Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song When You're Home , by - Christopher Jackson. Song from the album In The Heights, in the genre СаундтрекиRelease date: 02.06.2008
Record label: Sh-K-Boom
Song language: English
When You're Home |
| I used to think we lived at the top of the world |
| When the world was just a subway map |
| And the one-slash-nine |
| Climbed a dotted line to my place |
| There’s no nine train now |
| Right |
| I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky |
| When the world was just a subway map |
| And my thoughts took shape |
| On that fire escape… |
| Can you remind me of what it was like |
| At the top of the world? |
| Come with me |
| We begin July |
| With a stop at my corner fire hydrant |
| You would open it every summer! |
| I would bust it with a wrench |
| Till my face got drenched |
| Till I heard the sirens |
| Then I ran like hell! |
| You ran like hell! |
| Yeah, I ran like hell! |
| I remember well! |
| To your father’s dispatch window |
| «Hey, let me in, yo! |
| They’re coming to get me!» |
| You were always in constant trouble… |
| Then your dad would act all snide, but he’d let me hide |
| You’d be there inside… |
| Life was easier then |
| Nina, everything is easier |
| When you’re home… |
| The street’s a little kinder when you’re home |
| Can’t you see |
| That the day seems clearer |
| Now that you are here or |
| Is it me? |
| Maybe it’s just me… |
| We gotta go I wanna show you all I know |
| The sun is setting and the light is getting low |
| Are we going to Castle Garden? |
| Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot |
| I got a perfect shady spot |
| A little ways away that oughta |
| Cool us down |
| Cool us down… |
| Welcome back to town… |
| Now, back in high school when it darkened |
| You’d hang out in Bennett Park and |
| Usnavi would bring his radio… |
| As I walked home from Senior Studies |
| I’d see you rapping with your buddies |
| With the volume high |
| I walked on by |
| You walked on by… |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare! |
| Sigue, sigue! |
| No pare sigue! |
| When you’re home |
| Oh, the summer nights are cooler |
| When you’re home! |
| Now that you’re here with me… |
| And that song you are |
| hearing is the |
| Neighborhood just |
| cheering you along… |
| Don’t say that |
| What’s wrong? |
| Don’t say that! |
| When I was younger, I’d imagine what would happen |
| If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico |
| Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan |
| If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people |
| My people! |
| I feel like all my life, I’ve tried to find the answer |
| Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can |
| I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford |
| But I’d stare out at the sea |
| Thinking, where’m I supposed to be? |
| So please don’t say you’re proud of me, when I’ve lost my way |
| Then can I say: |
| I couldn’t get my mind off you all day |
| Now listen to me! |
| That may be how you perceive it |
| But Nina please believe |
| That when you find your way again |
| You’re gonna change the world and then |
| We’re all gonna brag and say we knew her when… |
| This was your home |
| I’m home… |
| Welcome home… |
| When you’re here with me… |
| Welcome home… |
| I used to think that we lived at the top of the world! |
| Welcome home… |
| I’m home… |
| You’re finally home |
| You’re home! |
| I’m home! |
| I’m home! |