The Stranger Song Lyrics - Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers 

who said they were through with dealing 

every time you gave them shelter 

I know that kind of man 

It's hard to hold the hand of anyone 

who is reaching for the sky just to surrender, 

who is reaching for the sky just to surrender. 

And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind 

you find he did not leave you very much 

not even laughter 

Like any dealer he was watching for the card 

that is so high and wild 

he'll never need to deal another 

He was just some Joseph looking for a manger, 

He was just some Joseph looking for a manger. 

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And then leaning on your window sill 

he'll say one day you caused his will 

to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter. 

And then taking from his wallet 

an old schedule of trains, he'll say 

I told you when I came I was a stranger 

I told you when I came I was a stranger. 

But now another stranger seems 

to want you to ignore his dreams 

as though they were the burden of some other. 

You've seen that man before, 

his golden arm dispatching cards 

but now it's rusted from the elbow to the finger. 

And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter, 

Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter. 

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I hate to watch another tired man lay down his hand 

like he was giving up the holy game of poker 

And while he talks his dreams to sleep 

you notice there's a highway, 

that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder. 

Yes, it's curling just like smoke above his shoulder. 

You tell him to come in sit down 

but something makes you turn around 

The door is open you can't close your shelter. 

You try the handle of the road, 

it opens do not be afraid. 

It's you my love, you who are the stranger 

It's you my love, you who are the stranger. 

Well, I've been waiting, I was sure 

we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for 

I think it's time to board another. 

Please understand, I never had a secret chart 

to get me to the heart of this 

or any other matter. 

When he talks like this 

you don't know what he's after 

When he speaks like this, 

you don't care what he's after. 

Let's meet tomorrow if you choose 

upon the shore, beneath the bridge 

that they are building on some endless river. 

Then he leaves the platform 

for the sleeping car that's warm. 

You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter 

And it comes to you, he never was a stranger 

And you say ok the bridge or someplace later. 

And sweeping up the jokers that he left behind 

you find he did not leave you very much, 

not even laughter. 

Like any dealer he was watching for the card 

that is so high and wild, 

he'll never need to deal another 

He was just some Joseph looking for a manger, 

He was just some Joseph looking for a manger. 

He says 'I told you when I came I was a stranger'.