Block by Block

Verse 1

You said you knew it all

Textbook buried in your chest

Why crack the spine when the answer's just a guess

Every page was levels and every boss a friend

Pre-Chorus

Daddy wagged a finger at your door

Study hard or we'll have words like men

He meant the sting the buckle and the floor

Chorus

Oh run run run

The blocks are falling down

Run run run

The world is block by block

And every lesson finds you out

Run run run

Verse 2

The classroom desk was your defeat

Mistakes spilled out a fool's display

You prayed the floor would swallow you

But home was waiting anyway

Pre-Chorus

His face went red as rage can go

He grabbed the leather at his waist

You thought this was a joke he growled

Chorus

Oh run run run

The blocks are falling down

Run run run

The world is block by block

And every lesson finds you out

Run run run

Bridge

Welts like little python bites

On a back that never learned

Your future wasn't in the mines

It was the thing your daddy earned

Run boy run

Chorus

Oh run run run

The blocks are falling down

Run run run

The world is block by block

And every lesson finds you out

Run run run