Stranger, stranger in a strange land.

He looked at me like I was the one who should run.



We asked him to smile for a photograph

Waited a while to see if we could make him laugh.



The soldier asked for a cigarette

His smiling face I can't forget.

He looked at me across the street

But that's a long way here.



Oh, and I wish you were here.

Oh, and I wish you were here.



Stranger, stranger in a strange land.

He looked at me like I was the one who should run.



I watched as he watched us get back on the bus

I watched the way it was

The way it was when he was with us

And I really don't mind sleeping on the floor

But I couldn't sleep after what I saw

I wrote this letter to tell you the way I feel.



Oh I wish you were here

Oh I wish you were here

To see what I could see

To hear

And I wish you were here.