Buildings lyrics

He was a husband who drove his wife home

Drunk from the parties

He was a husband who drove his wife home

And in the car he would lean her head gently

Against the side door window

And in the bathroom he would

Hold her hair back and hope

Saying, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings so tall these days

And in the morning she'd wake up and

Crouch recollections all day

But she would always

Always wake up the next morning

He'd take one look at her a say, "Oh"

"Oh, it's okay"

And her conscience

Would issue yet another last warning

Saying, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings so tall these days

And she would ask for time

And she'd ask for time

And she'd ask for time

And she'd beg for time

And she would beg for time

And she'd beg for time

And call it a gift

And he would give her time

And he'd give her time

And he'd give her time

And he'd give her time

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through its sift

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through its sift

Sifts through its sift

Just sifts through its sift

Oh, sifts through its sift

Just sifts through its sift

When coffee and coffee and coffee

And coffee and coffee and coffee some more

He'd go to work and she'd take a sick day

And rot at the core

And by the time he came back, she'd scrub the bathrooms

And make it smell like pine

It would be almost as if nothing had happened

And he'd give her time, oh, oh, and he'd give her time

Saying, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh don't they build buildings, oh

They build buildings, oh, they build buildings, oh

They build buildings so tall these days

And she would ask for time

And she'd ask for time

She'd ask for time

She'd beg for time

And she would beg for time

And she'd beg for time

And call it a gift

And he would give her time

And he'd give her time

And he'd give her time

And he'd give her time

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through its sift

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through its sift

Oh, sifts through its sift

Sifts through its sift

Oh, sifts through its sift

Sifts through its sift

He was a husband, drove, time

Hope, time, car, oh, core

Core, sick day, core

coffee, core warning, last warning

Was a husband, time, pine scrub, scrub

Bathroom, lean, hair, back

Car window, hope, time, give, don't they

Build buildings tall these days

• Artist:Regina Spektor
• Album:11:11 (2001)