ONE BRICK AT A TIME
The Lord gave each and every one
The spunk to do what can't be done
The brawn, the brain, the courage and the heart
The strength to bend the strongest bar
The will to reach the farthest star
It's just the case of learning how to start
To build a tower up so high to a cloud
You'll aim to build it one tiny brick at a time
Bucks multiply till the bum's a banker
Just begin with a thin silver dime
That empty field, it can yield
Miles and miles of flowers
You don't need no magic powers
Just to seed and showers
From the floor to the skies you can soar
If you're wise enough to climb
ONE BRICK AT A TIME.
To build a ship that’s built to last
You lay the keel then raise the mast
An oath begins with just a simple lie
An oak with roots a mile beneath
Becomes a stick to pick your teeth
To sharpen up your life just take your time
One stalwart chap with a cup and a bunch of hours
He can scoop all the salt from the sea
Swamps turn to bowers of flowers
All begun by one flight of one bumble bee
To write mini symphonies, or at least an opera or obligato,
Start with fa, so, la, ti
Leave the rest in the dust,
Be the best, hit the dust and make your mark
ONE BRICK AT A TIME
Just take a brick and place it on the ground
To make it stick, pour mortar all around
A cup of lime, then stir until it's hard
And up she'll climb by inch, by foot by yard
A sill, a door, a ledge, a window pane
Then drill some more, raise up a weather vane
A roof, the proof that buildings grow like this
A splendid edifice can fly
ONE BRICK AT A TIME