Stranger In The City - Merle Haggard

I can’t be with you this evening

I can’t be with you tonight

Somehow you must have read me wrong

I need you to read me right

I’m a stranger in the city

A gypsy passing through

My heart’s at home with someone else

I’d be killing time with you

I’m a stranger in the city

And you tried to lead me wrong

I’m in town to do a show tonight

This day, to sing my song

We can never get together

That leaves nothin' left to do

I’m a stranger in the city

Not the man for you

Now I’m not ashamed to feel this way

'Cause I’m a man who has a lot

The kind of love that I have at home, baby

Can’t be sold or lost

You’ve got all it takes to run my life

I’ve risen to fame 'cause you do

I’m a stranger in the city

Not the man for you

I’m a stranger in the city

Not the man for you