City Lights Know Me

(mmm-hmm) Lonely in a new city,

don’t know a single name

Streetlights blur through window glass,

everything looks the same

Boxes still unopened, stacked against the wall

I came here for a fresh start,

didn’t expect to feel so small

But the coffee shop on the corner knows my order now

And the woman at the market taught me how

To say good morning in a way that feels like home

Maybe I’m not as lonely,

maybe I’m just growing

This new city’s got a rhythm I’m just learning

Every corner that I turn

is a page slowly turning

I came here empty-handed,

scared and small and free

Now these warm streetlights are starting to look like they know me

Six months in, I found a bench that fits me right

Watched the same sunset paint the buildings orange-bright

Made a friend from nothing,

just a nod and then a name

Turns out lonely’s just the entrance,

not the whole damn game

Maybe home’s not a place you find

It’s a place that finds you,

one day at a time

One coffee, one stranger,

one street you love to walk

Until the lonely turns to something you’d call home

This new city’s got a rhythm I’m just learning

Every corner that I turn

is a page slowly turning

I came here empty-handed,

scared and small and free

Now these warm streetlights,

yeah, these warm streetlights know me

(they know me)

(yeah, they know me now)