Verse 1 E A E A You wrote me a letter, a long time ago E A E A The central thesis of how to build a home A E You veer of nicely to financial capitalist control A E How man is moved by fear and longing, but the fear mongers took all the longers owned C#m E Your sermon's backed with facts and figures, Your prophecies were all made whole B A E So I, I will build my home Verse 2 E A E A It's all absurd, you point it out in depth E A E A We rely on clumsy systems, we could do much more with less A E You're waiting for a revolution where we all wake up and use our intellect A E As if we all thought harder we'd all just get along like that C#m E I choose to believe we're all afraid And longing to do our best B A E So I, I will do more with less Verse 3 E A E And in your life, you built yourself a home E A E It was never perfect for you and you lived in it alone A E I don't want to be a philosopher Or an architecht buried up in dusty tomes A E I want to be a brick layer that my neighbors say Damn he can lay a stone C#m E You later said you can't change minds But only give them tools to change their own B A E So I, I will lay the stone B A E And I, I will build my home Outro E A
