Love and Great Buildings

[Verse 1]

My heart is an apartment building on the verge

A testament to days more optimistic

The market shifts can cause storm systems to converge

'Til all your high rise dreams seem unrealistic

I want to keep the lights on

I could raise the rents and resurface the pool

I could take the banks on

Repay all my debts

Get my ass back to school

[Chorus]

Love and great buildings will survive

Strong hearts and concrete stay alive

Through the great depressions

Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test of time

[Verse 2]

Brick and plaster, beams and broken windows

Shadows pass on sidewalks cracking to the curb

I want to keep the lights on

Repair the foundation

Maybe hire a crew

Plant a little garden

Start the renovation

Get my ass back to you

[Chorus]

Love and great buildings will survive

Strong hearts and concrete stay alive

Through the great depressions

Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test of time

[Bridge]

So hey, hey, hey, oh

Yeah hey, hey, hey, oh

Yeah hey, hey, hey, oh

Yeah hey, hey, hey, oh

Hey, hey, hey

[Chorus]

Love and great buildings will survive

Strong hearts and concrete stay alive

Through the great depressions

Yeah, the best things are designed to stand the test of time

Love and great buildings will endure

Blue skies and bloodlines are the cure

For the great deceptions in a world that's such a blur

We'll stand the test of time

We'll stand the test of time

We'll stand the test of time