Occasional Traffic
After the protest-breakfast we just thought:
A little outing would be nice
Let´s cycle towards the edge of town
We didn´t have to think about it twice
We rode for a while along the riverside
Where access for swimming is denied
Until we reached the zone where factories sprawl
There were some signs that caught our eye
Bearing various city names
And then we realized that we had found:
The central bus-compound!
From here a bus departs to Pécs
From here a bus departs to Iași
A bus from Sarajevo arrives, on time as planned
From here a bus departs to Lille
From here a bus departs to Niș
The heart of Europe lies behind the Daimler plant
Big busses constantly arrived
Many people asked us where to catch the train
And if this place was Stuttgart afterall
But all their searching for the station was in vain
There was neither Taxi nor telephone
Just containers for the tickets and a parking zone
A place that makes us want to go away
Maybe we should go and see
Szcecin or Ossjek spontaneously
Or take the bus that goes further abroad:
To Kaliningrad
Here a bus leaves for Rotterdam
Here a bus leaves for București
A bus to Katowice´s shifting into gear
Here a bus leaves for Perpignan
Here a bus leaves for Budapest
The heart of Europe seems to be this wasteland here
We lined up in the ticket queue
The ticket agent sounded blue
He claimed to be the first victim of 'S21'
We got a mobile phone alert
That we almost overheard
The agent asked: Where would you like to go?
The display read: 6pm Monday-Demonstration at Central Station
A bus goes to Sankt-Petersburg
A bus goes to Novi Pazar
To Casarano, Bijeljina, Čapljina
It goes to Strzelce Opolskie,
To Barcelona, to Bihać
To Druskininkai, Brno, Pula and to Minsk,
To Osijek, Kołobrzeg, Lyon,
To Kielce, Kraków, Elbląg, Tczew,
Tarnowskie Góry, Tallinn, Rīga, Split and Słupsk
Duga Poljana, İstanbul,
Sevilla, Harkány, Neum
Thessaloniki, Skopje, London, Losnica
Lviv, Vukovar, Paris
Gdynia, Giżycko, Gdańsk
Županja, Varaždin, Lisboa, Lecce, Wien...
Text: Winkler / Köperl 2011
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