Take my hand, I'm a stranger in paradise, All lost in a wonderland, A stranger in paradise. If I stand starry-eyed, That's a danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside An angel like you. I saw your face, and I ascended Out of the commonplace Into the rare. Somewhere in space I hang suspended Until I know there's a chance you care. Won't you answer the fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise? Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger for, But open your angel arms To this stranger in paradise And tell him that he need be A stranger no more.