Leaving Together

[Куплет 1] We claimed the long table by the pastry case With our caps stacked up in a paper bag Maya’s got a train at six, ben’s got a map And luis keeps checking that his tassel won’t snag The café’s all clatter, the counter line bends Somebody’s laughing over plans for july We traded lecture notes for names and addresses Now the whole next chapter’s waiting outside [Алдынғы қайырма] So say it plain, before we go These years went fast, but look how far we came [Қайырма] Here’s to the roads we haven’t learned yet The first-day nerves and the last-call bets We’ll miss this table, miss this noise Miss arguing over the professor’s choice But wherever we land, wherever we roam We’ll carry a little of this place along Raise up your paper cup, let the whole room know: We’re leaving together, even as we go [Куплет 2] Nina’s headed west to design bridges Aaron’s joining a crew that studies the sea I’ll be in a newsroom learning the late shift Trying to write down what the whole world means We’re passing around a napkin for numbers A crooked little list in blue ballpoint ink And every new name comes with one old story That somehow gets funnier every time we blink [Алдынғы қайырма] So say it plain, before we go The map gets wide, but it’s ours to make [Қайырма] Here’s to the roads we haven’t learned yet The first-day nerves and the last-call bets We’ll miss this table, miss this noise Miss arguing over the professor’s choice But wherever we land, wherever we roam We’ll carry a little of this place along Raise up your paper cup, let the whole room know: We’re leaving together, even as we go [Көпір] Some of us will call from different time zones Some will send a postcard from a town we can’t pronounce When the years turn over, we’ll remember this afternoon And how we made a future out of one crowded booth [Final chorus] Here’s to the roads we haven’t learned yet The brave first steps and the names we’ll collect We’ll miss this table, miss this noise But there’s a whole wide world beyond our choice And wherever we land, wherever we roam We’ll carry a little of this place along Raise up your paper cup, let the whole room know: We’re leaving together, even as we go [Аутро] Even as we go We’re leaving together