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Hats Off (To The Stranger)
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Lighthouse
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- written by Skip Prokop, Bob McBride and P. McGraw
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- as recorded by Lighthouse on the 1971 album "One Fine Morning"
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- peaked at #27 on the CHUM Chart (Toronto, Canada) in April 1971
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Walkin' down by the river
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Hangin' down my head
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I chanced to stop for a moment
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A stranger beckoned and then he said:
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"Walk down the road of life, a-happy as can be
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But not so happy, yeah, that you can't see
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Be very careful, mm-hmm, everywhere you go
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Take it very slow"
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Hats off to the stranger
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For tellin' me what he knows
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I said, Lord, I here ya
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And I'm walkin' slow
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Just a singin' Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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Let a little sunshine down on me
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Make this feelin' grow-ow-ow-ow
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Walkin' down by the river
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His words warmin' up my soul
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He called to me from the other side:
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"There's one more thing ya gotta know, yeah"
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"Nobody's perfect, boy, not me or you
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It doesn't matter what you say or do
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But you could be singin', yeah, a better tune
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Singin' whoa-oh-oh"
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------ brief instrumental break ------
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"Yeah, all the things that I have said
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You've probably heard them all before
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But the way that you'll hear them from me
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Is like you never heard them before"
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Hats off to the stranger
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For tellin' me what he knows
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I said, Lord, I here ya
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And I'm walkin' slow, yeah
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Hats off to the stranger
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For tellin' me what he knows
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I said, Lord, I here ya
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And I'm walkin' slow
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Yeah, I said
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Hats off to the stranger
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For tellin' me what he knows
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I said, Lord, I here ya
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And I'm walkin' slow
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Just a singin' Hallelujah, oh yeah, Hallelujah
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Let a little sunshine down on me
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Make this feelin' grow
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A little louder
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Hallelujah, sing it out loud, Hallelujah
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Let a little sunshine down on me
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Make this feelin' grow
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Hats Off To The Stranger
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| Wink Martindale |
