You Only Build Me Up To Tear Me Down

You're like a baby

I'm like a set of blocks you got for a toy

First you build me up

And that gives you joy

Then you change your mind, and you start to destroy me

Piece by piece I'm torn apart

And all my dreams

Of being your's, are crumbed to the ground

Oh, you only build me up baby, baby

You only build me up baby, baby

You only build me up to tear me down

Down, down (Ooh)

Oh, one day

Maybe you might make me feel like I am a king (You build me up)

Tell me you're a puppet (You build me up)

And I've got the string (You build me up)

Oh, but then on Tuesday, it's a different thing

Just as I begin to get the feel of the throne

Start to cherish the crown

I found out you only build me up baby, baby

Baby, baby, baby, baby (Only build me up)

You only build me up to tear me down

Down, down

Yeah, yeah (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)

Ooh, you give me hope

For a while you had me walking 'round on a cloud (You build me up)

Braggin' about you and feelin' real proud (You build me up)

Then without a warnin' in front of a crowd (You build me up)

You bring me back to Earth

With some unkind deed, soon as I am heaven bound

Oh you only build me up, only build me up

You only build me up, only build me up

Baby, baby (Only build me up)

Baby, baby, baby

You only build me up to tear me down, down, down

Yeah, yeah (Ooh, ooh)

Baby, baby (Only build me up baby, baby)

Ooh, yeah, baby (Only build me up baby, baby)

You only build me up to tear me down

Down, down

Yeah, ooh-wee baby

Baby, baby, baby (Only build me up baby, baby)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby

(Only build me up baby, baby)