“Our Way (The Tourist Blues)” Verse 1: And now… the trip is near, We’ve packed our snacks and booked the freeway. My friends, we’ll make it clear— We’ll see the world… but not their way. We posed where we should not, At Buddha’s base, atop old ruins. We flashed the Wall of Qin, While grinning wide, with full moons brewin’. Chorus: Regrets… we’ve had a slew, From Chile’s Moai to Taipei’s fray. We’ve left a shameful trail, Of booze and butts, and public dismay. We carved… on sacred stone, And moaned… in hostel zones— But we confessed, and still repressed… We did it our way. Verse 2: Yes, there were times, we knew we’d fail, When manners slipped, and laws grew pale. In Uyuni’s hostels loud, We trashed the rules and drew a crowd. Took blankets out, returned with salt, Ignored the signs—it’s all our fault. We got banned rooms, and stares of gloom… Still did it our way. Bridge: We drank mid-flight and lit a smoke, The pilot sighed—“This ain’t no joke!” And down we went before Thai land, Three drunkards shackled, can’t withstand. In Chiang Mai, lantern laws were breached, A cop was grabbed when tempers peaked. Yet through each mess, we tried redress… We did it our way. Verse 3 (Moai Incident): On Easter Isle, a name engraved, Into a Moai someone defaced. A single scratch, a shameful scar, Still echoes loud from lands afar. Arrested there, with head hung low, For writing where one must not go. The world looked on, respect was gone… We did it our way. Verse 4 (Great Wall Incident): And at the Wall, that winding pride, A prank too crude to let slide by. Two cheeks displayed where kings once stood, As millions gasped — and none withstood. Held for two weeks, then sent away, Their shame replayed on every bay. We blushed at home, we muttered “no…” They did it our way. Final Chorus: For what is man, if not aware? Of sacred ground, of local care? To show restraint, to know the time, Not make the news for petty crime. Yes, all these scenes we can’t downplay— They haunt our rep to this sad day. We cringe and bow… we’re learning how— To do it their way.
