Buildings Lyrics - 11:11 - Regina Spektor

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 

Ohh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

So tall these days 

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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 

Ohh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

Oh, they build buildings 

So tall these days 

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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 sift 

But time is not given and time is not taken 

It just sifts through its sift... 

Sifts through it's sift 

Just sifts through its sift 

Oh... 

Sifts through its sift 

Just sifts through its sift 

When we had 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'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 sift 

But time is not given and time is not taken 

It just sifts through its sift... 

Oh, sifts through its sift 

Sifts through its sift 

Ohhh-oo-ooooh 

Oh, sifts through its sift 

Sifts through its sift 

He was a husband 

Drove, Time 

Home, Time 

Car, oh, core 

Core sick day 

Pour 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