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