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THE TOURISTWriter Wynn Stewart and Curtis LeachCopyright 1965I was just a tourist out on the great white wayWhere lights make night as bright as day and day as dark as nightI visited the city seen all the finer sightsThen I thought I'd do some slummin' for a little while one nightWell I stepped into the shadows of a second rate cafeThe burlesques were before me in their old familiar wayAs I drew near my table the front girl whirled aroundAnd I recognized my sweetheart from my own hometownYes she was just a hometown high school beauty queenBut everybody told her how she could be everythingWhen the contest finally ended and the judges called her nameShe won a trip to Broadway where she would find the fameI slowly turned around and stepped back into crowdFor I knew she mustn't seen me she always was too proudAnd in that one lonely moment the truth my mind unveiledThe town she loved may failed her the town she thought she failedSo that night I wrote a letter on a homeward bound expressAnd it read congratulations to you on your successBut if you should ever decide to come back home againWell you know I'll always be here waitin' just like I've always beenI was just a tourist out on the great white wayWhere lights made night as bright as day and day as bright as nightWhen old friends ask about her I just smile at them and sayShe's star of show on Broadway out on the great white way From Letras Mania