Stranger In Paradise

Lyrics

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 a danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside
An angel like you

I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the common place into the rare
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there’s a chance that you care

Won’t you answer this loving prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
Don’t send me in dark despair
For all that I hunger for

But open your angel eyes
To the stranger in paradise
And tell him that he will be
A stranger no more

Recording

an unreleased TV recording from the musical Kismet, 1970