Open Up The Toolbox

[Intro: mechanical percussion, slap bass groove]

[Verse 1: playful syncopated baritone]
I've got a drill I use twice a year
A ladder gathering dust in here
My neighbor needs to fix a shelf
But can't afford the tools himself

I carried everything next door
And asked what else he needed for

[Pre-Chorus: ascending guitar counterpoint]
A thing that sits upon a shelf
Could make a difference somewhere else

[Chorus: bright explosive harmonies]
Open up the toolbox
Let the neighborhood get strong
There's enough to build together
When we pass our blessings on
What if all the things we're keeping
Had a thousand lives to live?
A kinder world's constructed
From the things we're glad to give

[Break: interlocking bass and guitar polyrhythms]

[Verse 2: melodic baritone]
He fixed the shelf and helped a friend
Who brought the ladder home again
Now someone shares a sewing kit
And someone else knows how to fix

[Bridge: half-time, warm harmonies]
We built a little more than shelves
We built a way to help ourselves

[Final Chorus: soaring major lift]
Open up the toolbox
Let the good keep passing through
We can build a better neighborhood
With what we already knew

[Outro: bass and guitar in unison]