Born A Tourist

from Was It Like This (re-release with bonus tracks) by Steve Erwin

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I'm sleeping on the last seat
Of the last train going backwards.
And watch as it railroads my life.
Dreaming about buried talent. Oh me.... oh my.....

I'm sleeping on the last seat
Of the last train going backwards.
And watch as it railroads my life.
Dreaming about buried talent. Oh me.... oh my.....

Lazy is as lazy do
So please make up my mind.
Am I saving my best for eternal rest?
Asleep, before my time.
Or is it just a question
Of who works and who likes to dream.
Who've found their mission in horizontal position.
The perfect American dream.

I'm sleeping on the last seat
Of the last train going backwards.
And watch as it railroads my life.
Dreaming about buried talent. Oh me.... oh my.....

Born dirt poor and southern,
This year I'm of Irish descent.
Spent half of my life with Indian blood
But no one believed my pigment.
Life's so hard when you're born a tourist
"Cause no one speaks English these days.
I came into this Earth in a Hawaiian shirt,
And I'll probably leave that way.

I'm sleeping on the last seat
Of the last train going backwards.
And watch as it railroads my life.
Dreaming about buried talent. Oh me.... oh my.....

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from Was It Like This (re-release with bonus tracks), released June 1, 1997

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