This Lyric is #242

"Holding Hands in Wal-Mart"

by Richard Berman

1. Holding hands in Wal-Mart

Doesn't seem especially brave

But I was right behind them

And I saw the cashier's face

The look of shock, then anger

Then the masking of that glance

So much feeling stirred so quickly

By two women holding hands

Chorus:

The world is not in danger

Of succumbing to a flood

Of being overwhelmed

By a rising sea of love

Every kind of caring

Is a blessing on the land

Seems what's needed here is more

Not less

Of people holding hands

2. One of the women had had a husband

For over sixteen years

Had worked hard to see herself

As happy as she appeared

But there was a voice that called her

From someplace deep inside

That told her not to settle

And would not be denied

3. Her father knows the Gospel

He's an elder in his church

And for him his daughter's choice

Unravels his life's work

"You know you're killing your mother"

He tells her when she phones

And once again she's made to see

There's no more going home

Chorus

4. I watch these women walking

And I am a bit in awe

They pay no heed to cashiers

Or others in the store

And I wonder 'bout myself

If I loved another man

Would I walk with him through Wal-Mart?

Would I offer him my hand?

Chorus

© 2000 by Richard L. Berman