[Verse 1] The last train left a minute early Or we were later than we meant to be You check your phone and start apologizing I say, "We still got ways across the city" A cab rolls up beside the square You smile and say that we can split the fare [Pre-Chorus] Plans fall through, but here we are A little closer in the back of a car [Chorus] We can split the fare Share the ride and the midnight air You take the window, I'll take the middle Tell me something I don't know yet We can split the fare Going somewhere good is better in a pair We don't have to know the whole way there We can split the fare [Verse 2] The driver's got a favorite station A song comes on you haven't heard in years You tell me how you learned to ride a bicycle And how your father still collects souvenirs The meter climbs, the stories flow Neither one says much about how far to go [Pre-Chorus] Plans fall through, but here we are A little closer in the back of a car [Chorus] We can split the fare Share the ride and the midnight air You take the window, I'll take the middle Tell me something I don't know yet We can split the fare Going somewhere good is better in a pair We don't have to know the whole way there We can split the fare [Bridge - intimate solo vocal, piano and strings] It's not the miles that made it matter Or a perfect kind of night It's finding somebody easy On the unexpected part of life [Instrumental interlude - orchestra and rhythm section, no vocals] [Final Chorus] We can split the fare Share the ride and the midnight air You take the window, I'll take the middle Tell me something I don't know yet We can split the fare Going somewhere good is better in a pair We don't have to know the whole way there We can split the fare [Outro] You take the window I'll keep the story going
