House of Wood

Thank you, guys

You're a wonderful crowd

Right about now, we'd like to do a song

Most of you are probably familiar with

A song called House of Wood

The song was written for my grandfather

Our grandfather—me and my brothers

He was a hard worker, worked on the Panama Canal

And now passed away

Lived to be 100 and something years old

And he taught us that in unity there's strength

And this is why we are so close as

We are now that we are older

House of Wood

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

You built you a house of wood, yeah

A wood house where love once stood (ah-ah-ah-ah)

Though the time you spent together was very short

Then like a giant hand came gale winds from the north

And just blew your house away

And left you skies of gray

As you thought of yesterday, yeah

(Gone, gone house of wood) ooh-yeah, hmm

So then you built you a house of stone

You know it tore you and scarred your bones

(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

You could have been overwhelmed with joy

'Cause once again you saw light (ah-ah-ah-ah)

Through the eyes of a baby boy

But then one night rain began

And turned your little stone house to sand

And there you stood

There you stood all alone, yeah

(Gone, gone house of stone) oh-yeah, wow

Gone (wow)

Oh, Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) yeah! (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Sometimes I think I know how you feel

So then they built you a box of wood

And they planted you deep

Where your house once stood (ah-ah-ah-ah)

Though the wind and rain still blow them far

You don't mind

'Cause you feel, you feel, you feel no pain at all

Though you see the sun no more

You'll have rest and peace for sure

As I kinda close the door, oh-yeah

Do you good good? (Good box of wood)

Yeah, gone-gone (good box of wood)

Grandpa, Grandpa (good box of wood)

Ain't no need to worry (good box of wood)

Ain't no need to worry

Grandpa (good box of wood)

We don't need no music

Do you see? Do you see? (Good box of wood)

Oh-yeah, yeah

You got to, got to say, (good box of wood)

Say hello for me

Janice and Jimmy, Curtis and Lou

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

No need to worry, no, no, no, no, no, yeah

Coming to take you home, Grandpa, yeah

House of Wood, thank you, thank you