Regina Spektor - 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 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 it'self
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through it'self
Sifts through it'self
Just sifts through it'self
Oh oh, sifts through it'self
Just sifts through it'self

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 scrubbed the bathrooms and made
Them 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
And she'd ask for time she'd beg for time
And she would beg for time
And she would 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 it'self
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through it'self
Oh, sifts through it'self
Sifts through it'self, oh
Oh ooh, oh, sifts through it'self
Sifts through it'self

He was a husband, drove, time
Hope, time, car, oh, core
Core, sick day, core
Coffee, core warning, last warning
He was a husband, time, pine scrub, scrub
Bathroom, lean, hair, back
Car window, hope, time, give, don't they
Build buildings tall these days