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Working To Build

by Ryan Scarberry

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1.
Heartland 03:31
By this time tomorrow night She'll be driving down that cold, dark, highway Catching the breeze in her hand And I'll be, on my knees Whispering prayers that I can't speak Trying to find the reasons not to leave You know I'll be thinking about you While I'm gone You know I can't stay You know there's trouble either way And I'm running late For the heartland You know we're both battle-scarred We've known the trouble and it's left its mark Pressed us down and hit us hard So I've been taking these trips Deep down to this old heart Praying dear Lord, quiet the dark You know I'll be thinking about you While I'm gone You know I can't stay You know there's trouble either way And I'm running late For the heartland It's time to get it out Time to face the truth And time to face the doubt Time to make those changes I've been talking about You know I can't stay You know there's trouble either way And I'm running late For the heartland
2.
Everything looks just right Except for that look in your eyes I've got on my best suit and tie But you're not buying it Well I could put up a fight Or I could just leave it like The way it is And just give up trying But when I get in that old pickup truck I'd remember when I picked you up And we spent the whole afternoon shooting the breeze I'd pass by that old field And couldn't help but think about you still Wonder if you'd been thinking about me It just seems like too much trouble To not have this little quarrel I'd rather have this fight Than not have you for the rest of my life So let's bring it up and tear it down Who cares who's looking around Let the great big world know we're not done We'll get better as time goes on I'd rather have you here than gone Noe that I see where you're coming from Only you have eyes like that And only you can wear your hair like that And just the way you smile Drives me crazy So let's hop in that old pickup truck And remember when I picked you up And spend the whole afternoon shooting the breeze Pass by that old field And remember just how we feel Spend the day shooting the breeze So let's hop in that old pick up truck And remember the ones that we love I'd give the great big world for you I'd give the great big world for you
3.
Nothing but questions That seek no answers Only clouds that carry thunder No rain going to fall On this fallow ground Nothing at all Nothing at all Farmer's lament Digs a hole in the ground Plants the corn Hopes for the best Don't know why you See nothing but trouble Won't you hold on Just a while yet It will break you down It will break you down It will break you down Dig the weeds Up from the garden Plow the fields While there's still time Come on boys Play your music now Sing loud for the whole town to hear It will break you down It will break you down It will break you down
4.
Tight rope wire from me to you Stretched across this empty room And a fall we cannot survive It's a risk to stay, it's a risk to move It's a hard act with the world to prove Doing anything we can to stay alive So cross over or cut me loose Standing here's like holding on to a noose babe Your words are your words and your free to choose And every word she said was true It's fire and angels waging war Doing battle with a double edged sword And it's a dance till the end Time is a fierce skeptics flame Waiting to be redeemed Make your move if you can So cross over or cut me loose Standing here's like holding on to a noose babe Your words are your words and your free to choose And every word she said was true
5.
Glory 03:50
When's that train going to come around When will I lay my sorrows down Bid my tears down them tracks Bid my tears down them tracks When's that train going to come around When will I hear that glory sound Bid my fears down them tracks Bid my fears down them tracks I'm going to glory someday I'm going to glory someday Some day Take my hand now darling We don't have long here Till we, bid our years down them tracks Bid our years down them tracks I'm going to glory someday I'm going to glory someday Some day I know there will be trouble here I know there will be trouble here I know there will be trouble here Some days I'm going to glory someday I'm going to glory someday Some day
6.
