Rank Strangers to Me

by Bob Dylan

From the album: Down in the Groove

Track 10 of 10 on Down in the Groove (1988).

Duration: 2:58

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Lyrics for Rank Strangers to Me

Well, I wandered again to my home in the mountain Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free I looked for my friends but I never could find them Ev'rybody I met was a rank stranger to me. Ev'rybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger No mother or dad, not a friend could I see They knew not my name and I knew not their faces Ev'rybody I met, rank strangers to me. "Well, they all moved away", said the voice of a stranger "To some beautiful home on that bright, crystal sea" Some beautiful day, well, I'll meet 'em in heaven Where no one will be a stranger to me. Ev'rybody I met seemed to be a rank stranger No mother or dad, not a friend could I see They knew not my name and I knew not their faces I found they were all rank strangers to me.

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