There are stories told about a stranger that flew into town Everything was dark on the night that he came around He rode on the flames of a fire that was put out long ago On the rings in the water caused by stones that were thrown The longer we stay here The harder they come When you are the stranger Strange you become No place in a small joint For a ghost on the run A shadow is around, In the eyes of the old folks Footsteps echo in the town, a stranger walking these roads Every night, I am the stranger that comes with the wind Whispering words in your ear that you dare not believe Some turn their backs to me and some ask me to go It's dark in this new world, it's worse than you know The longer we stay here The harder they come When you are the stranger Strange you become No place in a small joint For a ghost on the run A shadow is around, In the eyes of the old folks Footsteps echo in the town, a stranger walking these roads