Finale lyrics

[BOLERO SINGER]

No te vayas

Si me dejas

Si te alejas de mi

Seguirás en mis recuerdos para siempre

Para siempre, para siempre

Para siem—

Para siem—

Para siempre…

[USNAVI]

Lights out on Washington Heights

And now the crack of dawn

The blackout goes on and on and on…

[BOLERO SINGER]

Para siempre

[USNAVI]

Sonny’s out back, sortin’ the trash

As I think about the past with a sack full of cash

[BOLERO SINGER]

Para siempre

[USNAVI]

Abuela really wanted me up on a beach

With margaritas in my reach, and

Soon that’s how it’s gonna be…

[BOLERO SINGER]

Para siempre

[USNAVI]

Imagine me, leavin’ today

On a seven-forty-seven boardin’ JFK…

[CARLA]

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow…

[CARLA/DANIELA]

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow…

[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, & CARLA/DANIELA]

Piragua!

Good morning

The hydrants are open

Piragua!

New block of ice, piragua!

Cool breezes blow

So sweet and nice, piragua!

Piragua!

Piragua!

[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, CARLA/DANIELA & (CAMILA)]

Piragua!

Good morning

The hydrants are open

(Siempre)

Piragua!

New block of ice, piragua!

(Seguirás en mis recuerdos)

Cool breezes blow

So sweet and nice, piragua!

(Para siempre...)

Piragua!

Piragua!

[PIRAGUA GUY, KEVIN, CARLA/DANIELA, VANESSA & (CAMILA)]

Piragua!

Good morning

The hydrants are open

I'll be downtown...

(Siempre)

Piragua!

New block of ice, piragua!

(Seguirás en mis recuerdos)

Cool breezes blow

So sweet and nice, piragua!

It won't be long now...

(Para siempre...)

Piragua!

Piragua!

[USNAVI]

There’s a breeze off the Hudson

And just when

You think you’re sick of living here the memory floods in

The morning light, off the fire escapes

The nights in Bennett Park blasting Big Pun tapes

I’m ‘a miss this place, to tell you the truth:

Kevin dispensin’ wisdom from his dispatch booth

And at dawn, Vanessa at the salon, we gotta move on

But who’s gonna notice we’re gone?

When our job’s done, as the evening winds

Down to a crawl, son, can I ease my mind

When we’re all done? When we’ve resigned

In the long run, what do we leave behind?

Most of all, I’ll miss Abuela’s whispers

Doin’ the Lotto Pick Six every Christmas

In five years, when this whole city’s rich folks and hipsters

Who’s gonna miss this raggedy little business?

[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken]

What it do? Ha ha, great sunlight this morning.​

[SONNY, spoken]

Yo cuz! We fixed the grate!

[USNAVI, spoken]

What did I tell you about this punk?

[SONNY, spoken]

You have to commission an artist while his rate is still good.​

[GRAFFITI PETE, spoken]

It’s the first work in my new series.​

(pause)

He hates it.​

[SONNY, spoken]

Shh. He’s forming an artistic opinion.​

[USNAVI, sung]

You did this last night?

[GRAFFITI PETE]

Yeah.​

[USNAVI]

There goes my flight.​

[SONNY]

What?

[USNAVI]

Graffiti Pete you’re gonna need some new cans

Here’s some money, finish up

There’s been a slight change of plans!

[GRAFFITI PETE]

Nice!

[USNAVI]

Listen up guys, you got a job, I’m not playin’

You gotta go now, tell the whole block I’m stayin’!

Go ahead, tell everyone we know!

Sonny…

Alright, go!

Yeah, I’m a streetlight!

Chillin’ in the heat!

I illuminate the stories of the people in the street

Some have happy endings

Some are bittersweet

But I know them all and that’s what makes my life complete

[NINA]

We’re home!

[USNAVI]

And if not me, who keeps our legacies?

Who’s gonna keep the coffee sweet with secret recipes?

Abuela, rest in peace, you live in my memories

But Sonny’s gotta eat, and this corner is my destiny

[SONNY/NINA/CARLA/DANIELA]

We’re home!

[USNAVI]

Brings out the best in me, we pass a test and we

Keep pressin’ and yes indeed, you know I’ll never leave

If you close your eyes that hydrant is a beach

That siren is a breeze, that fire escape’s a leaf on a palm tree!

[CARLA/DANIELA/NINA/CAMILA/

VANESSA/SONNY/PIRAGUA GUY/KEVIN]

We’re home!

[USNAVI]

Abuela I’m sorry

But I ain’t goin’ back because I’m telling your story

And I can say goodbye to you smilin’, I found my island

I been on it this whole time

I’m home!

[COMMUNITY 1 & COMMUNITY]

We’re home!

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow!

[USNAVI]

It’s a wonderful life that I’ve know

“Merry Christmas you ole’ Building and Loan!”

I’m home!

[COMMUNITY 1 & COMMUNITY]

We’re home!

The hydrants are open

Cool breezes blow!

[USNAVI]

Abuela that ain’t a stoop, that’s your throne

Long after ya birds have all flown

[USNAVI]

I’m home!

Where the coffee’s non-stop

And I drop this hip-hop

In my mom and pop shop

I’m home!

Where people come

People go

Let me show all of these

People what I know

There’s no place like home!

And let me set the record straight!

I’m steppin’ to Vanessa

I’m gettin’ a second date

I’m home!

Where it’s a hundred in the shade

But with patience and faith

We remain unafraid

I’m home!

You hear that music in the air?

Take the train to the top of the world

And I’m there

I’m home!

• Artist:In the Heights (Musical)
• Album:In The Heights