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This is not a live album.
It's a tour album!

Tourism was basically written and recorded during our first world tour Join The Joyride 1991-92 which spread its wings over 4 continents. Some 1.5 million people joined us at these 107 concerts. We thank you all. You've made these 12 months on the road into an extraordinary and everlasting memory for us.

Our idea was to create and collect material along the way; to record our music in different environments in different parts of the world; to take advantage of the excitement and the energy within the band on a tour like this.

Studios in Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Copenhagen and Stockholm were used. Concerts in Sydney, Zrich and Santiago were recorded. An empty nightclub in S o Paulo was turned into a primitive recording studio and very humid hotelroom in Buenos Aires was Transformed into an 8-track recording facility for the completion of two songs.

No overdubs whatsoever have been added to the live recordings which means that what you hear is what you got in the first place! Hope you all enjoy it as much as we have.

Love always

Per Gessle.

P & M
Stockholm, July 1992.


HOW DO YOU DO!
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

I see you comb your hair and gimme
that grin. It's making me spin now,
spinnin' within. Before I melt like snow, I say Hello - How do you do! I love the way you undress now. Baby begin. Do
your caress, honey, my heart's in a
mess. I love your blue-eyed voice, like Tiny Tim shines thru. How do you do!

Well, here we are crackin' jokes in the corner of our mouths and I feel like I'm laughing in a dream. If I was young I
could wait outside your school cos your face is like the cover of a magazine.

How do you do, do you do, the things
that you do. No one I know could ever
keep up with you. How do you do! Did
it ever make sense to you to say Bye
Bye Bye?

I see you in that chair with perfect skin. Well, how have you been, baby, livin' in sin? Hey, I gotta know, did you say
Hello - How do you do?

Well, here we are spending time in the louder part of town and it feels like
everything's surreal. When I get old I will wait outside your house cos your
hands have got the power meant to heal.

How do you do...

Recorded at Tits & Ass Studio, Halmstad, Sweden in April 1992 and EMI Studios,
Stockholm, Sweden in April & May 1992. Engineers; M.P.Persson (Tits & Ass), Lennart Haglund, Anders Herrlin & Alar Suurna (EMI).

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass & Programming: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards & Programming: Clarence ™fwerman. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Percussion & Backing vocals: Staffan
™fwerman. Backing vocals: Vicki Benckert.


FINGERTIPS
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

You're sliding down a dream, o yea.
Where nights are born in blue, that's the truth. You're swimming in a stream, o
yea. Fish are jumping too, next to you.

Suddenly you notice someone's at the
door, you could swear you've been
through this all before.

Then she runs her fingertips through
you hair. Your life has just begun. Her fingers, they are everywhere, You're
floating light like air, leaving the ground and she shines on just like the sun.

You're gazing at the sky, o my. The
stars are out tonight, shining bright. You're waving to a cloud, bye-bye.
You're drowning in the smile of his
eyes. Suddenly you feel there's no time for a deal though a voice tells you it's for real.

And she runs her fingertips through
your hair and life has just begun. Her fingers, there and everywhere. You're
floating light like air, leaving the
ground. She-she shines on just like the sun.

It's just a sunny afternoon. Somebody's singing songs of love, child. You love a lazy afternoon once in a while.

Recorded at Nas Nuvens Studio, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil in May 1992. Engineer: Paulo Junqueiro. Assistant engineer: Antoine Midani.

Acoustic guitars: Per Gessle & Jonas Isacsson. Electric guitars & Mandolin: Jonas Isacsson. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Tambourine: Staffan ™fwerman.


THE LOOK
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

1-2-3-4 walking like a man, hitting like a hammer, she's a juvenile scam. Never was a quitter, tasty like a raindrop,
she's got the look. Heavenly bound
cause heaven's got a number when
she's spinning me around, Kissing is a colour, her loving is a wild dog, she's got the look.

She's got the look. She's got the look. What in the world can make a brown-
eyed girl turn blue. When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go: la la la la la she's got the look.

Fire in the ice, naked to the T-bone is a lover's disquise. Banging on the head
drum, shaking like a mad bull, she's got the look. Swaying to the band, moving
like a hammer, she's a miracle man.
loving is the ocean, kissing is the wet sand, she's got the look.

And she goes: na na na na na na na na.

Recorded Live at The Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia in December 1991. Engineer: Patrick H.

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson & Per Gessle.
Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Backing
vocals & Percussion: Staffan ™fwerman. Backing vocals: Vicki Benckert.


