(Verse 1)
Chairy:
The Lord gave each and everyone
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 a case of learning how to start.
(Verse 2)
To build a tower up so high to a cloud you'll anchor
Build it one tiny brick at a time
Bucks multiply till a 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 a seed and showers
From the floor to the sky
You can soar if you're wise enough to climb
One brick at a time
Chorus:
To build a ship that's built to last
Chairy:
You lay the keel, then raise the mast
Chorus:
An ode begins with just a simple rhyme
An oak with roots a mile beneath
Chairy:
Becomes a stick to pick your teeth
Chorus:
Just sharpen up your knife and take your time
(Verse 3)
All:
One stalwart chap with a cup and a bunch of hours
He can scoop all the salt from the sea
Buds open up, turning bows to bowers
All begun by just one bumblebee
To write with ease symphonies
Or at least cantati
Filled with trills and obbligati
Start with Fa, So, La, Ti
Leave the rest in the dust
Be the best, if you're just content to climb
One brick at a time
(Verse 4)
Chairy:
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 windowpane
Then drill some more, raise up a weathervane
A roof. The proof that going slow like this
A splendid edifice can climb
Chairy (Verse 2)
Chorus (Verse 4)
One brick at a time, One single solitary brick
One brick at a time, One single solitary brick
One brick at a time, One single solitary brick
Ooh,
Oh,
Ooh, ah, eeh, oh, Wow!
One brick at a time!
