Robyn Hitchcock - My Favourite Buildings lyrics

My favourite buildings are all falling down Seems like I dwell in a different town But why should I bother with painting them brown When they'll all be pulled down in the end? My favourite buildings stretch upwards for miles Remind me somehow of your favorite smiles Like oak leaves in autumn cascading on stiles In the rain Nobody seems to know how long All of these buildings belong Till they become part of you People get down on your knees Buildings are like a disease You could wind up in a zoo And most people do My favourite buildings are all laid to waste One might as well sculpt a statue from toothpaste And someday I could have a fifty inch waist It's all free For my favourite buildings and me