Most of it was written by the time the van stopped On the land by the ocean where the plane had dropped And I try to talk about it now because I couldn’t say it then The truth of it is no one had slept for days And likely wouldn’t for days still And it’s said more to explain than excuse Why does the nurse just come and the nurse just leave I don’t know if she believes in what’s going on You say I will say all the things you want to say Instead of saying all the things you’re supposed to say The tourists came with their tourist smile And not having been there, there wasn’t much to say and they left With a smile you said ‘send them on’ And the tourist light a cigarette he said right now I’m full of regrets And I wondered if that’s the truth of touring Maybe tourists always tour around looking for something that can't be found In their process of touring Why do I do all the things that I do? Instead of doing the things that I want to do. The truth of it is no one had slept for days And likely wouldn’t for days still And it’s sad more to explain than excuse