Dm7 G/D C/D D Csus2 D G7 D Csus2
D G7 D
He's the perfect stranger like a cross of himself and a fox.
D7sus4 D
D7sus4 G7 D D7sus4 D
He's a feeling arranger and a changer of the way he talks.
D7sus4 G7 D
He's the unforeseen danger and the keeper of the key to the locks.
Csus2 D Csus2
Gm7 Am7 Gm7 Am7
Know when you see him, nothing can free him.
Gm7 Am7 D
Step aside, open wide, it's the loner.
Dm7 G/D C/D D Csus2 D G7 D Csus2
D G7 D
If you see him in the subway, he'll be down at the end of the car,
D7sus4 D
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D7sus4 G7 D D7sus4 D
Watching you move until he knows, he knows who you are.
D7sus4 G7 D
When you get off at the station alone, he'll know that you are.
Csus2 D Csus2
Gm7 Am7 Gm7 Am7
Know when you see him, nothing can free him.
Gm7 Am7 D
Step aside, open wide, it's the loner.
Dm7 G/D C/D D Csus2 D G7 D Csus2
D G7 D
There was a woman he knew about a year or so ago.
D7sus4 D
D7sus4 G7 D D7sus4 D
She had something that he needed and he pleaded with her not to go.
D7sus4 G7 D
On the day that she left, he died but it did not show.
Csus2 D Csus2
Gm7 Am7 Gm7 Am7
Know when you see him, nothing can free him.
Gm7 Am7 D F6 D
Step aside, open wide, it's the loner.
