house of stone

you can build your house out of bricks

you can build your house out of stone

but as likely as you put it on the dirt

my friend

it's likely it'll fall on down

well

you can build it high as a mountain

well

you can build it thick as a wall

but as surely as you put it on the dirt

my friend

it's gonna fall

fall-fall-fall

some men work on a railroad

and some men they work in a store

and some figured out a long time ago

they just will not work at all

this gloating leads me to glory

despising leads me to home

don't ask my woman where i'm going

i don't believe she knows i'm gone