THE HEART SHAPED SEA
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Babe it's time to tell me that it's over, tell me that it's over, it's plane to see. And this time we won't be starting over, no crying on your shoulder into the
heart shaped sea. Oh you've been
a-running from our door and you've
been enchanted by the gracious voice
of love.

Babe it's time to look me in the eyes, time to say goodbye, it's clear to me. And this time I won't let you down, you can turn around, I'll set you free. Oh you've been a-sailing from our shore
and you've been enchanted by
someone from afar.

Baby it's time to gather all the harvest, to pray before the winter and sail the heart shaped sea. Oh you've been
a-running from my love and you've
been enchanted by the powers up
above.

Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, US in March 1992 & EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in May 1992. Engineer: Mike Ross (Ocean Way). Assistant engineer: Rail Rogut (Ocean Way). Engineer: Alar Suurna (EMI).

Acoustic guitars: Jonas Isacsson, M.P.Persson & Per Gessle. Mandolin: Jonas Isacsson. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards: Clarence
™fwerman. Pedal Steel guitar: Greg Leisz. Percussion: Pelle Alsing.


THE RAIN
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

I was raised the northern way and my
father had a northern name, I did my
crying out in the pouring rain. And a
season turned into another one, I found a heart bright like the morning sun. He touched my lips, so softly, with his
fingertips.

But I kept the rain falling down on me all the time, all the time. I kept the rain falling down on me all the time, all the time.

And some things in life won't ever
change, there's a smell of a rusty chain and of love disappearing like an aeroplane.

I've kept the rain falling down on me all the time, all the time. I've kept the rain falling down on me all the time, all the time, all of the time.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in April, May & June 1992. Engineers: Anders Herrlin, Alar Suurna & Lennart Haglund.

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass & Programming: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards & Programming: Clarence ™fwerman. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Backing vocals: Staffan ™fwerman & Mia Lindgren. Maracas: Alar Suurna.


KEEP ME WAITING
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

I hit the coast with the faith of a
preacherman. I saw a ghost with a face like a madman. I had this dream I was
sleeping at the Royal Ball. I hit the
streets, hey watch me in the monitor!
I saw a clone who looked just like a
senator. I checked the clock, I felt that it was time to go go go.

Then came you.
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?

I was a spy, I was captured by the
enemies. I made a million selling secret fantasies. I saw my love wasted in a
pale grey zone. I was the quake
fi-find out what all the money meant.
I checked the sun, I knew that it was
time to go go go.

Then came you...

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in April & May 1992. Engineers: Alar
Suurna, Anders Herrlin & Lennart Haglund.

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass Anders Herrlin. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Tambourine: Alar Suurna.


IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Lay a whisper on my pillow, leave the
winter on the ground. I wake up lonely, there's air of silence in the bedroom and all around. Touch me now, I close my
eyes and dream away.

It must have been love but it's over
now. It must have been good but I lost it somehow. It must have been love but
it's over now. From the moment we
touched 'til the time had run out.

Make-believing we're together, that I'm sheltered by your heart. But in and
outside I've turned to water like a
teardrop in your palm. And it's a hard winter's day, I dream away.

It must have been love but it's over
now, it was all that I wanted, now I'm living without. It must have been love but it's over now, it's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.

Version 1 recorded Live at San Carlos
Alpoqindo, Santiago,Chile. Version 2 recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, US in March 1992 & EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in May 1992. Engineers: Version 1: Anders Herrlin. Version 2: Mike Ross (Ocean Way) & Alar Suurna (EMI). Assistant engineer: Rail Rogut (Ocean Way).

Version 1: Piano & Vocals: Marie Fredriksson. Backing vocals: 45 000 Chilean Fans.
Version 2: Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Acoustic Guitars: M.P.Persson. Electric guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Backing vocals: Staffan ™fwerman & Mia Lindgren. Harmonica: Per Gessle. Pedal Steel guitar Greg Leisz. Tambourine: Alar Suurna.


CINNAMON STREET
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Growing up on Cinnamon Street.
Everywhere you look there are lots of
people to meet, it's seven o'clock, the breakfast treat. Now the schoolbus is
here, hurry up and grab a seat. All the dreams are tiny ones, another week has just begun on Cinnamon Street.

There was a girl on Cinnamon Street, the same age as me, we shared the
curiosity. I won her heart cos I could play guitar. She promised me heaven at once and later all the stars. But it all remained the same cos things can never change on Cinnamon Street.

