[Chorus]
I'm a stranger here
Just bloat in your town
I'm a stranger here
Just bloat in your town
Just because I'm a stranger everybody wants to dog me around

[Verse 1]
Lord, I wonder, do my good gal know I'm here?
Lord, I wonder, do my good gal know I'm here?
Well, if she do, she sure don't seem to care

[Verse 2]
I wonder how the stranger so
I wonder how some people dog a poor stranger so
They should remember they're gonna reap just what they sow
Mama, mama, I'm coming, but I
Wear out ninety-nine pairs of shoеs
Mama, mama, I'm coming home
If I wear out ninety-ninе pairs of shoes
Then I know I'll be welcome and I won't have those stranger blues

[Chorus]
I'm a stranger here
Just bloat in your town
I'm a stranger here
Just bloat in your town
Just because I'm a stranger everybody wants to dog me around