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Bricks At The Bottom

from Songs To Remember Me By by Tom Marlow

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I wrote this song for my son who has autism. I wanted it to say something about the feelings of being different and that whoever you are and however you are made up you are as special as anyone else. Just different somehow. Because we all are.

lyrics

When we got started to do what we oughta
Didn’t know a much about bricks and mortar
What do we do, and how do we start?
Just a day at a time, and love in my heart

No matter how big you gotta start small
Sometimes it’s a wonder things stay up at all

Mansions and homesteads and skyscrapers got 'em
They all got started with bricks at the bottom
Mansions and homesteads and skyscrapers got 'em
They all got started with bricks at the bottom

Now this construction had an odd design
Some of it was yours, and some of it was mine
But we always kept building, through thick and thin
And you should be proud of the state we are in

So it will stand out
Stand out from a crowd
Cos you are so different,
Makes you special somehow

Mansions and homesteads and skyscrapers got 'em
They all got started with bricks at the bottom
Mansions and homesteads and skyscrapers got 'em
They all got made with bricks at the bottom

And no need to say sorry, there’s no shame and no guilt
Cos in the end it’s just the way things are built
And that’ll be our story of how it got made
And the way it turned out is the way that it stayed
So nothing needs fixing not much anyhow
You’ll be loved as you are the way you’re loved so much now

Mansions and homesteads and skyscrapers got 'em
They all got started with bricks at the bottom
Yes mansions and homesteads, skyscrapers got 'em
When all’s said and done they got bricks at the bottom
When all’s said and done they got bricks at the bottom

credits

from Songs To Remember Me By, released September 21, 2022
Written and composed by Tom Marlow

Piano - James Graham (via Musiversal)

Audio editing - Arthur Romio (via Musiversal)

Mixing and mastering - Henrik WIkner

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