There's signs in all the yards
with a price tag and a plea
Well, can't you hear them
Can't you hear them houses sing?
I can see my daughter swinging in
Can't you hear them houses sing?
Can't you hear them houses sing?
And I can move a mountain
when the mountain moves in me
And I can hear them houses sing
I can hear them houses sing
And every building tells a story
And every builder holds a pen
Can't you hear them howls the same?
They only tell beginnings,
they're yours to tell the end.
Can't you hear them howls the same?
Can't you hear them howls the same?
And I can move a mountain
when the mountain moves in me
And I can hear them houses sing
I can hear them houses sing
If there's limestone near the pylons
Well, that's stone enough for me
Can't you hear them houses sing?
Cause I'm cracked in all the places
I expect my steps should be
Can't you hear them houses sing?
They sing like tired children,
they just sing the things they know.
Then they sink into your arms
until your dreams become their own.
But the only thing that stands
between the houses and the homes
Is a mountaintop, an old steel pail,
and thirty years of stones
So all you quarry men and miners,
you family men and friends
Can't you hear them houses sing?
I can hear them houses sing
I'm here to move a mountain.
Can't you hear them houses sing?
I can hear them houses sing.
Cause I can move a mountain
when the mountain moves in me
Cause I can hear them houses sing
Can't you hear them houses sing?
Cause I can hear them houses sing
Can't you hear them houses sing?
