I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF

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Song Title
I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF
Writers
Weill, Nash
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
Art, dream, Fate, Key, Leave, Love, Refuse, Stranger
Lyrics
Tell me is love still a popular suggestion,
Or merely an obsolete art?
Forgive me for asking this simple question,
I’m unfamiliar with his heart, I’m a stranger here myself.

Why is it wrong to murmur, I adore him,
When it’s shamefully obvious, I do?
Does love embarrass him, or does it bore him?
I’m only waiting for my cue, I’m a stranger here myself.

I dream of a day, of a gay warm day,
With my fate between his hands.
Have I missed the path, have I gone astray?
I ask, and no one understands.

Love me, or leave me, that seems to be the question;
I don’t know the tactics to use.
But if he should offer a personal suggestion.
How could I possibly refuse, when I’m a stranger here myself?

Please tell me, tell a stranger by curiosity goaded,
Is there really any danger that love is now outmoded?
I’m int’rested espec’lly in knowing why you waste it;
True romance is so fleshly, with what have you replaced it?
What is your latest foible? Is Gin Rummy more exquisite?
Is skiing more enjoy’ble? For heaven’s sake, what is it?

I can’t believe that love has lost its glamour,
That passion is really passé?
If gender is just a term in grammar,
How can I ever find my way, since I’m a stranger here myself?

How can he ignore my available condition
Why these Victorian views?
You see here before you, a woman with a mission;
I must discover the key to his ignition.
And then if he should make a diplomatic proposition,
How could I possibly refuse, when I’m a stranger here myself?

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