Lyrics

[Verse 1: Jon Bon Jovi] Come in and leave your mind open It's time we let love in Mother, father, I am broken Barely breathin' but I'm hopin' There's forgiveness for my sins [Verse 2: Michael Trotter Jr.] I had a dream last night And in that dream, I lost my sight Life left me deaf, dumb, and blind, woke up to realize We're still asleep with open eyes [Pre-Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi] We are buildin' this house of love Buildin' this house, buildin' this house [Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi] This is the people's house From sea to shinin' sea The Rocky Mountain built these walls These halls are our city streets No wreckin' ball is gonna knock it down Nobody's gonna come to steal the keys This is the people's house The house of you and me [Verse 3: Michael Trotter Jr., Tanya Trotter, Both] Time for the turnin' of the page It's time to say goodbye, old ways have changed No crime to look out for each other Father, mother, sister, brother Can't keep fightin' one another [Pre-Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi & Michael Trotter Jr.] We are buildin' this house of love Buildin' this house, buildin' this house [Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi & Michael Trotter Jr., Tanya Trotter] This is the people's house From sea to shinin' sea The Rocky Mountain built these walls These halls are our city streets (Oh, yeah) No wreckin' ball is gonna knock it down Nobody's gonna come to steal the keys (Ooh-ooh-ooh) This is the people's house The house of you and me, yeah (Yeah) [Guitar Solo] [Bridge: Jon Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi & Michael Trotter Jr.] I wasn't born a man of privilege But I'm privileged just the same No rain'll wash away the stain No truth can hide us from the shame Until we all believe in change [Pre-Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Trotter Jr.] We are buildin' this house of love Buildin' this house, buildin' this house (Oh, ah) [Chorus: Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Trotter Jr., Tanya Trotter, Jon Bon Jovi & Tanya Trotter] This is the people's house (This is the people's house) From sea to shinin' sea (Oh, sea to shinin' sea) The Rocky Mountain built these walls Built these walls, yeah, yeah These halls are our (City streets) city streets (Let freedom ring, yeah) No wreckin' ball is gonna knock it down (Oh, no, no) Nobody's gonna come to steal the keys (No, no-no-no, no) This is the people's house (The people's house) The house of you and me (You and me and you, yeah-yeah) [Outro: Michael Trotter Jr., Tanya Trotter, Jon Bon Jovi] Ain't no stoppin' us now (Ooh, ooh-ooh ooh) And we won't turn around, yeah This is the people's house It's the people's house Oh, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, yes, it is This is the people's house