I can hear my heartbeat the very first time we made love, life was a lazy rest in the sun. Later we went dancing,
staying up all night long - playing all our favourite songs, Cinnamon songs:
Oh oh na na na na na.
I say goodbye to Cinnamon Street.
Springtime is here and the air is so dry and sweet. I walk in a cloud, the smell of cinnamon bread, it's in my blood
since the day I was born 'til I wake up... dead. And the sun is smiling gently, a funny shade of red, Cinnamon Street.

I still feel my heartbeat the very first time we made love, life was a lazy day in the sun. Later we went dancing,
hanging out all night long - singing all our favourite songs, Cinnamon songs:
Oh oh na na na na na na.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in April 1992 & Medley Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark in July 1992. Engineers: Alar Suurna (EMI), Oil Poulsen (Medley).

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass Anders Herrlin. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Backing vocals: Staffan ™fwerman & Vicki Benckert. Tambourine: Alar Suurna.


NEVER IS A LONG TIME
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

You build it up and tear it down, there's no reason to follow you. You left the
song without a sound, you left the story I made for you. Softly angels bow and
cry in the stillness of the night.

Never is a long time - goodbye. No
answers for the asking. It's a long time - goodbye. No mercy for the aching. It's a long time - oh I see no light on the forsaken. Never is a long time -
goodbye. Let's spend the night when
this dream has come to an end.

Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you
cry, end yes, I've cried over you. You've left me blind in paradise. You've left me hungering for touch of you. Snow
white angels run and hide in the
blackness of the night.

Never is a long time...

Recorded at The 150 Night Club, S o Paulo, Brazil in May 1992. Engineers: Anders Herrlin.

Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Acoustic guitars & Mandolin: Jonas Isacsson.


SILVER BLUE
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

I got to get a message through, I don't know where we're going. I wrap my
arms around your naked shoulders,
take cover for the night. I see you in the morning rain, oh step inside and lay
beside me. Tender can you close my
eyes and blind me, oh give me just a
smile...

Before I fade to silver, Silver Blue for you. Before I fade to silver, Silver Blue for you.

I've turned into The Broken One who
lost the inspiration. I want to give you all my love like water to a blood red
rose. The Passion - I can't deal with her. The Rain - well, I can do without him. And this is like the milky way, an ocean that only grows and grows.

And babe I fade to silver, Silver Blue for you. I turn and fade to silver, Silver Blue for you.

I wrap my arms around your naked
shoulders, take cover for the night.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in September 1987, May 1988 & April 1992. Engineers: Alar Suurna & Anders Herrlin.

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards & Programming: Clarence
™fwerman. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson.


HERE COMES THE WEEKEND
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Every shape of every word you say that breaks the silence of an ordinary day. Every look that seems to mystify, every single smile that spins me to the sky. It makes me wanna run, it makes me
wanna hide. Cos you're the only one
that makes me come alive. It's getting closer now and darker by the hour.

It only goes to show that here it comes, here comes the weekend and I'm on my
own again with a Saturday in the rain. Here it comes, here comes the weekend. The fine line from pleasure to pain is making me cry. When will I see you
again?

Every breath, every vision you make.
Every chance in love you love to take. Every move that seems to alter my
world. Every dream I've had about this boy and this girl. It makes me wanna
run, it makes me wanna hide cos you're the only one that makes my love alive
and time is running fast into a new
goodbye.

It only goes to show that here it comes, here comes the weekend, another walk
down that lonely lane, another Sunday
that fells the same. Here it comes, here comes the weekend. The fine line from
pleasure to pain is making me cry. When will I see you again?

Recorded Live at Room 603, Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina in May 1992. Engineer Anders Herrlin.

Acoustic guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Samsonite suitcase: Pell Alsing. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Accordion: Vicki Benckert. Piano: Clarence ™fwerman.


SO FAR AWAY
Words by Per Gessle & Hasse Huss.
Music by Per Gessle.

In the coldest time of year, darkness all around my heart. I was alone but didn't fear to wander in the light of stars. In the bright and silent night, winds would knock and disappear. Still felt the
feeling near, like the first time you were ever here.

You're so far away, so far away, you
left me, you told me you would stay.
You never said goodbye and I'll keep
asking why, I keep on asking how, oh
come unto me now.

I have breathed the morning air, I have heard the four winds blow. I was weary but prepared to follow down this lonely road. In the room where lovers sleep,
winds would knock and disappear. Still I felt the music near. like the first time we were ever here.

