At a bar on 43rd at quarter to two
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Met my friend the Chinese Elvis and hoisted a few
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He talks like Mickey Mouse
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And sees with x-ray eyes
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Lives in a cardboard house
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I almost gave him the prize
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Until you
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Came along - thanks for opening my eyes
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Things you do - right or wrong
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It should come as no surprise
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When you live in a town where there's always somebody
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Stranger than you
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At 83rd and Amsterdam there's an Indian Jew
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Who pierced all his private parts with a permanent screw
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He sleeps on a bed of nails
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Which came from outer space
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And in my taller tales
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I gave him pride of place
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Until you
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Came along - thanks for opening my eyes
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Things you do - right or wrong
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It should come as no surprise
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When you live in a town where there's always somebody stranger than you
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Stranger than you
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I'm not complaining even though I'm not sure what you are
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I've got the strangest feeling (good) about this love bizarre
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I could have stayed in bed
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H iding from this freaky show
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I'm happy that instead
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I knew just where to go
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When you came along - thanks for opening my eyes
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Things you do - right or wrong
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It should come as no surprise
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When you live in a town where there's always somebody
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Stranger than you
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Are you a boy - are you a girl
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Are you an oyster - are you a pearl
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Are you a fish - are you a fowl?
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Are you an angel - are you from hell
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Stranger Than You
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Joe Jackson |