Take me to the center, take me there
Where the rain blends with the sun
A national derby, a derby each day
Where the rainbow turns black forth and back
Take me to the God's lottery office
To headquarters of ravens and crows
To lofts of songs and wine
To shanties drunk on misery
Take me to the center, cut it short
To athletes, to braggarts
To skeletons weightless as a ghost
To teenage Icaruses
To hooligans of both sexes
To masters of tricks and arts
To innocents on their way to die
Take me there, make haste
On one - snap two fingers and give'em a rub
So long it lasts, this much life you've got
You're like a dream, a slumber the world
Will wake up from and carry on...
Take me to the center, take me there
Where the rain blends with the sun
A national derby, a derby each day
Where the rainbow turns black forth and back
Take me to the center, take me there
Where trams, a monument on a square
Where in a storefront clean as ice
I'll see myself speaking...
On one - snap two fingers and give'em a rub
So long it lasts, this much life you've got
You're like a dream, a slumber the world
Will wake up from and carry on...