Hey, StrangernWould you come in through my door?nIf not now I’ll leave it ajarnAnd then maybe you could come backnI’ll be waiting here for younI’ll be hoping here for younI’ll be praying here that you’ll believe it’s truenThat in all these lonely yearsnI would have loved your companynBut I never could give innTo this fragile side of menYou see I’ve always been a man of great ambitionnBut success just turned his back & never camenAnd now I find I became a mannOf even greater solitudenAnd I wish I’d spend more time making friendsnWith guys like younOh, StrangernHow can I make you stay?nFor a little whilenOh, StrangernPlease, don’t go awaynnI’m living on nOn & on & on & on nI’m singing onnJust let me sing one song for younnHey, StrangernThis is my songnIt is old & it is raggednI tried it for too longnI tried it time after timenTo forget about myselfnAnd to hide in it a whilenBut a while’s been goin’ onnSince I can’t remember whennAnd got catched up by the lifenOf a lost and lonely mannI think I’m- a sung away a little fasternThen I plannednnHey, StrangernThis is my lifenI can’t use it anymorenFor I share it with no one but myselfnI can’t fool you anymorenLet me hide with you a whilenLet me try a little whilenAnd then maybenYou’ll believe it’s truennThat in all the years I spentnWith the glory of a foolnMaking diamonds out of tearsnOn the highest bid to gonI’ve been searching for a friendnTo tell my troubles tonBut I could never understandnHow to get out of that cellnPlease don’t send me back to hell