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Stranger in My Hometown

by Mose Allison

on American Legend - Live in California (2015)

I'm just a stranger
I'm just a stranger in my own home town
I'm just a stranger
I'm just a stranger in my own home town
Folks I've known since my childhood
Just don't seem to want me 'round

I came home with good intentions
About four, five years ago
I came home with good intentions
About four, five years ago
My home town won't accept me
Don't feel welcome anymore

I built a house up on the hilltop
So as you know I'm a family man
Work hard for my money
And do the best I can
And I don't mistreat nobody
Be a lie to say I do
There are some here that like me
But so very, very few

I'm just a stranger
I'm just a stranger in my own home town
My so-called friends stopped being friendly
But you can't keep a good man down