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I Never Talk to Strangers Lyrics
Bartender, I'd like a Manhattan please
Stop me if you've heard this one
But I feel as though we've met before
Perhaps I am mistaken
But it's just that I remind you of
Someone you used to care about
Oh, but that was long ago
Now tell me, do you really think I'd fall for that old line
I was not born just yesterday
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway
Hell, I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me
I just thought there ain't no harm
Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud
Who asked you to annoy me
With your sad, sad repartee
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway
Your life's a dime store novel
This town is full of guys like you
And you're looking for someone to take the place of her
You must be reading my mail
And you're bitter cause he left you
That's why you're drinkin' in this bar
Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers
It always takes one to know one stranger
Maybe we're just wiser now
Yeah, and been around that block so many times
That we don't notice
That we're all just perfect strangers
As long as we ignore
That we all begin as strangers
Just before we find
We really aren't strangers anymore
Aw, you don't look like such a chump
Aw, hey baby
But I feel as though we've met before
Perhaps I am mistaken
But it's just that I remind you of
Someone you used to care about
Oh, but that was long ago
Now tell me, do you really think I'd fall for that old line
I was not born just yesterday
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway
I just thought there ain't no harm
Hey, yeah, just try minding your own business, bud
Who asked you to annoy me
With your sad, sad repartee
Besides I never talk to strangers anyway
This town is full of guys like you
And you're looking for someone to take the place of her
You must be reading my mail
And you're bitter cause he left you
That's why you're drinkin' in this bar
Well, only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers
Maybe we're just wiser now
Yeah, and been around that block so many times
That we don't notice
That we're all just perfect strangers
As long as we ignore
That we all begin as strangers
Just before we find
We really aren't strangers anymore
Aw, hey baby
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I love the last verse in this song.
This seems kinda like a weirded-out pixar movie! You know, kind of corny, with a message, happy ending...
And ain't that some of the best dueting ever?
Thumbs up for Tom and Bette.
There's a real sadness to this song. You set the scene by imagining a lonely Tom Waits propping up a in a bar somewhere in Midtown, Manhattan. He's on his 4th scotch and in walks the gorgeous busty flame haired Bette Midler.
Tom is smitten by her beauty straight away and thanks to the dutch courage of the whiskey, takes his heart in his hands and plucks up the courage to talk to her......The rest is Chronicled in the lyrics. She agrees to go on a date sometime and they exchange phone numbers but it doesn't work out and three years later he marries Kathleen Brennan and the rest is history.