Stranger In Paradise
-Artist: Tony Bennett from "The Very Thought Of You"-Columbia AL-30758
-peak Billboard position # 2 in 1954
-competing versions charted by The Four Aces (#3), Tony Martin (#10) and
-Gordon MacRae (#29)
-from the musical "Kismet"-based on Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances"
-Words and Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest
Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry-eyed
That's the danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside an angel like you
I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the commonplace into the rare
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there's a chance that you care
Won't you answer this fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise?
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
But open your angel's arms
To this stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
A stranger no more
Transcribed by Robin Hood
These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
And do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
1 | Poison Roses |
2 | Why Love |
3 | Here |
4 | Soul Searching |
5 | Jerusalem |
6 | India |
7 | Infinity |