We took the ferry to Travemünde
Our trip began like so
Four ordinary swedish tourists
In an old broken-down Renault
We were going different places
And we barely knew eachother
But to save gas and money
Our company could work
We twisted and turned on our map
To find a practical way
To Nice through Hamburg and Brussels
And preferably over Genève
We were all pretty well-traveled
And came up with lots of ideas
On new and exciting places
Where one could stay for a day
I wanna live in Europe
I wanna love and sing here
I wanna laugh and cry and dance
I'm dizzy and lost and in love
When i think of Europe
And about us that belong here
Far out in Germany's moors
We got stopped by a transport
A convoy of Nato-rockets
On its way to an unknown place
It was death we saw there it slowly
Slid out of a steel-gray parade
Every fighting-tip's got a number
That stands for a certain city
"I know a guy in Greece"
Said Lena "He's in a bar
Athen's the name of the city he lives in
Wonder what number it's got"
In Provence the moutains are red,
And the citrus flower white
Number C 87 is the robot
That waits for arrival there
"It was here that it all started" said Peter
That'd been a quiet long while
From Europe came Cook and Columbus
And it was here that the earth turned round
I wanna live in Europe
I wanna love and sing here
I wanna laugh and cry and dance
I'm dizzy and lost and in love
When i think of Europe
And about us that belong here
I saw in the fog of the rear-view-mirror
My glance was depressed
It said "There are millions
That live in constant escape
Not just from their countries
But from a whole continent
Could you live like them
Without roots, always on the move?"
I said "But the can turn back
Get home one day
In a future when everything's changed
Their part of earth still exists
But with the continent we live in
There's a tregedy that repeats
Where the authors are called strategists
And those who die in the end are we"
I wanna live in Europe
I wanna love and sing here
I wanna laugh and cry and dance
I'm dizzy and lost and in love
When i think of Europe
And about us that belong here
I wanna live in Europe
I wanna love and sing here
I wanna laugh and cry and dance
I'm dizzy and lost and in love
When i think of Europe
And about us that belong here
I wanna live in Europe
I wanna love and sing here
I wanna laugh and cry and dance
I'm dizzy and lost and in love
When i think of Europe
And about us that belong here