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He was a husband who drove his wife homeDrunk from the partiesHe was a husband who drove his wife home
And in the car he would lean her head gentlyAgainst the side door windowAnd in the bathroom he wouldHold her hair back and hope
Saying, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings so tall these days
And in the morning she'd wake up andCrouch recollections all dayBut she would alwaysAlways wake up the next morning
He'd take one look at her a say, "Oh""Oh, it's okay"And her conscienceWould issue yet another last warning
Saying, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings so tall these days
And she would ask for timeAnd she'd ask for timeAnd she'd ask for time
And she'd beg for timeAnd she would beg for timeAnd she'd beg for timeAnd call it a gift
And he would give her timeAnd he'd give her timeAnd he'd give her timeAnd he'd give her time
But time is not given and time is not takenIt just sifts through its siftBut time is not given and time is not takenIt just sifts through its sift
Sifts through its siftJust sifts through its siftOh, sifts through its siftJust sifts through its sift
When coffee and coffee and coffeeAnd coffee and coffee and coffee some moreHe'd go to work and she'd take a sick dayAnd rot at the core
And by the time he came back, she'd scrub the bathroomsAnd make it smell like pineIt would be almost as if nothing had happenedAnd he'd give her time, oh, oh, and he'd give her time
Saying, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh don't they build buildings, ohThey build buildings, oh, they build buildings, ohThey build buildings so tall these days
And she would ask for timeAnd she'd ask for timeShe'd ask for time
She'd beg for timeAnd she would beg for timeAnd she'd beg for timeAnd call it a gift
And he would give her timeAnd he'd give her timeAnd he'd give her timeAnd he'd give her time
But time is not given and time is not takenIt just sifts through its siftBut time is not given and time is not takenIt just sifts through its sift
Oh, sifts through its siftSifts through its siftOh, sifts through its siftSifts through its sift
He was a husband, drove, timeHope, time, car, oh, coreCore, sick day, corecoffee, core warning, last warningWas a husband, time, pine scrub, scrubBathroom, lean, hair, backCar window, hope, time, give, don't theyBuild buildings tall these days