Stranger Than You (Live) - Joe Jackson

At a bar on 43rd at quarter to two

Met my friend the Chinese Elvis

And hoisted a few

He talks like Mickey Mouse

And sees with x-ray eyes

Lives in a cardboard house

I almost gave him the prize

Until you came along

Thanks for opening my eyes

Things you do, right or wrong

It should come as no surprise

When you live in a town

Where there's always somebody

Stranger than you

(Stranger than you)

At 83rd and Amsterdam

There's an Indian Jew

Who pierced all his private parts

With a permanent screw

He sleeps on a bed of nails

Which came from outer space

And in my taller tales

I gave him pride of place

Until you came along

Thanks for opening my eyes

Things you do, right or wrong

It should come as no surprise

When you live in a town

Where there's always somebody

Stranger than you

(Stranger than you)

I'm not complaining even though

I'm not sure what you are

I've got the strangest feeling

Good about this love bizarre

I could have stayed in bed

Hiding from this freaky show

I'm happy that instead

I knew just where to go

When you came along

Thanks for opening my eyes

Things you do, right or wrong

It should come as no surprise

When you live in a town

Where there's always somebody

Stranger than you

(Stranger than you)

Are you a boy?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a girl?

(Stranger than you)

Are you an oyster?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a pearl?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a fish?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a fowl?

(Stranger than you)

Are you an angel?

(Stranger than you)

Are you from hell?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a boy?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a girl?

(Stranger than you)

Are you an oyster?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a pearl?

(Stranger than you)

Are you a fish?

(Stranger than you)