hand of country lighting struck me twice in the same spot but I lived to tell the tale caught up in my own prison when someone came to pay my bail phoenixrising up from the ashes giving me a second chance i was touched by the hand of country lifting me up to dance chorus: touched by the hand of country. torn by a twist of fate. snatched from the jaws of the lion. giving me a second helping on my plate. coming back home onthe back roads i stopped to dig up plants. filled with local color, purple cactus stickers in my hands stickers turned into pears and the pears grew blooms i was touched by the hand of country not a minute too soon. chorus Green grass growing all around me. lifting me up to dance touched by the hand of country