It's been a strange night Radio Istanbul and a seasick flight And such a cold day So many empty voices with important things to say Ah, but you smile 'Cause you know you won't be hanging for the trial They'll have to judge you in absentia for a while And you vast an old soul and touches down In a new town It's been a strange life It's been a bad year Far too many X's in the atmosphere Just like a dull knife You never know when you're gonna feel the bite Ah, but you laugh The immigration man, he wants your autograph And you catch your sad reflection in the glass But you wash it from your memory like a stain In a slow drain It's been a strange life Strange life It's been a strange life Stumbling up the stairs and looking for the light There are no just laws You know one man's battle is another's lost cause Ah, but you grin 'Cause there's a sense of something coming on the wind And you really can't wait for it to begin And you're just another stranger in a strange town As you touch down It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life It's been a strange life Hey, hey Hey, hey