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. /

Oh, 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. /

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. /

Touch me, / I'm a stranger in paradise. / la, la, la, la, la, la, la, / la, la, la, la, la. / Touch me, / I'm a stranger in paradise. / la, la, la, la, la, la, la, / la, la, la, la, la. / Touch me, / I'm sick.

Credits

Composition:

• Tony Bennett

Arrangement:

• Bob Stanley
• Pete Wiggs

Vocals:

• Sarah Cracknell

References

Sleevenotes

One of my childhood faves, we covered this 50's smash for the NME Ruby Trax compilation. Recorded during the So Tough sessions.

Versions and sources

Stranger In Paradise

• Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty [triple twelve inch vinyl]
• Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty [triple CD]
• Ruby Trax - The NME's Roaring Forty [triple cassette]
• I Love To Paint compilation album [CD]