[Verse 1] I crossed the avenue at eight Your ghost was in the bakery glass Steam on the window, worn red seats And coins in my coat from a bus I missed The tailor’s sign was turning gold A knot of rain on the pharmacy curb You said this town keeps all our names Like tickets tucked in a worn-out purse [Pre-Chorus] And I swear I heard Your laugh in the brake-light glow A folded tune From a place I used to know [Chorus] Blue tram after nine Take me back again Blue tram after nine To the way we were then Hold that corner light Hold it just for me Blue tram after nine Don’t let it leave [Verse 2] I saw a dancer with a paper cup Her heels kept time on the subway grate Two old men trading weather jokes By a fruit stand closing up late The sax poured slow from a basement door Like honey over a chipped glass rim I watched the crowd in their Sunday clothes And felt that old ache wake up again [Pre-Chorus] And I swear I heard Your name in the taxi hum A folded tune That I had almost become [Chorus] Blue tram after nine Take me back again Blue tram after nine To the way we were then Hold that corner light Hold it just for me Blue tram after nine Don’t let it leave [Bridge] Maybe that night was never ours Maybe I wore it like a ring Still, every step on the wet stone blocks Brings back the shape of everything [Chorus] Blue tram after nine Take me back again Blue tram after nine To the way we were then Hold that corner light Hold it just for me Blue tram after nine Don’t let it leave [Outro] I left with the map in my hand And your name in the seam of the rain Blue tram after nine I’m home again