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HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY



EVERYBODY WANTS TOMORROW – AND WE ALL WANT IT YESTERDAY
WISH THAT WE COULD START AT THE END
AND NOT PUT IN THE TIME IT TAKES
THE ONLY THING I KNOW THAT LASTS - WASN’T MADE THAT FAST

BOARD BY BOARD AND BRICK BY BRICK
WE MADE IT ANY WAY BUT QUICK
YEARS OF TEARS AND BLOOD AND SWEAT
WE’D FIGHT LIKE HELL WHEN WE’D FORGET
THAT FAITH AND HOPE AND LOVE AND TRUST
ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT HOLD IT UP
AND WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
BABY HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY

NOBODY WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT BY THE WAY WE STARTED OUT
THAT IT’D BE YOU AND ME AND OUR LITTLE THREE
ALL PILED UP ON THIS COUCH - BUT LOOK AT US NOW




BOARD BY BOARD AND BRICK BY BRICK
WE MADE IT ANY WAY BUT QUICK
YEARS OF TEARS AND BLOOD AND SWEAT
WE’D FIGHT LIKE HELL WHEN WE’D FORGET
THAT FAITH AND HOPE AND LOVE AND TRUST
ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT HOLD IT UP
AND WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
BABY HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY

IT TAKES MORE THAT WINDOWS, WALLS AND DOORS
TO BLOCK THE RAIN AND STOP THE STORMS


BOARD BY BOARD AND BRICK BY BRICK
WE MADE IT ANY WAY BUT QUICK
YEARS OF TEARS AND BLOOD AND SWEAT
WE’D FIGHT LIKE HELL WHEN WE’D FORGET
THAT FAITH AND HOPE AND LOVE AND TRUST
ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT HOLD IT UP
AND WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY
BABY HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY
BABY THIS HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY
OUR HOME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY

WRITERS

AARON SCHERZ, CAMERON NELSON, GREGORY CURTIS BATES

PUBLISHERS

Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group

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