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Dark day, windy city
Raincoat on my shoulder
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Traffic lights, dusty sidewalks
Freeway people on the move
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
I’m the proper stranger
Nobody knows my face or
Knows my name
Nobody knows where I’m goin’ or
How I came
Lost and found, no one claimed me
All alone with a million others
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Broke my mind, had no spare
Nothing left and no tomorrow
so take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Raincoat on my shoulder
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Freeway people on the move
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Nobody knows my face or
Knows my name
Nobody knows where I’m goin’ or
How I came
All alone with a million others
So take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
Nothing left and no tomorrow
so take my hand and show me where to go
‘Cause don’t you know I’m the proper stranger
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No comments?? It's a fantastic song, with a great upbeat vibe to it. Love the lyrics: Nobody knows my face or knows my name Nobody knows where I'm goin' or how I came I think that there is a lot of truth in it: In a world of busy people living their own lives, few are worried about the lives of others around them.
Sounds more like a Cummings song than a Bachman song. I have to believe Cummings wrote most of the lyrics, and Bachman developed the guitar hooks. Like so many of their songs, a master lesson in songwriting collaboration.