Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind
To withstand the world, that's what it takes
All that steel and stone are no match for the air, my friend
What doesn't bend breaks, what doesn't bend breaks
[Chorus]
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
[Verse 2]
We are made to bleed and scab and heal and bleed again
And turn every scar into a joke
We are made to fight and fuck and talk and fight again
And sit around and laugh until we choke
Sit around and laugh until we choke
[Chorus]
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
[Verse 3]
I don't know who you were expecting
Probably some bitch who does not budge
With eyes the size of snow
When I get pissed off sometimes
You seem like the type to hold a grudge
And in the end, I just let it go, yeah
In the end, I just let it go
[Chorus]
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
[Verse 4]
Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind
To withstand the world, that's what it takes
All that steel and stone are no match for the air, my friend
What doesn't bend breaks, what doesn't bend breaks
What doesn't bend breaks
[Chorus]
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, da, dow
Ah-la-da-da-da-da, dow
Written by: Angela Maria DiFranco