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 gently lean her head on the side door window
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
And he'd take one look at her and 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 ask 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 sieve
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sieve
Sift through its sieve, just sift through its sieve
Oh, darling sift through its sieve just sift through its sieve
And it would be 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 them smell like pine
It would be almost as if nothing had happened
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
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 sieve
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sieve
Oh, sift through its sieve, sift through its sieve
Oh, ooh sift through its sieve sift through its sieve
He was a husband who drove, time, home, time, car, hope
Core, cores a day, pour coffee, core warning, last warning
Was a husband, time, pine, scrub, scrub, bathroom, clean,
Hair, bath, car, window, hope, time, gift
Don't they build buildings tall these days