This is how we build it
This is how we build it
It's how we build a boat
This is how we build it
This is how we build it
It's how we build a boat
Two pounds half penny nails (This is how we build it)
A broken oak barn door (This is how we build it)
A hatchet and some hope (It's how we build a boat)
Ten feet of cedar board (This is how we build it)
A needle and a thread (This is how we build it)
Twelve shackles and a dream (It's how we build a boat)
Oh to build a boat to cross the ocean my love
A boat to sail across the sea
With our hands our hearts our minds together my love
We'll cut the lines that bind us
Baby we'll break free this time
This is how we build it
This is how we build it
It's how we build a boat
Forty work-days straight (this is how we build it)
A hacksaw and some wax (this is how we build it)
A coil of rope and faith (it's how we build a boat)
Eight yards of linen cloth (this is how we build it)
A six foot pinewood box (this is how we build it)
A song and a flask to share (it's how we build a boat)
Oh to build a boat to cross the ocean my love
A boat to sail across the sea
With our hands our hearts our minds together my love
We'll cut the lines that bind us
Baby we'll break free this time
Baby we'll break free this time
Wo oh wo oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh to build a boat to cross the ocean (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Oh to build a boat to cross the sea (oh oh oh oh oh oh)
Oh to build a boat to cross the ocean my love
A boat to sail across the sea
With our hands our hearts our minds together my love
We'll cut the lines that bind us
Baby we'll break free this time
We'll cut the lines that bind us
Baby we'll break free this time
Baby we'll break free this time
This is how we build it
This is how we build it
It's how we build a boat
