[Intro: subway door chime, spoken male conductor over drum machine] This is a Manhattan bound 4 express train Stand clear of the closing doors, please [Verse 1] Eight fifteen at Borough Hall, I got a window seat Fresh nails, iced coffee, brand new sneakers on my feet Then my phone lights up with Marco and I answer with a grin But my earbuds die, the speaker's on, and the whole car's listening in He says, Dani, it's not you, it's my horoscope, you know And a hundred faces on the 4 train turn around real slow [Pre-Chorus] And the doors go ding (ding) And the whole car leans in (leans in) Every stranger in the city Wants to know how this one ends [Chorus] Stand clear, stand clear of the closing doors I'm not holding them for you no more You can run down the platform, you can bang on the glass This train's the express and it's not coming back Stand clear (stand clear), stand clear of the closing doors Baby, I'm not holding them for you no more [Verse 2] A nurse in purple scrubs says, honey, let me hold that cup A man in a hard hat mouths, don't talk, just let him finish up A kid with a cello case is writing comebacks on his hand Two ladies by the pole say, mm hmm, we know this kind of man He says, I hope we stay friends, and I'm keeping the TV And forty people groan at once, they heard it in car three [Pre-Chorus] And the doors go ding (ding) Union Square, more people squeeze in (squeeze in) Now there's a committee And they're writing how this ends [Chorus] Stand clear, stand clear of the closing doors I'm not holding them for you no more You can run down the platform, you can bang on the glass This train's the express and it's not coming back Stand clear (stand clear), stand clear of the closing doors Baby, I'm not holding them for you no more [Bridge: drum machine drops out, spoken male conductor] Ladies and gentlemen, we are being held momentarily by the train's dispatcher We should be moving shortly [Bridge: sung, building] Twelve minutes under Grand Central with the whole car on my side Nurse says breathe, the hard hat cracks his knuckles, says he better hide The kid holds up his hand, it says, you're express, he makes all stops Then the brakes let go, the car goes quiet, you could hear an earring drop [Breakdown: timbales, handclaps, whole car chants] Say it (say it) Say it (say it) Fifty Ninth Street coming, girl, you gotta say it Say it (say it) Say it (say it) Doors about to open, Dani, say it [Spoken: female lead, calm] Marco? Stand clear. [Final Chorus: key change up, whole car sings along] Stand clear, stand clear of the closing doors (closing doors) I'm not holding them for you no more (no more) You can run down the platform, you can bang on the glass This train's the express and it's not coming back Stand clear (stand clear), stand clear of the closing doors Marco, I'm not holding them for you no more [Outro: door chime, spoken male conductor, car cheers] This is Fifty Ninth Street Congratulations, miss Stand clear of the closing doors, please
