We built a little playhouse with a front porch swing

A white picket fence, the American dream

Step by step, stone by stone

And now you're tellin' me that you wanna be alone

The walls are fallin' all around me now

You wanna.....



Chorus:

Tear it all down

Tear it all down

You're rippin' out what we put up

Demolishing this house of love

Tear it all down 

Tear it all down

When your soul foundation cracks

It's hard to put the pieces back

When you tear it all down



Before this thing crumbles, you better think it through

'Cause you're gonna have to live with what you can't undo



Day by day, night after night

The truth is gonna hit you right between the eyes

You're gonna see the wreckage all around

When you.....



Repeat Chorus



Step by step, stone by stone

We built this house into a home

For you to.....



Repeat Chorus