“The Touring Song”

Words and music by Greg Nordstrom

Performed by Greg Nordstrom and Anthony Turner

at the 2008 Connely/Zupa Bible Lands Tour farewell dinner

Verse 1

Now Bonnie Duckworth said one day,

We’ve really got to get away,

To someplace fun where we can have some thrills.

I want to climb on high, high rocks,

While hearing Marlin talk and talk,

Hey! I know what—let’s go to Israel!

So she called Bruce and Bruce called Pat,

And he said this, and she said that,

And pretty soon they had themselves a plan.

They’d book a plane and a bus to ride,

And Ami, he would be our guide,

And off we’d go to see the Holy Land!

Chorus

Touring here, touring there,

We’ll go touring anywhere.

Just say when and we’ll be there,

Let’s all go a-touring!

Verse 2

So off we drove to Megiddo-town,

Where we decended down and down,

A long dark tunnel cut from rock they said.

Then Marlin’s flashlight slipped and fell,

We thought we’d lost it! Fare-the-well!

But Audry saved it. Way to use your head!

Our next stop was in Galilee,

We rode a boat across the sea,

To see the place where Jesus preached a while.

An then we got our biggest wish,

To eat a whole Saint Peter’s fish,

I swear that thing looked up at me and smiled!

<repeat chorus>

Verse 3

At river Jordan we were glad,

Ellen was baptized by her dad,

Came up a brand new creature—what a sight!

But as she was a-goin’ down,

The fish were swimmin’ all around,

She’s glad those great big catfish didn’t bite!

Masada made us stop and think,

The Dead Sea wouldn’t let us sink,

Floating Sunday morning—that was cool!

And the night before at our hotel,

We had a devo, that was swell,

But only Vikki thought to use the pool!

<repeat chorus>

Spoken Part

(Done like a phone call, with percussive strumming to keep it interesting…)

G: Ring! Ring! … Ring! Ring!

A: Hello, Mr. Greg!

G: Well, hello Mr. Anthony! How are you today?

A: Busy, busy, busy! I’ve got tours all day long. Which is why I called.

Would you like to go to Beer Sheba this Tuesday at nine?

G: No, I’m going to Qumran at nine, Nazareth at ten, and Capernaum at eleven.

How about noon?

A: No, I’m going to Caesarea at noon, Bethlehem at one, and Shiloh at two.

G: Shiloh at two? Why, how can that be? Jerusalem’s scheduled from two to three!

A: You must be mistaken! Your schedule is crossed! I sent you a memo, I hope it’s not lost!

G: My schedule’s in error? Now what will I do? I’ve no place to go this Tuesday at two!

A: Don’t go to the city! You know what you’ll find!

It’s JERUSALEM DAY—Are you out of your mind?

<repeat chorus slowly at first, then speed up for finish>