Cologne 1977

Cologne
Charlie steps down from the train
And wanders by the Dom
Raindrops falling in a foreign town
Wish that sun was beating down
To warm the ground
Just like it does at home

Cologne
Charlie checks her book again
And fumbles with the phone
If there's a lover on her mind
It only proves that love is blind
And too unkind
To leave her gilded throne

Oh, don't you tell no lies
About the things you said
When you left home
A visit to your daddy's land
Two hundred dollars in your hand
And here you are confronted with
Cologne

Somеwhere in this town they livеd
Before the war
A quiet street with chestnut trees
That Charlie never saw
Central European Time
It's ten o'clock here on the Rhine
We're feeling fine
Just waiting for the tone

Cologne
Charlie comes 'most every year
And how the feeling's grown
Soldier boys come home one day
And how they need the will to stay
And find a way
Out of the fray alone

Oh, don't you tell no lies
About the things you said
When you left home
A visit to your daddy's land
Two hundred dollars in your hand
And here you are confronted with
Cologne