Ray Charles — Stranger in My Own Home Town

[Verse 1] I'm like a stranger Stranger in my own hometown I'm like a stranger Stranger in my own hometown Some folks I've known since my childhood Just don't seem to want me around [Verse 2] I came home with good intentions About five or six years ago, I did I came home with good intentions Just about five or six years ago But my hometown won't accept me And I just don't feel welcome here no more, no Play it [Bridge] Play it [Instrumental] I know [Instrumental] Now look here [Verse 3] I built a house on a hilltop 'Cause, you see, I'm a family man I work hard in my kind of business Doing the very best I can Now, I don't mistreat nobody And they'll lie if they say I do And I rеalize that there arе some here that like me But they're so very, very few I'm like a stranger Stranger in my own hometown My so-called friends stopped being friendly But they can't keep a good man down, oh no [Outro] I'm like a stranger Stranger in my own hometown—and I don't like it I'm a stranger Stranger in my own hometown 'Cause my so-called friends stopped being friendly But they can't keep a good man down Can't keep a good man down