Strange, stranger than paradise

Water is turning into ice

Don't have to say it's over

You heard me saying that

I don't want to stay around

And like a sleight of hand

You're lost while I am found

Whoa, whoa

Love starting to play the game

Something was said to hide the pain

Something is changing how I feel

I don't think you see me as I am

Starting is easy I have found

In planting a seed you touch the ground

But planting the seed

doesn't make it grow

I owe an e planation

You owe an open mind

But when we're both upset

The words are so unkind

I want to run away

Or cut you down to size

I don't think I can keep

tears from my eyes

You told me all your dreams

I still believe in you

But I've got my dreams, too

And I have got to go

You know this gets me down

How can you watch me turn around?

Why does my leaving break your heart

I don't think you see me as I am

Starting is easy I have found

In planting a seed you touch the ground

But planting the seed

doesn't make it grow

I owe an e planation

You owe an open mind

But when we're both upset

The words are so unkind

I want to run away

Or cut you down to size

I don't think I can keep

tears from my eyes

You told me all your dreams

I still believe in you

But I've got my dreams, too

And I have got to go

Oh, I owe an e planation

You owe an open mind

But when we're both upset

The words are so unkind

I want to run away

Or cut you down to size

I don't think I can keep

tears from my eyes

I owe an e planation

You owe an open mind

But when we're both upset

The words are so unkind

I want to run away

Or cut you down to size

I don't think I can keep

tears from my eyes

You told me all your dreams

I still believe in you

But I've got my dreams, too

And I have got to go

Oooohhh, ooooohhh