| No te vayas
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| Si me dejas
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| Si te alejas de mi
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| Seguirás en mis recuerdos para siempre
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| Para siempre, para siempre
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| Para siem…
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| Para siem…
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| Para siempre…
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| Lights out on Washington Heights
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| And now the crack of dawn
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| The blackout goes on and on and on…
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| Para siempre
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| Sonny’s out back, sortin' the trash
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| As I think about the past with a sack full of cash
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| Para siempre
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| Abuela really wanted me up on a beach
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| With margaritas in my reach, and
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| Soon that’s how it’s gonna be…
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| Para siempre
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| Imagine me, leavin' today
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| On a seven-forty-seven boardin' JFK…
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| The hydrants are open
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| Cool breezes blow…
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| The hydrants are open
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| Cool breezes blow…
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| The hydrants
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| Are open
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| Cool breezes
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| Blow…
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| Good morning…
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| New block of ice, piragua!
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| So sweet and nice, piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| The hydrants
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| Are open
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| Cool breezes
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| Blow…
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| Good morning…
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| New block of ice, piragua!
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| So sweet and nice, piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| Siempre…
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| Seguirás en mis recuerdos
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| Para siempre…
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| The hydrants
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| Are open
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| Cool breezes
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| Blow…
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| Good morning…
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| New block of ice, piragua!
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| So sweet and nice, piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| Piragua!
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| Siempre…
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| Seguirás en mis recuerdos
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| Para siempre…
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| I’ll be downtown…
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| It won’t be long now…
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| There’s a breeze off the Hudson
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| And just when
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| You think you’re sick of living here the memory floods in
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| The morning light, off the fire escapes
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| The nights in Bennett Park blasting Big Pun tapes
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| I’m 'a miss this place, to tell you the truth:
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| Kevin dispensin' wisdom from his dispatch booth
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| And at dawn, Vanessa at the salon, we gotta move on
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| But who’s gonna notice we’re gone?
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| When our job’s done, as the evening winds
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| Down to a crawl, son, can I ease my mind
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| When we’re all done? |
| When we’ve resigned
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| In the long run, what do we leave behind?
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| Most of all, I’ll miss Abuela’s whispers
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| Doin' the Lotto Pick Six every Christmas
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| In five years, when this whole city’s rich folks and hipsters
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| Who’s gonna miss this raggedy little business?
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| What it do? |
| Ha ha, great sunlight this morning.
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| Yo cuz! |
| We fixed the grate!
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| What did I tell you about this punk?
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| You have to commission an artist while his rate is still good.
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| It’s the first work in my new series.
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| He rolls down the grate. |
| Silence
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| He hates it.
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| Shh. |
| He’s forming an artistic opinion.
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| You did this last night?
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| Yeah.
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| There goes my flight.
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| What?
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| Graffiti Pete you’re gonna need some new cans
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| Here’s some money, finish up
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| There’s been a slight change of plans!
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| Nice!
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| Listen up guys, you got a job, I’m not playin'
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| You gotta go now, tell the whole block I’m stayin'!
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| Go ahead, tell everyone we know!
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| Sonny…
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| Alright, go!
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| Yeah, I’m a streetlight!
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| Chillin' in the heat!
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| I illuminate the stories of the people in the street
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| Some have happy endings
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| Some are bittersweet
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| But I know them all and that’s what makes my life complete
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| We’re home!
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| And if not me, who keeps our legacies?
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| Who’s gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?
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| Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memories
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| But Sonny’s gotta eat, and this corner is my destiny
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| We’re home!
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| Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we
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| Keep pressin' and yes indeed, you know I’ll never leave
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| If you close your eyes that hydrant is a beach
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| That siren is a breeze, that fire escape’s a leaf on a palm tree!
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| We’re home!
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| Abuela I’m sorry
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| But I ain’t goin' back because I’m telling your story
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| And I can say goodbye to you smilin', I found my island
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| I been on it this whole time
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| I’m home!
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| We’re home!
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| The hydrants are open
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| Cool breezes blow!
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| It’s a wonderful life that I’ve know
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| «Merry Christmas you ole' Building and Loan!»
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| I’m home!
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| We’re home!
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| The hydrants are open
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| Cool breezes blow!
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| Abuela that ain’t a stoop, that’s your throne
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| Long after ya birds have all flown
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| I’m home!
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| Where the coffee’s non-stop
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| And I drop this hip-hop
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| In my mom and pop shop
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| I’m home!
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| Where people come
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| People go
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| Let me show all of these
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| People what I know
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| There’s no place like home!
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| And let me set the record straight!
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| I’m steppin' to Vanessa
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| I’m gettin' a second date
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| I’m home!
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| Where it’s a hundred in the shade
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| But with patience and faith
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| We remain unafraid
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| I’m home!
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| You hear that music in the air?
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| Take the train to the top of the world
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| And I’m there
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| I’m home!
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| We’re home… |