When You' re Home

Song When You’re Home
Artist Lin-Manuel Miranda
Album In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:11.38] I used to think we lived at the top of the world
[00:17.20] When the world was just a subway map
[00:21.17] And the one-slash-nine
[00:24.40] Climbed a dotted line to my place
[00:30.50] There’s no nine train now
[00:32.89] Right
[00:34.59] I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky
[00:41.47] When the world was just a subway map
[00:45.31] And my thoughts took shape
[00:48.44] On that fire escape…
[00:52.11] Can you remind me of what it was like
[00:59.29] At the top of the world?
[01:05.63] Come with me
[01:10.75] We begin July
[01:12.35] With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
[01:15.70] You would open it every summer!
[01:19.64] I would bust it with a wrench
[01:21.80] Till my face got drenched
[01:24.22] Till I heard the sirens
[01:25.63] Then I ran like hell!
[01:26.71] You ran like hell!
[01:27.43] Yeah, I ran like hell!
[01:28.55] I remember well!
[01:29.68] To your father’s dispatch window
[01:31.56] “Hey, let me in, yo!
[01:32.77] They’re coming to get me!”
[01:34.16] You were always in constant trouble—
[01:38.75] Then your dad would act all snide, but he’d let me hide
[01:42.90] You’d be there inside—
[01:43.35] Life was easier then
[01:45.32] Nina, everything is easier
[01:47.98] When you’re home…
[01:50.48] The street’s a little kinder when you’re home
[01:55.64] Can’t you see
[01:57.16] That the day seems clearer
[02:00.27] Now that you are here or
[02:02.30] Is it me?
[02:04.95] Maybe it’s just me…
[02:07.50] We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
[02:09.94] The sun is setting and the light is getting low
[02:11.80] Are we going to Castle Garden?
[02:16.14] Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
[02:19.43] I got a perfect shady spot
[02:20.49] A little ways away that oughta
[02:21.43] Cool us down
[02:22.78] Cool us down—
[02:23.94] Welcome back to town...
[02:25.86] Now, back in high school when it darkened
[02:28.75] You’d hang out in Bennett Park and
[02:30.69] Usnavi would bring his radio…
[02:35.20] As I walked home from Senior Studies
[02:37.75] I’d see you rapping with your buddies
[02:40.23] With the volume high
[02:41.48] I walked on by
[02:42.62] You walked on by—
[02:47.84] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:49.94] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:52.50] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:54.23] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:56.57] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:58.81] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[03:01.11] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[03:03.49] No pare sigue!
[03:05.11] When you’re home
[03:07.99] Oh, the summer nights are cooler
[03:09.83] When you’re home!
[03:11.99] Now that you’re here with me…
[03:14.55] And that song you are
[03:16.50] hearing is the
[03:17.34] Neighborhood just
[03:18.42] cheering you along—
[03:20.46] Don’t say that
[03:21.63] What’s wrong?
[03:22.64] Don’t say that!
[03:24.33] When I was younger, I’d imagine what would happen
[03:28.39] If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico
[03:33.25] Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan
[03:37.80] If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people
[03:42.14] My people!
[03:43.44] I feel like all my life, I’ve tried to find the answer
[03:47.22] Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
[03:52.27] I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford
[03:57.70] But I’d stare out at the sea
[04:00.10] Thinking, where’m I supposed to be?
[04:03.00] So please don’t say you’re proud of me, when I’ve lost my way
[04:13.98] Then can I say:
[04:16.84] I couldn’t get my mind off you all day
[04:21.92] Now listen to me!
[04:23.67] That may be how you perceive it
[04:26.69] But Nina please believe
[04:29.40] That when you find your way again
[04:33.86] You’re gonna change the world and then
[04:37.27] We’re all gonna brag and say we knew her when...
[04:46.13] This was your home
[04:47.61] I’m home—
[04:48.48] Welcome home—
[04:50.63] When you’re here with me—
[04:53.20] Welcome home—
[04:54.36] I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!
[04:59.22] Welcome home—
[05:00.26] I’m home—
[05:01.25] You’re finally home
[05:03.10] You’re home!
[05:09.52] I’m home!

