Taxi brakes in late rain

Your name stuck in my throat

Everybody wants a girl they can survive

Till she walks in and changes the whole room’s vibe

Red on her mouth, danger in her eyes

You don’t forget her even if you try

You can try

You can try

But nobody forgets me twice

Corner store at 4 AM

Cashier acts like he knows my past

Heel steps on cracked pavement lines

Sirens cut through traffic glass

Mama said don’t stay too late

But I made peace with chaos calls

Every stairwell held cheap smoke

Every promise hit like falls

You stare at me from far away

Like truth is something you can take

But I don’t come in easy ways

I don’t break the same way twice

Black car pulls up slow

Gold shine on my fingers

Every voice in the room stops

When I enter and linger

Take me when the speakers break

When the whole room starts to shake

I came from places no one stays

Where love gets sold in simple ways

Hold me like your hands might shake

Like one wrong move could end your name

Take me before I change my mind

I don’t wait in any line

I’m a city girl

I don’t wait in line

Roof top crowd full of lies

Everyone selling different truth

Cheap perfume on empty laughs

Hidden pain inside each booth

I read people in a glance

I hear lies inside their breath

They want beauty made of glass

Till it cuts them into depth

You asked why I speak so sharp

Why I turn calm into war

Every scar I carry now

Was once trust I gave before

Red lips, cold stares

Room shifts when I appear

One touch, wrong move

Now you’re stuck too near

Take me when the speakers break

When the whole room starts to shake

I came from places no one stays

Where love gets sold in simple ways

Hold me like your hands might shake

Like one wrong move could end your name

Take me before I change my mind

I don’t wait in any line

I’m a city girl

I don’t wait in line

They talk about girls like me

Like we’re just damage in motion

But nobody counts the cost

Of turning pain into devotion

I learned how to kiss

From watching people leave without goodbye

Learned how to smile

While something inside me slowly died

I was seventeen in a back seat

Trying not to fall apart

Now I walk like I own every block

Just so no one sees my heart

If you want me now

Don’t be careful

Don’t be soft

Don’t perform

Pull me close enough to ruin sleep

Close enough to start a storm

I don’t fall in love

I arrive like a warning

Everybody wants a girl like me

Till I speak what I really mean

Now you’re stuck inside your head

Playing every word I said

Whole room changes when I leave

Like I took the air with me

You can try

You can try

But nobody forgets me twice

Take me when the world spins fast

When nothing here is built to last

I came from places hearts get torn

Still I return, still I’m not gone

Hold me like the clock won’t move

Like this moment has something to prove

Take me before I disappear

I’m a city girl

And I’m still here

Taxi brakes in late rain

Still your name in my mind