Leipzig

Thirty-nine and you need some leeway

Soon you're eyeing the overseas page

The trains are running late as you close the garden gate

Step through your steel front door frame

"Dinner's in the microwave, sweetie"

Leipzig is calling you Henry (on the cardboard thoroughfare)

Leipzig is calling you Jane

Leipzig is calling you Leonard (and the clouds run parallel)

Leipzig is calling your name

Cars were burning on yellow lines

Wheels turning, traffic light changing

Another misty bus-queue morning

Faces smile down from a hoarding

Stoop to the bin, drop something in

Well you'll soon feel yourself again

And every place is just the same, isn't it?

Leipzig is calling you, Benny (from the mouth of the megaphone)

Leipzig is calling you, James

Leipzig is calling you, Leonard (and other cartoon characters)

Leipzig is calling your name

Like the sound of taxi brakes

The sound of a dentist's drill

The colour of skates on ice under clingfilm

It's calling:

Leipzig is calling your name

Hear it calling

And every place is just the same isn't it?

Leipzig is calling you, Benny (from the mouth of the megaphone)

Leipzig is calling you, James

Leipzig is calling you, Leonard (and other cartoon characters)

Leipzig is calling your name