You Only Build Me Up To Tear Me Down

(album: Special Occasion - 1968)

You're like a baby, I'm like a set of blocks you got for a toy
First you build me up and that gives you joy
Then you change your mind and start to destroy me

Piece by piece, I'm torn apart and all my dreams
Of being yours are crumbled to the ground

Oh, you only build me up, baby, baby
You only build me up, baby, baby
You only build me up to tear me down
Down, down

Oh, on Monday, maybe you might make me feel like I am a king
(You build me up, you build me up)
Tell me you're a puppet and I've got the string
Oh, but then on Tuesday, it's a different thing

Just as I began to get the feel of the throne
And start to cherish the crown

I find that you only build me up, baby, baby
(Only build me up) Baby, baby, baby, baby
You only build me up to tear me down
Down, down

Yeah, yeah

Ooh, you give me hope
For a while, you had me walking 'round on a cloud
(You build me up, you build me up)
Bragging about you and feeling real proud
Then without a warning, in front of a crowd

You bring me back to Earth with some unkind deed
Soon as I am heaven-bound

Oh, you only build me up, only build me up
You only build me up, only build me up, baby, baby
(Only build me up) Baby, baby, baby
You only build me up to tear me down
Down, down
Yeah, yeah
(Only build me up) Baby, baby, baby
(Only build me up) Ooh yeah, baby (Baby, baby)
You only build me up to tear me down
Down, down
Yeah, ooh-wee, baby
(Only build me up) Baby, baby, baby
(Only build me up)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, baby (Baby, baby)
You only