Coffee dripping in the early light
Crosswalk signals counting the time
My heartbeat racing when I almost fall
Even that becomes part of it all
Footsteps on the station floor
Rain tapping on my window door
Every sound, big or small
Plays a note in the song of it all
Every beat counts — the sirens at night
The laughter with friends, the red tail lights
Even my heartbeat when our eyes meet
Joins the rhythm this life creates
Every beat counts, every beat counts
Keys on the table, phones that ring
Whispers and shouts in the evening wind
Every mistake, every cheer I hear
Fills the chorus of my year
Footsteps running through the rain
Trains leaving with a lonely refrain
Every sound, wrong or right
Writes the rhythm of my life tonight
Every beat counts — the sirens at night
The laughter with friends, the red tail lights
Even my heartbeat when our eyes meet
Joins the rhythm this life creates
Every beat counts, every beat counts
The silence too, when I hold my breath
Waiting for the words I haven’t said
Even that pause, in the city’s sound
Keeps the music spinning round
Every beat counts — the sirens at night
The laughter with friends, the red tail lights
Even my heartbeat when our eyes meet
Joins the rhythm this life creates
Every beat counts, every beat counts
