How many days has it been since I was born
How many days until I die? Why?
Do I know any ways that I can make you laugh
Do I only know how to make you cry?

When a baby looks around him
It's such a sight to see
He shares a simple secret
With the wise man

He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land
(Tell me why) he's a stranger in a strange land
Stranger in a strange land

How many miles will it take to see the sun?
And how many years until it's done
Kiss my confusion away in the night
Lay by my side when the morning comes

And the baby looks around him
And shares his bed of hay
With the burro in the palace of the king

He's a stranger in a strange land
Tell me why
He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land

Well, I don't exactly know what's going on
in the world today don't know what there is to say

About the way the people are treating each other
not like brothers. Leaders take us

Far away from ecology
with mythology and astrology.

I’ve got some words to say
about the way we live today

Why can't we learn to love each other.
It's time to turn a new face
to the whole world wide human race

Stop the money chase. Lay back, relax.
Get back on the human track

Stop racing toward oblivion
Oh, such a sad, sad state we're in

And that's the thing do you recognize
the bells of truth when you hear them ring

Won't you stop and listen to the children sing
Won't you come on and sing it children

He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land

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Bm E
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G D A / x4

Outro:
G D A / repeated