Without a phone

 

Without a phone first time in long time

Highlights dependence on instant communication

 

Across the globe

My country is now the world at large

Not just my island in the South

Where life is easy and sunny

 

Something about Europe has got into my blood

The languages, culture, the age of things

 

Easy to jet for an hour

And be in another way of seeing

Where language defines the culture

Where geography defines a city’s growth

 

Mountains behind Malaga

Create an ocean-hugging strip city

Where scooters are the chosen travel mode

 

Walls and wars and anarchy

Contribute to an ever-changing Berlin

Built for easy bicycling

 

Motor cars, wine and a dirty river

Make Stuttgart clean and safe

Yet crafty bohemians create dreams

 

In comfy cheap apartments

Beyond the rule of cool