time can't hold those words that you spoke those words that you spoke are the ground beneath my feet so gather in and store up every word you've told we build from the ground, we reap what we have sown Lord, have mercy on every worn soul every tired pilgrim that's toiled down the road you weary eyed saints with your tears in your hands lift up your eyes when you build again working to build with your own two hands your hands are worn, but here you go again you've known the trouble, you've known the pain you've known the cost of dying to gain you've seen the glory, you've felt the ache you've known the hope in the desert place working to build with your own two hands your hands are worn, but here you go again we built this place from wood and stone a fire in our eyes and a hunger in our bones storms will gather and storms will be undone working to build till the last word sung working to build with your own two hands your hands are worn, but here you go again working to build with our own two hands our hands are worn, but here we go again we built this place from wood and stone a fire in our eyes and a hunger in our bones storms will gather and storms will be undone working to build till the last word sung
7.
They said these tracks Run to the Ohio They said you'd be there If I went for you So I packed up my things Made up my mind And said it's time To go and meet you But I hate these doubts I've owned them well Sharp as knives And deep as a well There's not much I have to say to you Just a few things Written down over time But now I need your help I can't do it myself You know I tried But I just can't quite But I love these doubts I've learned them well Sharp as knives And deep as well And on I'll go With these secrets to tell Whispering in the dark And ringing like a bell
8.
9.
Two Chairs 04:18
Babe would you tell me a lie Would it hurt one more time Tell me everything will be bright These dark clouds will surely pass Babe I won't tell you a lie Babe I ain't got your eye And I'm not sure If you've got mine But I set two chairs by the table In case you wanted to rest Your tired soul Be quieted Should I tell you of sorrows Would you grow old under your skin Would the morning loose its light The music you hear, fade to dust Babe I know I should do right But don't we grow weary of trying Or is this all, just something to say For a life called to bear it But I set two chairs by the table In case you wanted to rest Your tired soul Be quieted I've been searching you out There ain't nothing you can hide Your tired soul Be quieted And rest It's time love.
10.
Chattanooga 03:20
In my hand is a letter you wrote me Postage says forever more And a picture of you smiling By the kitchen door I'm a thousand miles away And a hundred years too late I feel like a stranger Who's forgotten his place You took a train to Chattanooga Left all your things behind Said I've just got to loose you Get you off my mind It ain't nothing but trouble If I stay here now You and I we just struggle Is there no way out Is it worth the fighting If it ends up like this With you on the floor crying And me at my end You took a train to Chattanooga Left all your things behind Said I've just got to loose you Get you off my mind Don't let me let you leave so fast This time Don't let me let you leave so fast This time I took a train to Chattanooga Left all my things behind Said I've just can't loose you No not one more time No not one more time
11.
At Home 03:50
Make yourself at home here Have a cup of coffee I don't know what they have said I'm here to love you Step in from this rainy day These walls will hold you I don't know what they have said I'm here to love you When it feels like you're in a corner Another boxing match And all these disappointments And I'm sorry for that It's been a cold and tiring time You don't have to say much I know just what you'll say I'm here to love you When it feels like you're in a corner Another boxing match And all these disappointments And I'm sorry for that Throwing punches at no one Calling names at nobody Come on let's have some fun How about it now How about it now When it feels like you're in a corner Another boxing match And all these disappointments And I'm sorry for that

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Working to Build is about our efforts to rebuild after things have been broken. It's about taking trips down into your heart and being changed. It's about doubt and truth and it's about the ache we feel for something better to come. It's about taking all the scattered pieces and making something of a home to invite people in to.

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released August 2, 2013

Ryan Scarberry - vocals, acoustic guitar, upright and electric bass, drums, banjo
Christopher Rocca - keys
Casey Mink - violin, viola
Ben Lassiter - resonator guitar
Shaun Hypes - electric guitar, gang vocals
Josh Waltman - electric guitar
Brandon Osborne - drums (track 9), gang vocals
Janelle Houston - vocals (track 9)

Mixed by: Michael Pepe
Mastered by: Studio B Mastering (Charlotte, NC)
Recorded at: Sioux Sioux Studio (Charlotte, NC) and Survive Studio (Chester, VA)
Recording Engineers: Michael Pepe, Shaun Hypes
Album art: Stephen Crotts

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Ryan Scarberry Williamsburg, Virginia

Ryan Scarberry is a singer-songwriter based in Virginia. He writes songs that wrestle with faith, life, and love.

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