[Verse 1]
I wandered again to my home in the mountains
Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and free
I looked for my friends but I never could find them
I found they were all rank strangers to me
(Rank strangers to me)

[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
I looked for my friends (I looked for my friends)
But I never could find them
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)

[Organ Solo]

[Verse 2]
"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger
"To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea"
Some beautiful day I'll meet them in heaven
Where no one will be a stranger to me
(A stranger to me)
[Chorus]
Everybody I met (Everybody I met)
Seemed to be a rank stranger
No mother or dad (No mother or dad)
Not a friend could I see (Not a friend could I see)
I looked for my friends (I looked for my friends)
But I never could find them
I found they were all (I found they were all)
Rank strangers to me (Rank strangers to me)