Julian Casablacas - Tourist



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 small world was all countryside.

Feel like a tourist in the big city.

Soon I will simply evaporate.



I took the strings up north.

The drums down south.

I take it across to Afghanistan,

A long time ago.

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 lover out on the ocean.

Feel like a tear drop streamin' 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 or demand to know why they would doubt you?

In this sand... 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.