On the Paris Lane

[Verse 1]
Paper bag in my hand
Warm bread, cold coins
My shoes know this block
Better than I do

Crossing past the bakery
Past the shuttered florist
A man folds his ladder
Into the dark

[Pre-Chorus]
And the stairs keep calling
Down under my name
I hear that soft rush
Like rain in a tunnel

[Chorus]
Take me home, take me home
Through the Metro line
Take me home, take me home
Till the doors align
Hold that turn, hold that turn
Let the night unwind
Take me home, take me home
On the Paris line

[Verse 2]
A scarf on the rail
A ticket in my coat
Two kids run laughing
Around the fare gate

I catch my face in glass
Beside a tired poster
One more stop, one more step
Then my street

[Pre-Chorus]
And the stairs keep calling
Down under my name
I hear that soft rush
Like rain in a tunnel

[Chorus]
Take me home, take me home
Through the Metro line
Take me home, take me home
Till the doors align
Hold that turn, hold that turn
Let the night unwind
Take me home, take me home
On the Paris line

[Bridge]
Under the tiles
Where the city keeps time
A violin leaks
From a busker’s sleeve

I let the day go
In a circle of stone
Then the platform breathes
And I’m almost home

[Chorus]
Take me home, take me home
Through the Metro line
Take me home, take me home
Till the doors align
Hold that turn, hold that turn
Let the night unwind
Take me home, take me home
On the Paris line