Gingerbread House

I fell for you like snow on the trees

On the night we walked alone at 17

And my cheeks were colored rose

But it wasn't from the cold

It was the way you looked at me

But feelings fade and your eyes don't say

"I love you" like the way they did before

And the home we made somehow became

Just bits and broken pieces on the floor

'Cause we built this gingerbread house

Four walls of sugar and flour

Built up to watch it fall down

Gumdrops and tears on the ground

So sad it goes so fast

But candy hearts weren't made to last

I guess it's just gingerbread

A gingerbread house

I guess I didn't know what you meant to me

'Til I was all alone putting up the tree

But the lights don't seem to glow

The way they did before

When you were next to me

'Cause feelings fade and I can't say

"I love you" like the way I did before

And the home we made somehow became

Just bits and broken pieces on the floor

'Cause we built this gingerbread house

Four walls of sugar and flour

Built up to watch it fall down

Gumdrops and tears on the ground

So sad it goes so fast

But candy hearts weren't made to last

I guess it's just gingerbread

Ten months I thought we were fine

Lost in the time of our lives

So high the Fourth of July

The seasons changed, and so did your mind

So sad it goes so fast

But candy hearts weren't made to last

I guess it's just gingerbread

A gingerbread house

'Cause we built this gingerbread house

Four walls of sugar and flour

Built up to watch it fall down

Gumdrops and tears on the ground

So sad it goes so fast

But candy hearts weren't made to last

I guess it's just gingerbread