I Would Build You a Home

Everything I own can fit in one room

Not much of a dowry, not much that I can do

But I don't need a bit of it to get through one day

Though sometimes it's nice to have at least a couple nice things

But I digress, you won't be impressed

Though you can keep what you'd like for your own

You deserve a better standard by which you can live

And if I could, I'd build you a home

We got everything we need so you could relax

I built shelves for our LPs, and they'll eventually collapse

This AC is a joke, it won't make anything cold

While a bunch of my pet projects sit dusty and unsold

But I digress, it's what I do best

These things we have will not make us whole

If I numbered what I love, you'd be first on that list

And if I could, I'd build you a home

Some will just get up, and then go off to work

But that's not easy when you're still in my bed

And some will just give up before their just deserts

But oh, my love, I'd rather be...

All the people in this world, they all scare me to death

I can't understand half their words, or the whole of what they meant

While it's so hard to sleep when it's no fun being awake

There's so many things you need that I am willing to make

But I digress, this is ridiculous

I get confused and I spend too much time alone

I want to be much better to make good on this wish

And if I could

Oh, if I could

Oh, if I could

If I could, I'd build you...

If I could...

If I could...