Pinyin

[00:11.38] I used to think we lived at the top of the world
[00:17.20] When the world was just a subway map
[00:21.17] And the oneslashnine
[00:24.40] Climbed a dotted line to my place
[00:30.50] There' s no nine train now
[00:32.89] Right
[00:34.59] I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky
[00:41.47] When the world was just a subway map
[00:45.31] And my thoughts took shape
[00:48.44] On that fire escape
[00:52.11] Can you remind me of what it was like
[00:59.29] At the top of the world?
[01:05.63] Come with me
[01:10.75] We begin July
[01:12.35] With a stop at my corner fire hydrant
[01:15.70] You would open it every summer!
[01:19.64] I would bust it with a wrench
[01:21.80] Till my face got drenched
[01:24.22] Till I heard the sirens
[01:25.63] Then I ran like hell!
[01:26.71] You ran like hell!
[01:27.43] Yeah, I ran like hell!
[01:28.55] I remember well!
[01:29.68] To your father' s dispatch window
[01:31.56] " Hey, let me in, yo!
[01:32.77] They' re coming to get me!"
[01:34.16] You were always in constant trouble
[01:38.75] Then your dad would act all snide, but he' d let me hide
[01:42.90] You' d be there inside
[01:43.35] Life was easier then
[01:45.32] Nina, everything is easier
[01:47.98] When you' re home
[01:50.48] The street' s a little kinder when you' re home
[01:55.64] Can' t you see
[01:57.16] That the day seems clearer
[02:00.27] Now that you are here or
[02:02.30] Is it me?
[02:04.95] Maybe it' s just me
[02:07.50] We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
[02:09.94] The sun is setting and the light is getting low
[02:11.80] Are we going to Castle Garden?
[02:16.14] Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
[02:19.43] I got a perfect shady spot
[02:20.49] A little ways away that oughta
[02:21.43] Cool us down
[02:22.78] Cool us down
[02:23.94] Welcome back to town...
[02:25.86] Now, back in high school when it darkened
[02:28.75] You' d hang out in Bennett Park and
[02:30.69] Usnavi would bring his radio
[02:35.20] As I walked home from Senior Studies
[02:37.75] I' d see you rapping with your buddies
[02:40.23] With the volume high
[02:41.48] I walked on by
[02:42.62] You walked on by
[02:47.84] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:49.94] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:52.50] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:54.23] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:56.57] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[02:58.81] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[03:01.11] No pare! Sigue, sigue!
[03:03.49] No pare sigue!
[03:05.11] When you' re home
[03:07.99] Oh, the summer nights are cooler
[03:09.83] When you' re home!
[03:11.99] Now that you' re here with me
[03:14.55] And that song you are
[03:16.50] hearing is the
[03:17.34] Neighborhood just
[03:18.42] cheering you along
[03:20.46] Don' t say that
[03:21.63] What' s wrong?
[03:22.64] Don' t say that!
[03:24.33] When I was younger, I' d imagine what would happen
[03:28.39] If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico
[03:33.25] Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan
[03:37.80] If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people
[03:42.14] My people!
[03:43.44] I feel like all my life, I' ve tried to find the answer
[03:47.22] Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
[03:52.27] I thought I might find the answer out at Stanford
[03:57.70] But I' d stare out at the sea
[04:00.10] Thinking, where' m I supposed to be?
[04:03.00] So please don' t say you' re proud of me, when I' ve lost my way
[04:13.98] Then can I say:
[04:16.84] I couldn' t get my mind off you all day
[04:21.92] Now listen to me!
[04:23.67] That may be how you perceive it
[04:26.69] But Nina please believe
[04:29.40] That when you find your way again
[04:33.86] You' re gonna change the world and then
[04:37.27] We' re all gonna brag and say we knew her when...
[04:46.13] This was your home
[04:47.61] I' m home
[04:48.48] Welcome home
[04:50.63] When you' re here with me
[04:53.20] Welcome home
[04:54.36] I used to think that we lived at the top of the world!
[04:59.22] Welcome home
[05:00.26] I' m home
[05:01.25] You' re finally home
[05:03.10] You' re home!
[05:09.52] I' m home!