[SUBWAY PERFORMER]
A D
Ay, ay, ay, ay
F#m E
Canta y no llores
[DJ]
A
The ghosts of the
city live
F#m
underground
A
Everyone you ever
lost is
F#m
still around, yes
D
See them in the
flickers of the
E
train's fluorescent
light
F#m
Here in the night,
E
here in the night
A
A single mother
sings
F#m
with her guitar
A
To the Warriors
in an
F#m
empty subway car
D
Baby strapped
across her back,
E
he holds his
mother tight
F#m
All through the
night,
E
here in the night
E
As she sings:
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[DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER]
A
Ay, ay, ay, ay
F#m
And they're taking
the same train
A
Ay, ay, ay, ay
F#m
We're taking the
same train
D
Ay, ay, ay, ay
E
We're all on the
same train home
[DJ]
A
Rich young
couples get
F#m
on at Prospect Park
A
Coming home from a
F#m
disco after dark
D
They're giggling
and
they're laughing
'cause
E
they've always
been alright
F#m
Safe in the night,
E
safe in the night
A
Laughter dies as
they look
F#m
across the way
A
They're looking
at the Warriors,
F#m
they don't know
what to say
D
Mercy feels them
staring at
E
the dirt caked in
her skin
F#m
They're thinkin',
"My God?
E
Where has she been?"
E
The lady sings...
[DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER]
A
Ay, ay, ay, ay
F#m
And they're taking
the same train home
A
Ay, ay, ay, ay
F#m
We're taking the
same train home
D
Ay, ay, ay, ay
E
We're all on the
same train home
[DJ]
A
Mercy feels their
F#m
judgment, Mercy
feels their fear
A
Mercy makes herself
F#m
smaller, tucks her
hair behind her ear
D
Swan leans over,
takes
her hand, and
E
looks her
in the eye
F#m
Hold your head high,
E
hold your head high
A
Oh, let them stare
in j
F#m
udgment, let them
witness this
A
Swan leans into
Mercy,
F#m
pulls her deep
into
a kiss
D
As the train
emerges
E
overground in
overdrive
F#m
They are alive,
E
they are alive
D
The city and the
singer
E
and the couples
fade away
F#m
As we pass beyond
Kings Highway just
E
before the break
of day, we say
A
Make way for us
F#m
We're all on the
same train home
A
Make space for us
F#m
We're taking the
same train home
D
Ain't we all on the
same train home?
E
The folks that we
find or leave behind
[DJ & SUBWAY PERFORMER]
A
They wait for us
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
F#m
As we all take the
same train home
A
They stay with us
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
F#m
As we're taking the
same train home
D
Ain't we all on the
same train home?
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
E
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
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