I Never Talk To Strangers (Tom Waits 1977)
Bartender I'd like a Manhatten please Stop me if you've heard this one I feel as though we've met before Perhaps I and mistaken But it's just that I remind you of someone you used to care about Oh but that was long ago Now tell me do you really think I'd fall for that old line I was not born just yesterday Besides I never talk to strangers anyway Well I ain't a bad guy when you get to know me I just thought there ain't no harm Hey, yeah just try minding your own business bud Who asked you to annoy me with your sad sad repartee Besides I never talk to strangers anyway Your life's a dimestore novel This town is full of guys like you And you're looking for someone to take the place of her You must be reading my mail You're bitter cause he left you That's why you're drinking in this bar Well only suckers fall in love with perfect strangers It always takes one to know one stranger Maybe we're just wiser now Yeah and been around the block so many times That we don't notice That we're all just perfect strangers As long as we ignore That we all begin as strangers Just before we find We really aren't strangers anymore Ah, you don't look like such a chump Hey baby
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