Stranger In The City Lyrics - John Miles

Buildings tower round me like they're waiting for the kill. 

For days I haven't eaten and I really do feel ill. 

If I cry for help, will you hear my call? 

If I stumble now, would you let me fall? 

Won't you give me a hand? 

Try to understand, 

I'm a stranger in the city. 

Stuck inside these streets it's like a human traffic jam. 

People walk right over me now, they don't give a damn. 

If I ask for death, would you give me a gun? 

If I took your hand, would you turn and run? 

Won't you pity me, 

Just try to see, 

I'm a stranger in the city. 

All my friends were saying that the streets were paved with gold. 

I couldn't wait to get there from the stories I'd been told. 

There's everything that I could want, it sounded like a dream. 

But my money's gone 

And I've got no-one. 

Friends are nowhere to be seen. 

Concrete jungle all around can't hear the birds and bees. 

I've walked for miles, I can't believe what happened to the trees. 

If I need someone, would you help me to get by? 

If I come to you, would you give it a try? 

I'm all alone, 

So far from home. 

I'm a stranger in the city.