Lyrics

Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters

Words & Music by Ellis Glover

I built a house, I raised it high,
She climbed the roof and kissed the sky,
And I, I dont know why.
Angels came and filled her room,
they wove her gown on a golden loom,
And I, I could cry.
So raise high the roof beams, carpenters,
and hear my cry, I long to die,
And I, I dont know why.
And all those days that you longed to live,
and all those nights you taught me to forgive
the death that I ponder, and the life that I squander.
They sprinkled dirt upon her face,
I feared the earth might soon erase
her love from off the sky.
I turned around to face the day,
for death toward life is the only way.
And I, I dont know why.
So raise high the roof beams, carpenters,
and hear my cry, Ill kiss that sky,
and, rather than die, Ill think Ill fly,
but first Ill cry.