Stone gray walls all around me
Moving in for the kill
If the streets don't get me
The system will

Down and outs on the corner
In their eyes there's no hope
You try hard not to laugh
But it's no joke

Not when the sands of time
Are falling through your hands
Something you got to understand

I'm a stranger in the city
Standing in the shadows
Looking for love
Waiting for the night to come

City lights feel no anger
City lights feel no pain
If you fight you can't win
It's all the same

There's no law, there's no order
In this fight to survive
Getting hard just to keep
Yourself alive

Why do I hide the tears of love I'll never show
It's something I guess you'll never know

I'm a stranger in the city
Standing in the shadows
Looking for love
Waiting for the night to come

I'm a stranger in the city
Standing in the shadows
Looking for love
Waiting for the night on the lonely side of town

I don't want to be
All alone here
I don't want to be
Far from home here

I'm a stranger in the city

I'm a stranger in the city
Standing in the shadows
Looking for love
Waiting for the night to come

I'm a stranger in the city
Standing in the shadows
Looking for love
Waiting for the night on the lonely side of town