Welcome, welcome, here's a town
life is good here, stay awhile
Fearless, peaceful, free and proud
are the people walking 'round.
Riding bikes, no hands! and running wild
kids in gangs and grandmas strong
Smell of linden, wide blue skies
quiet over nameless parks
the garbage cans are bottomless
and the garbage everywhere
the mines are closed, the business over
but time runs slower and prices are lower
"Shall we go to the next bench,
this one's dirty" said a woman to her friend.
Welcome, welcome, here's a town
with no future, living only in the Now.