With apologies to Lennon and McCartney
Tennessee Tourons* (to the tune of Eleanor Rigby)
Ah, look at all the silly people
Ah, look at all the silly people
Gatlinburg tourist looks up the road to see how long this nightmare goes on
All hope is gone
Trapped on the highway, hearing the cries of the kids in the back, "Are we there?"
"No, we're not there."
All the silly tourons
Where do they all come from ?
All the silly tourons
Where do they all belong ?
Gatlinburg locals feeding their dreams from the cash that the tourons will spend
Let it never end
Creeping down back roads, avoiding the traffic that always slows down to a stall
Laughs at them all!
All the silly tourons
Where do they all come from?
All the silly tourons
Where do they all belong?
Gatlinburg tourist swears that he never will come back to this place again
It drives him insane
Gatlinburg local grins as pockets the cash that the touron left here
Y'all come back, ya hear?
All the angry tourons
Headed for home on Sunday
All the angry tourons
Stuck in the traffic again.
**Touron is a portmanteau word combining tourist with moron.
This song was inspired by watching a line of traffic that stretched for about 5 miles on Hwy 66 headed into Sevierville on Friday, and a similar line of traffic that stretched for 2 miles headed out of Seveirville on Monday.
Posted by Rich at September 3, 2002 5:54 AM