| It's A Blue World |
| Stranger In Paradise -Artist: Tony Bennett from "The Very Thought Of You"-Columbia ALâ??30758 -peak Billboard position # 2 in 1954 -competing versions charted by The Four Aces (#3), Tony Martin (#10) and -Gordon MacRae (#29) -from the musical "Kismet"-based on Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances" -Words and Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest 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 the danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside an angel like you I saw your face and I ascended Out of the commonplace into the rare Somewhere in space I hang suspended Until I know there's a chance that you care Won't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise? Don't send me in dark despair >From all that I hunger for But open your angel's arms To this stranger in paradise And tell him that he need be A stranger no more Transcribed by Robin Hood These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets. |