Build me up don’t get me down,nweather the storm.nWell, life goes on.nFeelings ebb and flow by hour.nYou’re up in the clouds,nand then you sink like a stone.nnSo do you fill yourself with pillsnto deaden your ills?nOr are you only one love short of happiness?nAnd in a picture on the wallnno glimmer of yourself at all.nYou’ve let yourself fall away.nnBuild me up, don’t mop my brow,nweather the storm,nbecause life goes on.nMissed my only hope right now.nIt’s all I can donnot to sink like a stone.nnSo do you fill yourself with pillsnto deaden your ills?nOr are you only one love short of happiness?nAnd in a picture on the wallnno glimmer of yourself at all.nYou’ve left yourself far away.nnSo do you fill yourself with pillsnto cure you of your ills?nOr are you only one love short of the happy days to come?nAnd in a picture on the wallncan’t see your face at all.nSo untie yourself,nbecause that’s all you’ve got to do.nAnd I can grab those wingsnand I can take up flyingnwon’t be no crying.nUp in the air, looking back down.nAnd let me tell you if I talk about gloomnI don’t get out of feeling down.nIt strips you of yourselfnand splits you from the self that you know.