You're so far away, so far away, you
left me, you told me you would stay.
You never said goodbye and I keep
wondering why, I keep on wondering
how, oh come inside me now.

Recorded Live at Room 603, Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina in May 1992. Engineer Anders Herrlin.

Piano: Clarence ™fwerman. Acoustic guitars: Per Gessle & Jonas Isacsson. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Accordion: Vicki Benckert.


COME BACK (BEFORE YOU LEAVE)
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Never looked back on a love affair. I
never spent minutes on history, it made me sad, it made me so sad. And in no
time no time at all a change has begun and the name is You, I feel strange,
you've made my life strange. Cos baby
when you get close to me I say there's a certain chemistry.

Come back before you leave. I haven't
got room for a broken heart. Come back before you leave. You shouldn't go at
all, you shouldn't go at all.

So many years and so many nights,
I still can recall oh the way that you move when you dance, do you want to
dance? We've had our habits and
attitudes, you make me remember the
power when everything's right, please
stay the night. Cos baby when you get
close to me there's something about you I really need.

Come back before you leave...

Babe, come back before you leave,
I'll be the air for you when you breathe, I'll be the rising sun. Close the door, let's make love, all God's angels sing above into the rising sun.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in April & May 1990. Engineers: Anders Herrlin, Alar Suurna & Lennart Haglund.

Keyboards & Programming: Clarence
™fwerman. Programming: Anders Herrlin. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson.


THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

Lay it down, pull my heart to the
ground, time's getting cold now the
leaves all turn hard and blue. And I
know when I gaze to the sun, no place
to hide, I got nowhere to run from you, away from you. Hold me now, girl, I
don't know when, when we will ever
meet again. That was then, baby, this is now, I try to get over you.

Losing you... things will never be the same. Can you hear me call your name?
If we changed it back again things
would never be...

In your hand, babe, I don't understand, you've got the eyes of a child but you hurt like a man always do, always do.
Touch me now, girl, I don't know when, when we will ever meet again. That
was then, baby, this is now, time won't get over you.

Recorded Live at Hallenstadion, Zrich, Switzerland in December 1991. Engineer: Alar Suurna.

Acoustic guitar: Per Gessle.


JOYRIDE
Words & Music by Per Gessle.

I hit the road out of nowhere, I had to jump in my car and be a rider in a love game, following the stars. Don't need
no book of wisdom, I get no money talk at all. She has a train going downtown, she's got a club on the moon and she's telling all her secrets in a wonderful balloon. Oh she's the heart of the
funfair, she's got me whistling her
private tune. And it all begins where it ends and she's all mine, my magic
friend.

She says: Hello, you fool I love you.
C'mon join the joyride. Join the joyride.

She's a flower, I can paint her. She's a child of the sun. We're a part of this together, could never turn around and
run Don't need no fortune teller to
know where my lucky love belongs, oh
no. Cos it all begins again when it ends and we're all magic friends.

She says: Hello, you fool I love you.
C'mon join the joyride. Join the joyride.

Be a joyrider.

I take you on a skyride, a feeling like you're spellbound. The sunshine is a
lady, who ROX you like a baby.

Recorded Live at The Entertainment Center, Sydney, Australia in December 1991. Engineer: Patrick H.

Drums: Pelle Alsing. Bass: Anders Herrlin. Keyboards: Clarence ™fwerman. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson & Per Gessle. Backing vocals & Percussion: Staffan ™fwerman & Vicki Benckert.


QUEEN OF RAIN
Words by Per Gessle.
Music by Per Gessle & M.P.Persson.

In that big big house there are fifty
doors and one of them leads to your
heart. In the time of spring I passed
your gate and tried to make a start.
All I knew was the scent of sea and dew but I've been in love before, how about you? There's a time for the good in life, a time to kill the pain in life, dream about the sun you queen of rain.

In that big old house there are fifty beds and one of them leads to your soul. It's a bed of fear, a bed of threats, regrets and sheets so cold. All I knew your eyes so velvet blue, I've been in love before, how about you?

There's a time for the good in life...

It's time to place your bets in life, I've played the loser's game of life, dream about the sun you queen of rain.

Time went by as I wrote your name in
the sky, fly fly away, bye bye.

Recorded at EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden in June 1990. Engineers: Alar Suurna, Anders Herrlin & Lennart Haglund.

Keyboards & Programming: Clarence
™fwerman. Bass & Programming: Anders
Herrlin. Guitars: Jonas Isacsson. Oboe: Bo Eriksson.