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 
But 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….