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"Stranger In Paradise" Doretta Morrow & Richard Kiley from the musical KISMET
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Doretta Morrow
Doretta Morrow
Vocals
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
Vocals
Louis Adrian
Louis Adrian
Conductor
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
Performer
Richard Oneto
Richard Oneto
Performer
Joan Diener
Joan Diener
Performer
Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin
Performer
Kismet Orchestra
Kismet Orchestra
Orchestra
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Songwriter
George Forrest
George Forrest
Songwriter
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Borodin
Composer
Arthur Kay
Arthur Kay
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson
Producer

Lyrics

Oh why do the leaves
Of the Mulberry tree
Whisper differently now
And why is the nightingale singing
At noon on the 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
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 space
I hang suspended
Until I know
There'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
I saw your face
And I ascended
Out of the commonplace
Into the rare
Somewhere in space
I hang suspended
Until I know
Till the moment I know
There's a chance that you care
There'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 me that I may be
A stranger no more.
Written by: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright

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