STRANGER IN MY HOME, (I'm a)
by Red Stewart, Neal Burris, Pee Wee King

THERE'S A STRANGER IN MY HOME THAT I'VE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S THERE HE JUST WALKED IN THROUGH THE DOOR
AT MY TABLE HE SITS DOWN WITH THE FAMILY GATHERED 'ROUND
BUT HE'S NOT WELCOME HE'S A STRANGER IN MY HOME

THERE'S NO KINDNESS SHOWN TO HIM NO ONE CARES HOW MUCH HE HURTS
AFTER ALL HE DON'T BELONG SO HE'S TREATED JUST LIKE DIRT
WHY HE STAYS AND SUFFERS SO IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER KNOW
HE'S A LONELY SOUL, THAT STRANGER IN MY HOME

I'M THAT STRANGER IN MY HOME, I'M THE ONE LEFT IN THE COLD
I'M NO LONGER LOVED OR WANTED, I DON'T HAVE TO BE TOLD
I CAN TELL BY THE WAY THAT I'M TREATED EVERY DAY
THAT I AM JUST A STRANGER IN MY HOME

NOT SO VERY LONG AGO THERE WERE TENDER NIGHTS TO LIVE
WE WERE HAPPY IN OUR HOME, WE HAD ALL THAT LIFE COULD GIVE
THEN ONE DAY THE QUARREL CAME I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS TO BLAME
I ONLY KNOW THAT THERE'S A STRANGER IN MY HOME

CAN A MAN DESCRIBE A HEART THAT'S BEEN BROKEN ALL APART
CAN HE FACE HIS KIDS EACH DAY AND GO ON THE SAME OLD WAY
CAN HE BRUSH ASIDE THE TEARS AND GO ON AND LIVE THE YEARS
A FORGOTTEN SOUL A STRANGER IN HIS HOME