Don’t Go Home Yet

two forty-seven

the station is closed

my phone is dying

your name is still there

someone is laughing

someone is laughing

somewhere behind me

a taxi goes past

too fast too fast

don't go home yet

don't go home yet

don't

don't

I know this street I don't know this city

I know your face I don't know what you said to me

white light wet road cheap coffee cold

hands keep moving

keep moving

DON'T GO HOME YET

DON'T GO HOME YET

THE NIGHT'S NOT DONE

THE NIGHT'S NOT DONE

DON'T GO HOME YET

DON'T GO HOME YET

I'M STILL HERE

I'M STILL HERE

ah— ah—

ah— still here

still here

three fourteen

three seventeen

three twenty-one

I keep checking the time like the time owes me something

every window

every bus stop

every stranger

looks temporary

you said

come back when you're ready

ready for what?

ready for what? red light green light

nobody moves

bass through the wall rain through my shoes

I can feel my heart

trying to leave before me

no no no

DON'T GO HOME YET

DON'T GO HOME YET THE NIGHT'S NOT DONE THE NIGHT'S NOT DONE

DON'T GO HOME YET

DON'T GO HOME YET

I'M STILL HERE

I'M STILL HERE

morning is coming

I hate when morning comes

everything gets a name again

street

door

body

mistake stay without staying say nothing just—

DON'T GO HOME YET DON'T GO HOME YET

DON'T GO

DON'T GO DON'T GO I'M STILL HERE STILL HERE STILL—

four fifty-eight

first train in twelve minutes maybe that's enough