Twin Cities

Now we're in twin cities



Where the Mississippi rises and then falls



One is Minneapolis



And the other no less famous is St. Paul?s



There are stray dogs on the highway



And the local farmers moan about lack of rain



When the winds blew last winter I swear



England had another hurricane, hurricane



And we are twin cities, and we are that river



From the standing still, we will be delivered



Last time in New York was with Mandela



And Madonna and The Mets



They're icons of an era where



That's about as famous as it gets



(That's what I call famous, babe)



I've seen cities full of ticker tape



And cotton trains through Utah, disappearing out of sight



Now I'm standing in a city



That's as pretty as an ocean in the night



And we are twin cities, and we are that ocean



From the standing still, we are set in motion



And no one calls me up to say



?How long are you going to be away??



(Are you ever coming back?)



Yeah, yeah



(Are you ever coming back?)



No one calls me up to say



?Don't let that life lead you astray?



(Don't forget to come back)



Yeah



(Don't forget to come back)



They were rioting in Detroit on the night



The Pistons won it back to back



I was out of there the next day



And I only had just two bags to pack



And we are twin cities, and we are one river



From the standing still, we will be delivered



And we are twin cities, and we are one ocean



From the standing still, we are set in motion



Yeah, we are twin cities



We are one river



(We are twin cities)



One ocean



We are twin cities



(We are twin cities)



We are one river, yeah



One ocean



We are twin cities, one ocean



We are twin cities