NOT AS A STRANGER
(Music: Jimmy Van Heusen / Lyrics: Buddy Kaye)

Tony Bennett - 1954
Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.) - 1955
Percy Faith & His Orch. - 1955
The McGuire Sisters - 1956

Also recorded by: Tommy Dorsey & His Orch.



I think of you, my love,
Not as a stranger,
Although it's true, my love,
We've only met!
Yet I know your smile and I know your sigh,
Know them well from dreams I can't forget.

We've kissed like this before,
You're not a stranger,
A thousand times or more
'Neath stars above.
Now the path is clear,
For at last you're here,
Not as a stranger, dear,
But my own true love!

We've kissed like this before,
You're not a stranger,
A thousand times or more
'Neath stars above.
Now the path is clear,
For at last you're here,
Not as a stranger, dear,
But my own true love!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2009)