STRANGER IN TOWN, A 
Mel Torme 1944

Mel Torme & The Meltones rec Oct 5th 1944 Los Angeles

also rec by-
Martha Tilton '44
Mel Torme w The Page Cavanaugh Trio '46
Mel Torme w Hal Mooney & his Orch '52
Julie London '59
Mel Torme w Tony Osborne & his Orch '61


Just arrived on the seven-ten;
Thought I'd see the old gang again,
But you know how they come and go,
I'm just a stranger in town!

Everywhere, everyone I see
Seems to wonder who can I be,
And I swear no-one seems to care
About a stranger in town!

I saw a cottage on a lonely old street,
The weeds have grown round the gate.
Somehow I felt that you would wait here my sweet,
But it looks like I'm too late!

Guess I'll leave on the twelve-o-two,
Can't believe that there's no more you!
Is there nothing for me, will I always be
A stranger in my own home town?

Guess I'll leave on the twelve-o-two,
Can't believe that there's no more you!
Is there nothing for me, will I always be
A stranger in my own home town?

It hurts to be alone
With no-one of your own
When you're a stranger in your own home town!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - June 2010)