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Stranger in Paradise Lyrics by Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley

Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1953

[MARSINAH]
Oh, why do the leaves
On a Mulberry tree
Whisper differently now
And why is the nightingale singing
At noon on a Mulberry bow
For some most mysterious reason
This isn't the garden I know
No, it's paradise now
That was only a garden
A moment ago
[CALIPH]
Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry-eyed
That's a danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside
An angel like you
I saw your face
And I ascended
Out of the commonplace
Into the rare
Somewhere in spacе
I hang suspended
Until I know
Therе's a chance that you care
Won't you answer the fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
But open your angel's arms
To the stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
A stranger no more
[MARSINAH]
I saw your face
And I ascended
Out of the commonplace
Into the rare
[MARSINAH & CALIPH]
Somewhere in space
I hang suspended
[MARSINAH]
Until I know
There's a chance that you care
Won't you answer the fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
[CALIPH]
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
[MARSINAH & CALIPH]
But open your angel's arms
To the stranger in paradise
And tell me that I need be
A stranger no more
Credits
Doretta Morrow

Doretta Morrow

Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

About “Stranger in Paradise” by Doretta Morrow

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"Stranger in Paradise" appears on "Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 1953.

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