The Tourist Lyrics

Is the Richard Gere gerbil story true? Who came third in World War II? Did Sooty sleep with Sue These things I think about When I'm out with you What are the holes in biros for? W...Read Full Lyrics

In from behind all the rubble of the broken forms and shapes IWander the hallowed halls of an ancient masterplanWhere's our constitution?The opposition can follow, for all I careTh...Read Full Lyrics

With storms outsideAll bets are off for a moment’s reposeWith nature’s fury mixed into the airThere’s no tellingThere’s no safe returnI wait under theGuise of old ordersJus...Read Full Lyrics

At least on the outsideThere’s a market for these painful posesWrapped around your worldAnd when we’re on the outsideThere’s a market force that’s smooth and silentWrapped ...Read Full Lyrics

Sit backAnd feel the silence in the airIf the world’s a threatThere’s a beauty in surrenderingOutFrom beyond the confines of your caseThere’s a beauty in surrenderingAnd in f...Read Full Lyrics

So little word of you comingYou caught us lying down and relaxing out loudThe world reamedFor the sake of a new solutionThat could fade away as quickly as it cameIf I could fall as...Read Full Lyrics

We sold all our afternoonsAnd we made the selling proofOf the way it wraps aroundAnd chokes us outWe’re outAnd I can’t winWe sold all our days of restAnd we made the words atte...Read Full Lyrics

Are your stopgap skills always attuned to the abuse ofOur trust in an answer?You learned enough to know just how to fake itAbuse of a means, abuse of a methodJust wait ‘til it’...Read Full Lyrics

It punctures the side of the model we favouredIf this is the death of the Ptolemaic, where can’t we stand?These city lights reveal the depths of the maw of progressDid they tell ...Read Full Lyrics

That's life Oh OhThat's life Oh OhThat's life O-o-o-oo-ooh Makes you sickMakes you illMakes you cryMakes you wonder whyBut you shouldn't complainBetter find someone to blameThat's ...Read Full Lyrics