Tourist

Album: Phrazes For The Young (2009)
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  • I wish that clouds could hold me up
    Like I thought as a child growing up
    I wish I could sound as soothing as the rainfall
    But I am only a drop from the storm

    I feel like a tourist out in the country
    Once this whole world was all countryside
    Feel like a tourist in the big city
    Soon I will simply evaporate

    They took the strings up north, the drums down south
    After they crossed Afghanistan a long time ago
    You're shuffling your feet into the next dimension
    Soon skyscrapers will be everywhere

    I feel like a tourist lost in the suburbs
    Soon the whole world will be urban sprawl
    Feel like a land lover out on the ocean
    Feel like a teardrop streaming off your chin

    Some will bet against you, try even to prevent you
    But not many can stop you man, if you got a perfect plan
    Can they possibly try, I demand to know why they would doubt you?
    In this hand, a thousand generations

    Feel like a tourist out in the desert
    So hot it feels like the Devil's breath
    Feel like a tourist out in the swampland
    This world is just patches of water and land
    Everywhere I go I'm a tourist
    But if you stay with me, I'll always be at home Writer/s: Julian Casablancas
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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