Stranger in Paradise (from " Kismet")

Oh, why do the leaves on the Mulberry tree

Whisper differently now?

And why is the nightingale singing at noon

On the Mulberry bow?

For some most mysterious reason

This isn't the garden I know

No, it's paradise now

That was only a garden

A moment ago

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 that 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's arms

To the stranger in paradise

And tell him that he need be

A stranger no more

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 that 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's arms

To the stranger in paradise

And tell me that I may be

A stranger no more