"Stranger To Yourself" ("Stranger To Myself") copyright April 6, 2023 by Gary E. Andrews
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A woman with the blues, can steal your heart, just by telling her tale.
Her lips become, a true work of art. You stare and your senses fail.
You do things you know are bad for your health.
You become a Stranger To Yourself.
You become a Stranger To Yourself.

A girl with her eyes, can lure you, to your ultimate doom!
You seem to find, the truth in her lies. She takes you up to her room!
You see things that should ring alarm bells!
You become a Stranger To Yourself.
You become a Stranger To Yourself.

(Instrumental Bridge)

A woman with a heart, would never have done, the things she's done to you.
She's out on your street. You hide in the dark. You have your own kind of blues.
You see where you stumbled, where you fell!
You feel like you've fallen into hell!
You become a Stranger To Yourself.
You become a Stranger To Yourself.
You become a Stranger To Yourself.

Ad lib vocalizing the Lines caused them to change as below, making it a more personal Singer-Character 'telling' than a philosophizing narrator.

"Stranger To Myself"

A woman with the blues, stole my heart, just by telling her tale.
Her lips became, a true work of art. I stare 'til my senses fail.
I do things I know are bad for my health.
I become a Stranger To Myself.
I become a Stranger To Myself.

A girl with her eyes, lures me, to my ultimate doom!
I seem to find, the truth in her lies. She takes me up to her room!
I see things that should ring alarm bells!
I become a Stranger To Myself.
I become a Stranger To Myself.

(Instrumental Bridge)

A woman with a heart, would never have done, the things she wants to do.
She's out on my street. I hide in the dark. I have my own kind of blues.
I see where I stumbled, where I fell!
I feel like I've fallen into hell!
I become a Stranger To Myself.
I become a Stranger To Myself.
I become a Stranger To Myself.

CHECKING A THIRD VERSION I WROTE INTO A STORY IN THE CREATIVE WRITING FORUM: "Broken Places".
"A Woman With The Blues, can steal your heart, just by telling her tale."

A woman with the blues, is stealing my heart, just by telling her tale.
Her lips become, a true work of art. I stare. My senses fail.
I do things I know are bad for my health!
I become a Stranger To Myself.
I become a Stranger To Myself."

Verse II;
A girl with her eyes, is luring me, to my ultimate doom!
I find the truth, in spite of her lies. She takes me up to her room.
I see things that should ring alarm bells!
I become a Stranger To Myself!
I become a Stranger To Myself!"

I need a Bridge here, didn't find one last night. I played some instrumental bars but...an Instrumental Bridge may not be enough.

Verse III;
"No woman with a heart, could ever have done, the things you've done to me!
You're out on the street! You hide in the dark! You have your own kind of need!
I see where I stumbled! I see where I fell!
I become a Stranger To Myself!
I become a Stranger To Myself!
I become a Stranger To Myself!"

Last edited by Gary E. Andrews; 07/07/23 01:55 PM.
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