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Stranger in the Crowd

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Information:

Winfield Scott wrote Stranger in the Crowd for Elvis, who recorded it on June 5, 1970, at RCA's Nashville studios. In the documentary Elvis - That's the Way It Is, Elvis was seen rehearsing Stranger in the Crowd at MGM's Culver City studios.

Lyrics:

I'd been standing on the corner since a quarter after seven
I was down to my last cigarette and the clock in the window had a quarter to eleven
I was watching all the people passing by me going places
Just the loneliest guy in the town looking for a friendly smile but all that I could see were faces

And then just like the taste of milk and honey

I found the stranger I'd been looking for
The way my cup of love was overflowing

I knew the stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more

Love had found us on the corner at a quarter to eleven
I thought you were too good to be true, all my life I had believed that angels only live in heaven
But now, we share the taste of milk and honey, each day is sweeter than the day before
My cup of love was overflowing because the stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more

Deep inside, my cup of love was overflowing

I found the stranger I'd been looking for
Though away, my cup of love is overflowing

I knew the stranger in the crowd and I would be strangers no more

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on That's the Way It Is »

LPs/CDs:

- That’s the Way It Is (1970) »

– That's The Way It Is (1981) »

- Walk a Mile in My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (1995)

- That’s the Way It Is – Special Edition (2000)

- That's the Way It Is (2008) - FTD »

– That's The Way It Is - 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2020) - FTD

Bootleg Releases:

- The King: From the Dark to the Light (1974) - Tiger Records

- That's the Way It Is (1980) - Amiga Records

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