

My home, it might as well just be a cave 

And the ones next door don't talk to me 

And when I'm lyin' in bed at night, I hear the sounds 

Of the sirens and the dogs and the people screaming 

I taste the water and the water tastes hot 

I taste the water and the water tastes hot 

Chorus repeat 1.5x