Stranger, stranger, stranger
Now if you see a being borne into a trap, you free it
Stranger, strange would it come if you could call it?
Some go high and very low
I'm not waiting for the hammer to fall
None too different or the same you know
Stranger, strange, though the earth be an anvil
Some go high and very low
Should be listening
When music out of the arms of community flies, flies
I'm not waiting for anything at all
Just my shrapnel and smokes
I'm not waiting for the hammer to fall
Now the bug lights in the bank imbue you
With eyes like decals and a voice like an iron file
Laid out those hands could be holy
Stranger, stranger, I knew I knew you
Nobody knows what madness could come along
When summer comes the valley hums
Stranger, strange, though the earth be an anvil
I know 'cos I've seen them come and go
Stranger, stranger, hard earned familiar
I've got no jokes
It's quiet now, the streets are silent
With medicine trucks on the sidewalks
I know 'cos I've seen them come and go
Like a river to the end of my curdled song
None too different or the same you know
I know 'cos I've seen them come and go
They know kindness when they see it
And you hit me up for more than
