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 itself

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through itself

Sifts through itself

Just sifts through itself

Oh-oh, sifts through itself

Just sifts through itself

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 itself

But time is not given and time is not taken

It just sifts through itself

Oh, sifts through itself

Sifts through itself, oh

Oh-ooh, oh, sifts through itself

Sifts through itself

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