I'm weary from this river
That flows far but never nearer to my home
And the wars upon the shores
Keep the single girls indoors
And so all my love songs fall on wasted ears

I grow tired of this highway
 [bad word] far but never my way don't you know
That [bad word] of strangers
And the close and the present dangers
Seem to pick me up like an old crow in the snow

Cos I'm a stranger in a strange land
Guess I left the world behind
Yeah my love is like the galaxy
It seems slow but it sure does shine
And when I'm gone
You'll know me by the friends I leave behind

I'm weary of this losin'
What choice is there in choosin'
If you find yourself a stranger in a stranger place
With your beat up shoes and an old suitcase
And a wristwatch that don't ever seem to tell the time

But there's a warm and a gentle feeling
It ain't never worth concealing what you see
And the rains inside my brains
Keeps the memories contained
But I miss you like the wind misses the trees

Cos I'm a stranger in a strange land
Guess I left the world behind
But my love is like the galaxy
It seems slow but it sure does shine
And when I'm gone
You'll know me by the friends I leave behind

And when I'm gone
You'll know me by the friends I leave behind