Beams and Wire (Riverside Gospel Drone)

[Verse 1]
“Just beams and wire,” he said with a grin,
Rust on the flanges, winter creeping in.
I smiled at the river and the pines leaning higher—
Call it what you want, son, it’s more than beams and wire.

[Chorus]
It’s just some beams and wire… till you set it on stone,
Till the footings are poured and the grade’s been shown.
Build the approaches and watch her rise higher—
Call it what you want… I’ll call it home.

[Verse 2]
Stored off the ground since the calendar turned,
Thirty tons of patience where the frost has burned.
Draw the lines in the snow, take a string and a scribe,
And a bridge finds a heartbeat when you give it a try.

[Chorus]
It’s just some beams and wire… till you set it on stone,
Till the footings are poured and the grade’s been shown.
Build the approaches and watch her rise higher—
Call it what you want… I’ll call it home.

[Verse 3]
You can laugh at a dream, you can price out the steel,
But you can’t weigh a promise or the way hope feels.
When the sunrise hits web and flange on fire,
Tell me one more time it’s just beams and wire.

[Chorus x2 — tag last line]
It’s just some beams and wire… till you set it on stone,
Till the footings are poured and the grade’s been shown.
Build the approaches and watch her rise higher—
Call it what you want… I’ll call it home.
(Call it what you want… I’ll call it home.)