Even a Miracle Needs a Hand

by Dave Saunders on October 6, 2007

Even A Miracle Needs A Hand

It’s rare that I look for some piece of information and not find it on the internet, and even more rare when I can actually supply that information and be the first person to share it with the world. I recently looked for the lyrics to “Even A Miracle Needs A Hand” which is a song from the 1974 cartoon “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and could not find them anywhere.

What is it about this song that attracts people to this site every day? Please leave a comment below and share your thoughts and feelings about this song.

I finally found an mp3 of the song here

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I have the lyrics to the song as well. For your reading pleasure, for the first time anywhere on the internet here are the lyrics to “Even A Miracle Needs A Hand”

Even A Miracle Needs a Hand

Miracles happen most every day
to people like you and me
but don’t expect a miracle
unless you help make it to be

You hope while I hurry
You pray while I plan
We’ll do what’s necessary cause
Even a miracle needs a hand

You love and I’ll labor
You sit while I stand
Get help from a next door neighbor cause
Even a miracle needs a hand

We’ll help our maker
to make our dreams come true
but I can’t do it alone
So here’s what we’re gonna do

You hope while I hurry
You pray while I plan
We’ll do what’s necessary cause
Even a miracle needs a hand

We’ll help our maker
to make our dreams come true
but we can’t do it alone
So what are we’re gonna do

You wish while I whittle
You drip while I dry
Lets all try to help a little cause
Even a miracle needs a hand

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  • Barbara Stone

    THank you! I too have been searching for this song everywhere. Thanks

  • Merri

    Thanks Dave. Just watched this old classic the other night & I’ve always thought that song was so nice. Always wanted to know all the words.
    Very much appreciated!

  • Jim McDermott

    Thanks for the song! I looked for it everywhere!

  • michelle

    thsnks so much. i used to have the lp of this show when i was a kid. i appreciate this.

  • Craig Cottrell

    You rock. I’ve been searching everywhere for these lyric’s. Now my friends believe me. Even a miracle needs a hand!!!

  • Heidi

    Thanks! I’ve had this song in my head for days! But I could only remember…
    “You hope while I hurry
    You pray while I plan
    We’ll do what’s necessary cause
    Even a miracle needs a hand”
    Now at least I can sing the whole thing to myself :)

  • mionic

    Im looking for this song “Even a miracle needs a hand” but I cant find it. Does anybody know where i can get it????

  • FEROX

    I have the LP soundtrack from back in the day. It is a classic.

  • Cartoon Boy

    Do you have any other songs from the classic cartoon, specifically “There’s More to the World than Meets the Eye?”

    I have the complete cartoon on VHS, but every time I see it on ABC Family, they cut this song! I assume they do it to allow for more commercials, but not showing this song makes watching the cartoon incomplete.

  • Brenda

    It is a song that just always stuck in my head and my heart! Thank you!!!

  • http://www.davesaunders.net Dave Saunders

    hey CB, that’s all I have. :)

  • Savannah

    thank you so much for posting these lyrics :)

    my family is christmas obsessed. & i grew up watching this movie every single year after it came out.
    the other day, this song got stuck in my head & i just kept humming it around the house while doing christmas things.
    at first i didn’t have any idea why this song from a movie i hadn’t seen in a year was stuck in my head…but then i realized…this is truly one of the most christmas spirited songs.

    it encopasses the very meaning of christmas in a way no other song can. it shows that it’s a spirit that should be kept all year long, but one that truly comes out during christmastime.

    life has been rough lately. & i know that even though i consider the ups & downs of my life lately as rough, then others are experiencing way worse.
    & i’m going to try & give any miracle i can this christmas & always, a hand. :)

    thanks for posting the lyrics :)
    & a merry christmas to all. <3

  • Midge

    The parts where it said the word “while” he actually says “and”, except for the “while I dry” part. I listened to it while following along to these lyrics to make sure I wasn’t wrong in my correction.

  • Callie

    had it stuck in my head – thanks for the lyrics! where did you find the mp3? i can’t find it anywhere! ahh!

  • http://www.davesaunders.net Dave Saunders

    @callie I don’t remember where I found the MP3 and I would like to get a better recording of the ENTIRE song. :)

  • Theresa

    Love this song… it’s full of hope. I had this song in my head and thanks to google and you – took two seconds to find the lyrics!!

  • http://www.power2improv.com Pj Pantaleo

    I found the song and a few others at I have posted them here:

  • http://www.power2improv.com Pj Pantaleo

    I found the song and a few others at I have posted them here:
    http://www.power2improv.com/sounds.php

  • Essence

    I can remeber the first time I heard this song. I thought that it was the best song in the world! At the time I wished that I could rewind TV to listen to it again. I was born in ’76, so it was in the 80′s that I watch this. I looked forward to Christmas every year so that I could watch this movie on TV just for this song. I am 33 and will be ordering the video for my children so that I can start the tradition all over again with the next generation. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

  • Lisa

    Yeah! My kids loved this movie and I could never rember the name of it…just the little mouse, the big clock and a few lines from the song.
    Thanks!

  • http://www.davesaunders.net Dave Saunders

    Thanks Lisa, when I get a song like this stuck in my head I seek out the lyrics and do a full sing-through. That usually does the trick. :)

  • David Langston

    I woke up this morning with this song in my head. I’m sure I haven’t heard it in over 20 years. Thanks for letting me get on with my morning.

  • Christine

    I could't get the song to play. Bummer.

  • Kyle

    What attracts people to this song is that it is uplifting but not only that … It brings back a time of innocence and long held memories of their childhood

  • http://www.davesaunders.net/blog Dave Saunders

    Great point Kyle. It's a simple song with a simple message. One that's enduring and often needed…especially in challenging times. :)

  • http://www.davesaunders.net/blog Dave Saunders

    The file link is broken…working on fixing that…

  • Travis

    I was sitting at work and this song just popped into my head. I was glad to find the lyrics. I think this song is just one of those that come back through your head every once in a while.

    YouTube Video Verision of the Song available at the following:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kRt1gbUXJg

  • Ruth

    My son was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy last week. He’s 5 years old. Right now the research on curing it progressing by leaps and bounds, and we are hoping for this miracle to happen within his lifetime. For now, we are doing everything we can to get the most out of his life while he’s still with us. This song has special meaning for me.

  • amyh

    I love this song. The movie was one of my favorites as a child. I think of it often during the holidays, but no one I know remembers it! Thanks for sharing!

  • Patcollgallagher

    Finally found this movie on DVD and shared it with my own kids. It was a favorite of mine when I was little. I love this catchy song!!!

  • Matthewzin

    wondering if anyone knows where there are ukulele or guitar tabs/chords for this tune.

  • christmas guy

    I loved the cartoon growing up, the song is so catchy especially the guy who sings it in the cartoon. its just one of those great songs from a Christmas toon like the Mr. Grinch song or the Heat miser and cold miser songs.

  • Sdeb123

    His name is Snow Miser, not Cold Miser.

  • http://www.davesaunders.net/blog Dave Saunders

    True enough. I thought it was cold miser but I Googled it to see for myself. Sure enough. Heat miser and snow miser. Kind of an odd lack of symmetry.

    I also found this http://www.misfittoys.net/heatmiser.htm

  • Mandi282

    We believe in miracles and we expect miracles to come to us. I never thought about how we should participate until I read the lyrics. Even a miracle needs a hand.

  • Anonymous

    It’s not ”
    You hope while I hurry.” 
    It is “So you hope and I’ll hurry.”  There are innumerable other transcription errors.  It makes me wonder if it’s deliberate.  This song is all over YouTube, so corrections should be easy for the webmaster.

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