place:montreal
song :TWO SKATERS
from the album IN THE DUTCH MOUNTAINS (1987)
words by Henk Hofstede
place:montreal
song :BROKEN WING
from the album NEST (1969)
words by Henk Hofstede

Two skaters on an icecream floor
And one of them fell on the ground
This is what she has been waiting for
Till one of them fell down


Your sister in Canada
Is sending a gun and one pair of skates
The gun is not real, the shoes are too large
You load it and wait


Two skaters on an icecream floor
And one of them fell on the ground
This is what she has been waiting for
Till one of them fell down


Your sister in brown shoes
Is walking down the street as it begins to snow
Your sister in Montreal
Is sending an LP of the Velvet Underground


We're steaming the walls of your brothers old room
Peel slowly and listen
Two skaters on an icecream floor
And one of them fell on the ground

The man in the raincoat
Waiting for the same boat
The woman with the suitcase
Looking at his shadow face
The man in the raincoat
Lifting his hat, he said
'My name is Jones
I am an angel'
He had a broken wing


To the North, through the ice
The man with the mirror eyes said
'Where are you going'
'To Turku' the woman said
'From Turku to Tampere
Who are you?'
'Let's say I'm just a man
You don't meet every day'
The fountain of Geneva
The station of Helsinki
The Foufounes in Montreal
You always were beside me
The man in the raincoat
We're travelling the same road
From town to town
But now my angel is falling down