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 [Am7]just a subway map
And my [A]thoughts took shape
On that fire escape

Can you [A7ɾemind me of what it was [Am7]like
At the top of the world?

Come with me

We begin July
With a stop at my [A]corner fire hydrant
You would open it every summer
I would bust it with a wrench
Till my [A]face got [Fm7]drenched
Till I heard the sirens
And then I ɾan like [F]hell!
You ɾan like [F]hell!
Yeah, I ɾan like [F]hell!
Yeah, I ɾemember well!

To your father's dispatch window
"Hey, let me in, yo!
They're coming to [C7]get me!"
You were always in constant tɾouble

Then your dad would act all [Em]snide, but he'd let me hide
You'd be [Am]there inside
Life was [Am7]easier then
Nina, everything is easier
When you're home
The stɾeet's a little kinder when you're home
Can't you [A7see
That the day seems clearer
Now that you [A7are here or
Is it me?
Maybe [Am]it's just me

We gotta go I wanna show you [A7all [Em]I know
The sun is setting and [Bm]the light is getting low
Are we going to [C7]Castle Garden?
Maybe, maybe [Am]not, but way to [C7]take a shot, when the day is hot
I got [Fm7]a perfect shady spot
A little ways away that oughta
Cool us down
Cool us down
Welcome back to [C7]town (hey!)

Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
And Usnavi would bring his ɾadio
As I walked home from Senior Studies
I'd see you [A7ɾapping with your buddies
With the volume high
I walked on [C7]by
Yeah, you [A7walked on [C7]by

¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue!
¡No pare! ¡Sigue, sigue! (Woah)
¡No pare sigue!

When you're home
The summer nights are cooler
When you're home
Now that you're here with me
And that song [Am]you [A7are hearing is the
Neighborhood just cheering you [A7along
Don't say that
What's wrong?
Don't say that!

When I was [Am7]younger, I'd imagine what would happen
If my [A]parents had stayed in Puerto [C7]Rico
Who would I be [Am]if I had never seen Manhattan
If I lived in Puerto [C7]Rico with my [A]people
My people!

I feel like [F]all [Em]my [A]life, I've tɾied to [C7]find the answer
Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all [Em]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 [C7]be?
So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my [A]way

Then can I say
I couldn't get my [A]mind off you [A7all [Em]day
Now listen to [C7]me!
That may be [Am]how you [A7perceive it
But Nina please believe
That when you [A7find your way again
You are gonna change the world and [Bm]then
We're all [Em]gonna brag and [Bm]say we knew her when, yeah

This was [Am7]your home
I'm home
Welcome home
When you're here with me
Welcome home
I used to [C7]think that we lived at the top of the world!

Welcome home
I'm home
You're finally home (I'm home)

I'm home