you know, building a house
is like building a family
whatever you live without
maybe wasn’t meant to be
you start building with strong wood
you start building with a girl that’s good
you start thinking about the floors
the windows and the doors
when you love someone
you make it level and plumb
’cause you know that the rain may come
and you know with the all the lovin’ years
there come sadness, tears
there come daughters and sons
you make it level and plumb
’cause you know that’s where you come from
and you know with all you hold dear
there come trouble, fear
we gotta overcome
we make it level and plumb
and nobody thinks about the Winter cold
burnin’ wood and fixin’ holes
nah, we just wanna have our fun
and nobody thinks about growin’ old
we all just wanna keep it rock-and-roll
we just wanna go run
but when the runnin’s all done
come back to level and plumb
come on back now and see everyone
’cause this old house will love you
it don’t care about what you’ve won
and this old house above you
well, it stands for what you’ve done
you made it level and plumb
’cause you know that’s where you come from
’cause you know with all you hold dear
there come trouble, fear
we gotta overcome
we made it level and plumb
’cause we knew that the rain would come
we filled it with our lovin’ years
we drank a million beers
raising daughters and sons
we made it level and plumb