| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| I tried to cope, I really hoped that you would see | 
| You were the only girl for me baby | 
| I tried to mend but you condemned a love affair | 
| You destroyed it beyond repair | 
| You absorb the talk of a friend baby | 
| She said project the harder stalk and never bend | 
| And be free from me and the things I do | 
| Can’t you see she’s trying to take me from you | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| The mental strain in my brain to great a price to pay | 
| For the way you make me feel in bed, baby | 
| And all our plans these grains of sand, | 
| The waves have washed away, the book that I misread | 
| You don’t equate sex with love | 
| But isn’t the love we make worthy of | 
| More than wishful thoughts and plastic smiles | 
| And ecstasy that only last for a while | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand | 
| Why do we build this castle of sand | 
| When we know very well baby, it will never stand |