Rank Stranger
Wandering Among Rank Strangers
Lyrics
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
I revisited my home in the mountains.
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
During my youthful days, I was joyful and unrestrained.
I looked for my friends, but I never could find them
I searched for my friends but couldn't find them.
I found they were all rank strangers to me
Realizing they became unfamiliar strangers to me.
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
Encountering everyone I met,
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
They all appeared as complete strangers.
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
No mother or father figure was present.
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
I couldn't recognize any friends.
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
They were unaware of my identity.
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
I couldn't recall their faces.
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Realizing that all of them were
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
Completely unfamiliar strangers to me.
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
A stranger's voice explained,
"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"
They've moved to a beautiful land near a crystal sea.
Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven
Hoping to meet them in heaven someday.
Where no one will be a stranger to me
Where no one will be a stranger to me.
Everybody I met (everybody I met)
Meeting everyone again,
Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)
But all appearing as unfamiliar strangers.
No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)
No parental figures were recognizable.
Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)
No friends were familiar.
They knew not my name (they knew not my name)
They remained unaware of who I am.
And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)
I couldn't recall their faces.
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Discovering that all of them were
Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)
Still complete strangers to me.
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