To A Stranger Lyrics - Singles - The Golden Palominos

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger 

It seemed I'd become nearly human enough to think of another person's trouble 

And we were fellow strangers, then 

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger 

Tell me all your secrets, tell me 

Tell me all your secrets, tell me 

I can't believe it you but I can keep a promise (tell me) 

So tell me, tell me all your secrets 

The day is so full of noise it might make you feel better 

It was one of my favourite years 

It was my favourite year 

And I thought to myself, I remember, this is what hope feel like 

Standing at the other end of your favourite year, you remember 

That when you posses a thing securely, you need never use it 

Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go 

Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go 

Despair can always produce an answer, and despair asks me now 

"Would you rather it was love and not lust? 

Would you rather it was love and not lust?" 

In cafes, on sidewalks, that man is waving at me, 

That man is waving at me 

On a trip to the bookstore or just sit down for awhile in the park 

That man is waving at me, that man is looking at me 

(Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) 

To lie flat, to be pressed down upon 

(Hold back and let go) 

Your weight, your legs, your breath, your... your... your... 

(Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) 

(Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go) 

And that name will dampen every mood of happiness or fun or 

Exhilaration with its reminder that love dies, and afternoon and 

Habit with the day 

So good... so good... so good... 

Say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, so good... 

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger (so good) 

It seemed I'd become nearly human enough to think of another person's trouble (so good) 

And we were fellow strangers, then (so good) 

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger (so good) 

I discovered that I measured love by the extent of my jealousy 

Did I get it wrong? 

It was though our love were a creature caught in a trap 

And bleeding to death, 

I had to shut my eyes and wring it's neck 

(Would you rather it was love and not lust?) 

Did I get it wrong? 

Did I get it wrong? 

Did I? Did I get it wrong? 

(Would you rather it was love and not lust? Yes) 

Tell me all your secrets, tell me 

Tell me all your secrets, tell me 

I'll be watching, believe me, will you talk to me? 

It was the hour you make confidences to a stranger 

(I said it wrong) 

Would you rather it was love and not lust? 

How strange too and unfamilliar to think that one had been loved, 

That one's presence had once had the power to make a difference 

Between happiness and dullness in another's day? 

Would you rather it was love and not lust? 

(Tell me, tell me all your secrets, tell me, 

Tell me all your secrets, tell me) 

And as you carry on with the dance of exposure and camouflage 

You hold back and let go, hold back and let go, 

Hold back and let go, let go 

Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go 

And you can justify it in any way to make yourself feel better, 

And you try to think about different ways that you can justify it 

so you can feel a little better. 

(Hold back and let go, hold back and let go, let go)