Summer City

SUMMER CITY (Joar Aksnes 2005)

Summer with a smell of gas and diesel in the city
Of trucks and cars and diggers putting holes into the street
A layer of exhaust is slowly floating to the gutter
And drowning in the gushes of a fire hydrants leak

The flashing neon signs are screaming for attention
A glorious temptation for a loaded credit card
A window full of dolls in ladies underwear collection
And dealers making business by the willows in the park

A cafe on the sidewalk makes adjustments for the season
A traffic light is changing fast so people have to rush
A taxicab is honking for whatever no good reason
A whistle from a bypass makes a pretty woman blush

And hookers in the alley fix their make-up for the evening
In imitation leather getting ready for a ride
A tourists is taking shots of every statue by the fountain
And barbeques deliver smell of chicken in the fry

A flyer with commercials for a local exhibition
Is fasten on the windscreen of a car stuck in the jam
A shoplifter is caught up as he crash into a newsstand
The scene makes a police car smash the bumper of a van

A plain grey wall is getting covered with graffiti
Though splashes from a drain has made the colours all combine
The hawker on the pavement is selling apocryphal jewellery
An element expected of the inner-city life

Its so nice, so fine in my summer city.
Its allright,. Its allright in my summer city.
Wont you join me for a while in my summer city.
Its so good to be alive in the summer