i m a stranger just blowed in your town so i want my train fare home so i have no worries on my babe i m a stranger here just blowed in your town oh yes i am i m a stranger here just blowed in your town well because i m a stranger everybody wants to dog me round well i wonder why some people treat the strangers so oh yes i do i wonder why some people treat the strangers so well he may be your best friend that you will never know i m gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare oh yes i am i m gonna write home to daddy send me my railroad fare well if he don t send it i don t mind walkin down go ahead man yes yes yes well i wonder if my good girl knows i m here oh yes i do lord i wonder if my good girl knows i m here well if she do she just don t seem to care well i m goin back home wear out ninety nine pair of shoes oh yes i am i m goin back home wear out ninety nine pair of shoes well when i get back home i won t have these old stranger blues i m gonna leave this town nothing here that i can do oh no it ain t i m gonna leave this town nothing here that i can do well boy sit right here in the troubadour sing these old stranger blues let s go out together yes yes yes