i can hear ray

elevator's broke again

guess i'll have to climb

seven flights to your front door

baby i don't mind

say hello to mister johnson on the second floor

sitting with a pup in his hand

he'll be there all day

step over the tabby cat

never gonna budge

lying there like it owns the place and i guess it kinda does

tap my fingers on a curl of the old hand rail

footsteps keeping it tight

there's something in the air

i can hear ray charles

drifting down the stairwell

and i'm almost home

pulling me higher

the feeling's so familiar

like it's calling my name

and i can hardly wait

when i hear ray

it's the way you get your temper up

when you bring the toast

ain't it funny how the little things

are what you miss the most

my heart 's racing when i'm nearly there jumping stairs

one

two

three at a time

from the fourth floor

so clear in my ear

i can hear ray charles

drifting down the stairwell

and i'm almost home

pulling me higher

the feeling's so familiar

like it's calling my name

and yeah

it's the voice that i remember

when we said we'd be together for always

and now

as the melody surrounds me

i feel your arms around me like i've never been away

and i can hear ray

and i'm almost home

pulling me higher

i can hear ray charles

drifting down the stairwell

and i'm almost home

pulling me higher

the feeling's so familiar

like it's calling my name

and i can hardly wait

when i hear ray

i'm almost home

i can hear ray

ray charles