1. Just When You Thought You've Seen It All
2. Just When You Thought You Had It All Figured Out Quotes
3. Just When You Thought You've Seen It All Meaning
4. Just When You Thought You Had All The Answers

When You're Home

NINA
I used to think we lived at the top of the world

Just when you thought you had seen everything! Politician's skeleton; the horse mechanic, the dino mountain, the bridge to nowhere, the pet fish. There are more of them, however, I will save them for a later date. This is just because you don’t have clarity about his/her feelings and you are in total confusion. So, the next time you feel like why do I keep thinking about someone, just remember that. Either you have feelings for the person (even if it’s your ex). You have a romantic situation with the person. You have a pang of urging guilt.

When the world was just a subway map
And the 1 slash 9 climbed a dotted line to my place
BENNY
There's no 9 train now
NINA
Right
I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky
When the world was just a subway map
And my thoughts took shape
NINA/BENNY
On that fire escape
NINA
Can you remind me of what it was like
At the top of the world?
BENNY
Come with me
We begin July with a stop at my corner fire hydrant
NINA
You would open it every summer
BENNY
I would bust it with a wrench till my face got drenched
Till I heard the sirens
Then I ran like hell
NINA
You ran like hell
BENNY
Yeah I ran like hell
NINA
I remember well
BENNY
To your father's dispatch window,
'Hey, let me in, yo
They're coming to get me!'
NINA
You were always in constant trouble-
BENNY
Then your dad would act all snide
But he let me hide
You'd be there inside
NINA
Life was easier then
BENNY
Nina, everything is easier when you're home
The street's a little kinder
When you're home
Can't you see
That the day seems clearer
Now that you are here or is it me
Maybe it's just me
We gotta go I gotta show you all I know
The sun is setting and the light is getting low
NINA
Are we going to Castle Garden?
BENNY
Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
I got a perfect shady spot a little ways away that oughta cool us down
NINA
Cool us down-
BENNY
Welcome back to town
NINA
Now, back in high school when it darkened
You'd hang out in Bennett Park and
BENNY
Usnavi would bring his radio...
NINA
As I walked home from Senior Studies
I'd see you rapping with your buddies
BENNY
With the volume high
NINA
I walked on by
BENNY
You walked on by-
RAPPERS
No pare, sigue sigue! (x7)
BENNY/COMMUNITY
When you're home
BENNY
Oh, the summer night are cooler
BENNY/COMMUNITY
When you're home
NINA
Now that you're here with me
BENNY
And that song you're hearing is the neighborhood just cheering you along
NINA
Don't say that
BENNY
What's wrong?
NINA
Don't say that!
When I was younger I'd imagine what would happen if my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico
Who would I be if I had never seen Manhattan
If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people?
My people...
I feel like all my life I've tried to find the answer
Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
I thought I might find the answers out at Stanford
But I'd stare out at the sea
Thinking, Where am I supposed to be?
So please don't say you're proud of me, when I've lost my way
BENNY
Then can I say:
I couldn't get my mind off you all day
Now listen to me
That may be how you perceive it
But Nina please believe that when you find your way again
You're gonna change the world and then

Just When You Thought You've Seen It All

We're all gonna brag and say
We knew her when
This was your home
NINA
I'm home-
BENNY
Welcome home-
NINA
When you're here with me-
BENNY

Just When You Thought You Had It All Figured Out Quotes

Welcome home-
NINA

Just When You Thought You've Seen It All Meaning

I used to think we lived at the top of the world
BENNY
Welcome home-
NINA
I'm home-
(at the same time)
BENNY
You're finally home-
You're home!
NINA
I'm home
I'm home
[Thanks to Hilary Klapholz for lyrics] Last Update: February, 10th 2016

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