Lyrics Stone By Stone - John McCutcheon

Stone By Stone

I am just a plumber
And I take pride in my job
I know every inch of piping
Underneath the streets of Grob
Now overhead I hear a dread one hundred thousand strong
Like the water’s will, they cannot still this power that moves us on
One by one
Side by side
We will stand and face the fire, there’s no turning back this time
Stone by stone
Day by day
We will make the great walls crumble
And the boarders fade away
And I am just a mother
Two children six and four
And I grew up in the shadow of the wall, and of the war
From our mothers to our daughters we’ll pass this torch one day
We praise the names who fanned the flames
And in one voice we say
One by one
Side by side
We will stand and face the fire, there’s no turning back this time
Stone by stone
Day by day
We will make the great walls crumble and the borders fade away
I am just a student
And like students everywhere
We dreamed great dreams together
We gathered in the square
And though their tanks may break our bodies
We’ll one day break these chains
The streets of blood like freedom’s flood
Now surges through out veins
One by one
Side by side
We will stand and face the fire, there’s no turning back this time
Stone by stone
Day by day
We will make the great walls crumble
And the borders fade away
And I hear the distant thunder
As it rages o’er the sea
And I watch with awe and wonder
What’s this got to do with me
As we hear the cries for freedom
Rise from cities far and near
From great to least in west and east
We join their voiced here
One by one
Side by side
We will stand and face the fire
There’s no turning back this time
Stone by stone
Day by day
We will make the great walls crumble
And the borders fade away
One by one
Side by side
We will stand and face the fire, there’s no turning back this time
Stone by stone
Day by day
We will make the great walls crumble
And the boarders ' fade away