Standard (EADGBE)

Love sees love's happiness

but happiness can't see that love is sad

  That love is sad

sadness is hanging there

to show love somewhere something needs a change

 they need a change

Chorus

 They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

 to take the house he built for her apart

 to make it break it's gonna take

 a metal ball hung from a chain

 they'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

 to pick the broken ruins up again

 to mend her heart, to help him start

 to see a world apart from pain

Verse 2

Lad's gal is all he has

gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad, the love of lad

some things gal says to lad

aren't mean't as bad but cause a little pain

they cause him pain

Chorus

They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

to take the house he built for her apart

to make it break it's gonna take

a metal ball hung from a chain

they'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

to pick the broken ruins up again

to mend her heart, to help him start

to see a world apart from pain

Bridge

 Don't call me at work again, oh no the boss still hates me

 I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore and there's a restaurant

 we should check out where the other nightmare people like to go

 I mean nice people baby wait I didn't mean to say nightmare

Verse 3

Lad looks at other gals

gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad, he isn't bad

call off the wedding band

nobody wants to hear that one again

play that again

Chorus

They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

to take the house he built for her apart

to make it break it's gonna take

a metal ball hung from a chain

they'll need a crane, they'll need a crane

to pick the broken ruins up again

to mend her heart, to help him start

to see a world apart from pain

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane

They'll need a crane