Stranger Comes to Town - Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel

It’s a long, dark river my boat sails on

Down to the murky sea

Where a beam of goodness in your light

Serves to comfort me

It’s a distant, magical land I seek

A desperate refugee

A rebel who has lost his way

But found the buried key

So it’s all right

Love won’t let you down

Safe on a good night

Stranger comes to town

If you find him wearing his old tin hat

Beware the common saint

Who could lead you down a reckless path

To where the good guys ain’t

We could hold each other in common prayer

Our babies close at hand

We could live like drifters

Rolling on towards the promised land

So it’s all right

If love don’t let you down

Safe on a good night

Stranger comes to town

So don’t let me down

Please let me breathe

God won’t let me down

He knows I wanna please

So it’s all right

If love don’t let you down

Safe on a good night

Stranger comes to town

So don’t let me down

Please let me breathe

God won’t let me down

He knows I wanna please

I could close my compass and sail on free

And find the missing men

Oh, I could lose my bearings like before

And lose myself again

When you find your lot in a crowded wood

With no way through the trees

And that old, sweet promise of something good

Pulls you to your knees

Well it’s all right

If love don’t let you down

Safe on a good night

Stranger comes to town