The Tourist

"The Tourist" was written by Jonny, who, explains Thom, was "in a beautiful square in France on a sunny day, and watching all these American tourists being wheeled around, frantically trying to see everything in 10 minutes." Jonny was shocked at how these people could be in a place so beautiful and so special and not realize it because they weren't taking the time to just stop and look around. Jonny : "Thom didn't play a thing, he just listened. It's quite nervy, with a lot of space. It sounds like the last song on an album."

[Verse 1] It barks at no one else but me Like it's seen a ghost I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowin No one else would know [Chorus] Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down [Verse 2] Sometimes I get overcharged That's when you see sparks They ask me where the hell I'm going At a thousand feet per second [Chorus] Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down