From the recording Home from Europe
Lyrics
home from Europe
In Paris they really kiss on the street
Three times with anybody you meet
You just lean and offer your cheek
And voila a stranger becomes unique
In Amsterdam they sit on their bikes
Straight up speeding right next to trams with no fright
The water is there I can tell by the lights
As the whole city leans by canals in the night
Then the shaky steel plane drops me back down in America
Where people run from buildings as if bombs were falling down
And now I cannot pledge allegiance to this business crown
Where people speak in numbers and there’s one too many frowns
I remember the Hague I remember the beach
I remember singing Beatle songs live on the streets
I remember the woman who tossed in a five-mark piece
As a freak danced beside us just out of reach
Ireland does make you dream
Of how idyllic life might have been
If science hadn’t spoiled the world’s natural cream
By cutting down anything that stood tall and green
And then the over-stuffed plane drops me back down . . .
Better get yourself a good winter coat
You’re gonna need it way up there
Find yourself a good winter coat
And then wrap it around you tightly