Hand over fist
Paper around the stone
Scissors cut the paper

Cut the paper to the bone
Hand over fist
Paper around the stone

Scissors cut the paper
And the rock must stand alone


I could disappear into the crowd
But not if I keep my head in the clouds
I could walk away so proud

It's easy enough if you don't laugh too loud

I thought I was okay alone

Wait for the postman and the telephone
Lost in a world of my own
I thought I could run alone

Thought I could run through the night alone

Hand over hand

Doesn't seem so much
Hand over hand
Is the strength of the common touch


You talk as we walk along
You never imagined I could be so wrong

Humming your favorite song
You know I've hated that song for so long


How can we ever agree?
Like the rest of the world
We grow farther apart

I swear you don't listen to me
Holding my hand to my heart
Holding my fist to my racing heart


Take a walk outside myself
In some exotic land

Greet a passing stranger
Feel the strength in his hand
Feel the world expand


I feel my spirit resist
But I open up my fist

Lay hand over hand over
Hand over fist