The borders are only lines in the sand The borders are divided by land And invented by men The birds all fly high in the sky But the birds have never heard About Europe, about you About Europe The girls with bright eyes Rides away on dreams of lies Into Europe The sun has always been setting in the west So the sun must know where the setting is the best What a mother's nightmares can't bear A cruel world does on it's own She said she'd call when she's there Must be something wrong with the phone The phones all over Europe Is the future any brighter? Is the darkness any lighter in Europe? I met Joy in London, she used to love to sing But now she's not singing about anything "Gotta work to make your way Better work if you wanna stay" So now she's working for you, for Europe No matter how many times that story's been told How history repeats itself And some stories never grow old And they call her Europe