From The Bedrock Up

Verse 1

I cleared the brush from this acre of dirt

Two hands, an axe, and a faded work shirt

No blueprints or grand design (no design)

Just a string line pulled tight to mark what is mine

I poured the concrete where the corner post stands

Planted my boots on this patch of good land (good land)

Chorus

'Cause we're building a life from the bedrock up (bedrock up)

Pouring our sweat in a chipped coffee cup

Four sturdy walls and a roof that won't leak

A place to find rest at the end of the week (end of the week)

It's a modest foundation, it's simple and small

But it's solid enough to stand through it all (stand through it all)

Verse 2

The floorboards may creak when the winter wind blows

But we paid for the wood, so it's ours, heaven knows

There ain't any marble or gold on the trim (no gold)

Just a kerosene lamp when the daylight grows dim

We're stacking the stones as the seasons roll past

Slow down the tempo to make it all last (make it last)

Chorus

'Cause we're building a life from the bedrock up (bedrock up)

Pouring our sweat in a chipped coffee cup

Four sturdy walls and a roof that won't leak

A place to find rest at the end of the week (end of the week)

It's a modest foundation, it's simple and small

But it's solid enough to stand through it all (stand through it all)

Bridge

Let the world chase the lightning and run after gold (run for gold)

We're trading that rush for a hand I can hold

An honest day's labor, a quiet night's sleep

Is a harvest that shadows can't steal or keep (can't keep)

Chorus

Yeah, we're building a life from the bedrock up (bedrock up)

Pouring our sweat in a chipped coffee cup

Four sturdy walls and a roof that won't leak

A place to find rest at the end of the week (Lord, find rest)

It's a modest foundation, it's simple and small

But it's solid enough to stand through it all (stand through it all)

Outro

Stand through it all (through it all)

Just a modest foundation

Brick by brick, day by day (day by day)

We're doing it right, doing it our way

Mmm, from the bedrock up (bedrock up)

Yeah, right from the ground up (from the ground up)