� The Tourist 5:23

 
Originally released: June 1997

Available on: OK Computer (album)

 
It barks at no one else but me
Like it's seen a ghost
I guess it seen the sparks a-flowing
No one else would know

Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot, slow down, slow down

Sometimes I get overcharged
That's when you see sparks
You ask me where the hell I'm going
At a thousand feet per second

Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot slow down, slow down

Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot slow down, slow down

 

The Tourist was written by Jonny, who, explains Thom, was in a beautiful square in France on a sunny day, and watching all theses 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.

Thom: What do I think of Jonny's songwriting? Whenever I am tired, he is there and awake.