throughout his career, gilbert also designed apartment buildings, churches, clubs, exhibition buildings, hospitals, hotels, houses, and office buildings. i started playing the verse and went into the chorus and he stopped me on the first chorus and said 'it's the best song you have. father, a most learned man, was always regretting the fact: 'just my luck,' he would say, 'what a pity she was not born a man! several buildings were damaged beyond repair and had to be demolished. it may have been harder and longer for us but it has given us more satisfaction, i think. 