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