Time is fleeting
You can't stop time
Hearts are beating
'cause there ain't no time
Dial that number
Stories fly
See their faces, empty places

Uh, elevator
Time goes by
Uh, generator
Love flies by
Good-bye, good-bye

Time is hurting
But it ain't a crime
Someone's bleeding all the time
Too much tension in a second
Just repeat it
'cause I need it

Uh, elevator
Indicator
Accelerator
Uh, generator
Turning on,
Turning elevator on

Lyrics & Music: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens

Release history:

1984 05 14 · Sounds Like a Melody · Single

1999 01 · Dreamscapes · Album

2001 09 28 · Little America · Video

2005 12 31 · Dreamscapes Revisited · MP3 Album

2014 10 13 · So80s - Alphaville · Compilation

2019 03 15 · Forever Young - Remastered · Album

Notes:

"Nelson Highrise" is a quartet of songs that are all part of the same story. "The Elevator" is followed by "The Mirror", "The Garage" and "Scum of the Earth".