Hey, Stranger
Would you come in through my door
If not now I´ll leave it ajar
And then maybe you could come back
I´ll be waiting here for you
I´ll be hoping here for you
I´ll be praying here that you´ll believe it´s true
That in all these lonely years
I would have loved your company
But I never could give in
To this fragile side of me
You see I´ve always been a man of great ambition
But success just turned his back & never came
And now I find I became a man
Of even greater solitude
And I wish I´d spend more time making friends
With guys like you
Oh, Stranger
How can I make you stay?
For a little while
Oh, Stranger
Please, don´t go away

I´m living on
I´m singing on
Just let me sing one song for you

Hey, Stranger
This is my song
It is old & it is wrinkle
I tried it for too long
I tried it time after time
To forget about myself
And to hide in it a while
But a while´s been goin´ on
Since I can´t remember when
And got catched up by the life
Of a lost & lonely man
I think I´m-a sung away a little faster
Then I planned

Hey, Stranger
This is my life
I can´t use it anymore
For I share it with no one but myself
I can´t fool you anymore
Let me hide with you a while
Let me try a little while
And then maybe
You´ll believe it´s true
That in all the years I spent
With the glory of a fool
Making diamonds outta tears
On the highest bid to go
I´ve been searching for a friend
To tell my troubles to
But I could never understand
How to get out of that cell
Please don´t send me back to hell