In a little two room house just outside of town
With a little picket fence and the blinds rolled down
A wife with two young kids
She sees them off to bed as she waits for her husband to come home
Lately she has been doing a lot of thinking about the arguments and why she's hurting
Is worth the extra mile to hang on for a little while
When she's had all the heartache she can stand
And her momma's words still echo in her head

Girl he can't talk without his hands
What made you stay so long I don't understand
if you leave now you might still have a chance
Cause girl he can't talk without his hands

There's a little two room house
just a few miles down
Little girls grown up and she's married now
Tears on the windowpane with a baby on the way
A she waits for her husband to come home
She calls her momma up on the telephone
She says its getting dark and I'm all alone
They talk for a little while
Momma says what's the matter child
But she knows her baby's been mislead
And her momma's voice still echoes in her head

She said, girl he can't talk without his hands
What made you stay so long I don't understand
if you leave now you might still have a chance
Cause girl he can't talk without his hands

He can't talk
He can't talk
You might still have a chance
He can't talk
If you leave now
He can't talk without his hands
He can't talk
You gotta leave
What made you stay so long
You know you might still have a chance