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