Same Train Home

[SUBWAY PERFORMER] Ay, ay, ay, ay Canta y no llores [DJ] The ghosts of the city live underground Everyone you ever lost is still around, yes See them in the flickers of the train's fluorescent light Here in the night, here in the night A single mother sings with her guitar To the Warriors in an empty subway car Baby strapped across her back, he holds his mother tight All through the night, here in the night As she sings: [DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER] Ay, ay, ay, ay And they're taking the same train Ay, ay, ay, ay We're taking the same train Ay, ay, ay, ay We're all on the same train home [DJ] Rich young couples get on at Prospect Park Coming home from a disco after dark They're giggling and they're laughing 'cause they've always been alright Safe in the night, safe in the night Laughter dies as they look across the way They're looking at the Warriors, they don't know what to say Mercy feels them staring at the dirt caked in her skin They're thinkin', "My God? Where has she been?" The lady sings... [DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER] Ay, ay, ay, ay And they're taking the same train home Ay, ay, ay, ay We're taking the same train home Ay, ay, ay, ay We're all on the same train home [DJ] Mercy feels their judgment, Mercy feels their fear Mercy makes herself smaller, tucks her hair behind her ear Swan leans over, takes her hand, and looks her in the eye Hold your head high, hold your head high Oh, let them stare in judgment, let them witness this Swan leans into Mercy, pulls her deep into a kiss As the train emerges overground in overdrive They are alive, they are alive The city and the singer and the couples fade away As we pass beyond Kings Highway just before the break of day, we say Make way for us We're all on the same train home Make space for us We're taking the same train home Ain't we all on the same train home? The folks that we find or leave behind [DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER] They wait for us (Ay, ay, ay, ay) As we all take the same train home They stay with us (Ay, ay, ay, ay) As we're taking the same train home Ain't we all on the same train home? (Ay, ay, ay, ay) As the night gives way to the day [DJ] Nothing's comin' to save us, be brave for us All we got is us, all we got is us The people who ride with us, side by side with us We're all on the same train home We're takin' the same train, the same train home