Block By Block

[Intro] Well I got me a pick And a pocket full of torch Gonna build my home On the edge of the forge [Verse] I woke up in a dirt-hole shack With a chicken peckin' by the track Had one gray stone and a rusty hoe But I knew right then just where I'd go Down by the creek where the birches lean I found a hill fit for a king and queen [Pre-Chorus] Stack it high Stack it clean Little ol' square-house Lookin' mighty mean [Chorus] Block by block, I build it up Block by block, I fill my cup When the moon hangs low and the coyotes call I got my little fort standin' tall Block by block, that's how we do One for me and one for you Block by block, by the skin of my teeth I make that frontier mine to keep [Verse] I dug me a mine right under the hill Found some coal and I found my will Iron in the dark and gold in the seam Shinin' back like a hillbilly dream I heard them hissers in the cave below So I laid out traps in a neat row [Pre-Chorus] Hold your breath Keep it tight Don't look down If you see green, fight [Chorus] Block by block, I build it up Block by block, I fill my cup When the moon hangs low and the coyotes call I got my little fort standin' tall Block by block, that's how we do One for me and one for you Block by block, by the skin of my teeth I make that frontier mine to keep [Verse] Got a little farm by the fence-line gate Pumpkins growin' thick and the carrots ain't late Cows in the pen and the wheat stands proud I swear that patch of dirt makes me loud Then I took a ride on a pig in the rain Laughed so hard I forgot my pain [Bridge] Pick it, holler, run it back Claw on the strings and snap that track Up the neck and around the bend Round and round and round again Roll through the holler, leap through the pines Three-finger fire on the county lines Faster now, then ease it down Kick that dust all over town Pick it high, then drop it low Let that banjo wheel and go Round that riff like a campfire ring Till the whole darn valley starts to sing [Chorus] Block by block, I build it up Block by block, I fill my cup When the moon hangs low and the coyotes call I got my little fort standin' tall Block by block, that's how we do One for me and one for you Block by block, by the skin of my teeth I make that frontier mine to keep [Outro] Now the porch light's warm and the night is still Got a square little home on a crooked hill If the world gets mean, I know my part Just one more block and a country heart