SINGER: Tony Martin

SONG:Stranger In Paradise

Stranger in paradise-artist: tony bennett from "the very thought of you"-columbia al—30758-peak billboard position # 2 in 1954-competing versions charted by the four aces (#3), tony martin (#10) and-gordon macrae (#29)-from the musical "kismet"-based on borodin's "polovtsian dances"-words and music by robert wright and george forresttake my handi'm a stranger in paradiseall lost in a wonderlanda stranger in paradiseif i stand starry-eyedthat's the danger in paradisefor mortals who stand beside an angel like youi saw your face and i ascendedout of the commonplace into the raresomewhere in space i hang suspendeduntil i know there's a chance that you carewon't you answer this fervent prayerof a stranger in paradise?don't send me in dark despair>from all that i hunger forbut open your angel's armsto this stranger in paradiseand tell him that he need bea stranger no moretranscribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.