Local Tourist

I'm a local tourist

I'm a connoisseur of my own town

And if you ask me what's around

I'll be down, 'cause I am proud of my hometown

Take a look around beyond the trees

The sights and sounds, the birds and bees

On the avenue, the whizzing cars

The busy bars, the brilliant stars

Don't shine so bright here

There's too much light here

They're showing cars all day and night

I'm a local tourist

I'm a connoisseur of my own town

And if you ask me what's around

I'll be down, 'cause I am proud of my hometown

See the endless chain of restaurants

Familiar names, stray shopping carts

There's a grocery store on every block

It seems a bore though it is not

When you are from here

They all disappear

And they get replaced by and by

The corporations will survive

The mom and pop stores always die

I'm a local tourist

I'm a connoisseur of my own town

And if you ask me what's around

I'll be down

I'm a local tourist

I'm a connoisseur of my own town

And if you ask me what's around

I'll be down, 'cause I am proud of my hometown

Yeah I'll be down, 'cause I am proud of my hometown