Take My Hand Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a wonderland A stranger in paradise If I stand starry-eyed That's a danger in paradise The mortals who stand beside An angel like I I saw her face And I ascended Out of the commonplace Into the rare Somewhere in space I have suspended Until I know There's a chance that she cares Won't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger for But open your angel's eyes To the strangers in paradise And tell us that we need be Strangers no more I saw her face And I ascended Out of the commonplace Into the rare Somewhere in space I hang suspended Until I know There's a chance that she cares Won't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger for But open your angel's eyes To the strangers in paradise And tell us that we need be Strangers no more © transcript Emily Beynon