Now this is the beginning of a long long story

This is only the beginning of a story

That will take many more songs

and situations to tell

You have been away on a trip

You're back now

Well now you're back

and somehow something has changed

You can quite put your finger on it

But things aren't quite the same

Europe Europe

Europe has changed

In Vienna you see a cruise boat

and a group of little old ladies

Lining up loading up

About to take a trip

Down the green river of dreams

Now this is the beginning of a long story

We all need taht panacea

So you wake up one morning

You go downstairs

Out into the street

You pass by something you've passed

by 1000 times before

But this time you really see this thing

As if for the first time

As if you'd recieved a new set of eyes the night before

As if the endless rain

Had whased away the veener

Had washed away the trasparent shield

Has washed away the cataracts from your eyes

We all need that panacea

At every border

A war lies simmering in wait