Just pulled out of a train station we're moving sideways I'm sitting here with three other people in the carriage Pa**ing churches, pa**ing stations, a bustling complex I see a sequence 22 rivers out my window Pushing you away from me Pushing you away from me The skyscrapers the cloud scratchers Here comes a city The sandwich maker the trollycar pusher Here comes a city Pushing you away from me Pushing you away from me Etterzhausen, Frankfurt Central, here comes a city And why do people who read Dostoevsky always look like Dostoevsky? A crowded train, a silent night The country's black and the cities are bright On this flight, through the night On this flight, historic night Here comes a city