Karaoké When You're Home In the Heights (musical)

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

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

Uh, I would bust it with a wrench 'till my face got drenched 'till I heard the sirens

And 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 comin' to get me

You were always in constant trouble

And 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

Welcome back to town

Cool us down

Now, back in high school when it darkened

You'd hang out in

Bennett Park and

And Usnavi would bring his radio

As I walked home from Senior Studies

I'd see you rappin' with your buddies

With the volume high

I walked on by

You walked on by

When you're home

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 along

What's wrong

Don't say that

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 am

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, yeah this was your home

I'm home when you're here with me

Welcome home

Welcome home, woah

I used to think we lived at the top of the world

Welcome home

You're finally home

I'm home

You're home

You're home

I'm home