Ele era um marido que guiava sua esposa bêbada pra casa depois das festas. He was a husband who drove his wife home drunk from the parties Ele era um marido que guiava sua esposa bêbada pra casa. He was a husband who drove his wife home E ele gentilmente apoiaria a cabeça dela na janela da porta do carro. And in the car he would gently lean her head on the side door window E no banheiro, seguraria o seu cabelo pra trás e esperar, dizendo And in the bathroom he would hold her hair back and hope, saying;
"Eles constroem prédios, oh They build buildings oh they build buildings oh they build buildings Eles constroem prédios, oh So tall these days Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje"
E de manhã ela acordaria e humilhantes recordações o dia todo And in the morning she'd wake up and crouch recollections all day Mas ela sempre sempre acordaria na manhã seguinte But she would always always wake up the next morning E ele daria uma olhada pra ela e diria, "Oh, está tudo bem!" And he'd take one look at her a say baby that's ok E a consciência dela continuaria pesada ainda, outra última advertência, dizendo: And her conscience would issue yet another last warning, saying;
Eles constroem prédios, oh. They build buildings oh they build buildings oh they build buildings Eles constroem prédios, oh. So tall these days Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje.
E ela pediria tempo, pediria tempo. And she would ask for time and she'd ask for time Ela pediria tempo, ela imploraria por tempo. And she would ask for time and she would beg for time E imploraria por tempo, imploraria por tempo e chamaria isso de dádiva And she would beg for time and beg for time and call it a gift E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela And he would give her time and he'd give her time E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela And he would give her time and he'd give her time- Mas tempo não é algo que se pode dar But time is not given and time is not taken tempo não é algo que se pode capturar It just sifts through its sift Ele só se espalha através da peneira dele
E era café e café e café e café e café e café e algo mais And it was coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee some more Ele iria trabalhar e ela ficaria um dia doente no âmago He'd go to work and she'd take a sick day and rot at the core E até lá ele volta e teria lavado o banheiro e feito ele cheirar a pinho And by the time he came back she'd scrub the bathroom and make it smell like pine E seria como se nada tivesse acontecido e daria tempo a ela, dizendo It would be almost as if nothing had happened and he'd give her time, saying;
"Eles constroem prédios, oh They build buildings, oh they build buildings, oh they build buildings Eles constroem prédios, oh Oh don't they build buildings, oh they build buildings Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje" They build buildings so tall these days And she would ask for time and shed ask for time And she would ask for time and she would beg for time And she would beg for time and beg for time and call it a gift And he would give her time and he'd give her time And he would 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
E ela pediria tempo, pediria tempo Ela pediria tempo, ela imploraria por tempo E imploraria por tempo, imploraria por tempo e chamaria isso de dádiva E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela Mas tempo não é algo que se pode dar tempo não é algo que se pode capturar Ele só se espalha através da peneira dele