Aldrich's albums are usually pretty , easy listening,but if you haven't heard one, it's worth spending up to three bucks to own your own little bit of authentic 60s experience. Not the Haight-Ashbury-Woodstock-Jimi Hendrix kind of experience, but the experience most people had. What he produced entertained millions, although obviously not cutting edge music. Put on Ronnie's take on "Music to Watch Girls By" and you can imagine yourself strolling down the aisle at the A&P or shopping for school clothes at J.C. Penney. Or riding an elevator to your dad's office. Or waiting at the Omaha Airport. Who needs Eastern philosophy to get blissed out?
Born at Erith , Kent, U K, 15th February 1916, educated in Folkestone and proved musically talented as he learnt to play the piano aged only 3 !!! After his musical career he retired to the Isle of Man, where he died, from prostate cancer, aged 77, on the 30th September 1993.
Stranger In Paradise
Ronnie Aldrich Lyrics
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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
For mortals who stand beside
An angel like you
And I ascended
Out of the common place
Into the rarest somewhere in space
I hang suspended
Until I know
There's a chance that you care
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 arms
To this stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
A stranger no more
The song "Stranger in Paradise" by Ronnie Aldrich is a romantic ballad that talks about a man who is enamored by a woman and asks her to take his hand so that he does not feel lost in a wonderland. The singer is drawn to the woman and is in awe of her angelic presence, but fears that his infatuation with her may be a danger in paradise. He describes how seeing her face makes him feel like he has left the common place and is suspended in space until he knows if she cares for him. He ardently prays that she will answer his fervent prayer and accept him despite being a stranger in paradise. The song ends with a plea to the woman to open her angel's arms to him, so he can finally belong to her and be a stranger no more.
Line by Line Meaning
Take my hand,
I am reaching out to you, asking you to trust me and come with me.
I'm a stranger in Paradise
This place is new and unfamiliar to me, I am not from here.
All lost in a wonderland
I am completely immersed in the beauty and mystery of this place, and feel like I am dreaming.
A stranger in paradise
I feel like I don't belong here, like an outsider.
If I stand starry eyed,
If I look too long at everything around me in amazement,
That's a danger in Paradise
it may become a problem for me to adapt to this new environment.
For mortals who stand beside
For other human beings who are here,
An angel like you
You are so special and amazing, like an angel among mortals.
I saw your face,
When I saw you for the first time,
And I ascended
I felt like I was lifted up to a higher realm of existence.
Out of the common place
I felt like I was lifted out of the ordinary and mundane world that I know.
Into the rarest somewhere in space
I felt like I was transported to a very special and unique place in the universe.
I hang suspended
I feel like I am floating in the air, without any sense of time or space or direction.
Until I know
I need to be sure,
There's a chance that you care
That you also have feelings for me.
Won't you answer this fervent prayer?
Can't you please respond to my heartfelt request?
Of a stranger in paradise
From someone who feels like they don't belong here.
Don't send me in dark despair
Please don't reject me and make me feel hopeless.
From all that I hunger for
From everything that I desire and need.
But open your angel's arms
Instead, embrace me with your love and kindness.
To this stranger in paradise
To someone who feels lost and alone in this strange and beautiful world.
And tell him that he need be
And let me know that I don't have to remain
A stranger no more
An outsider or a foreigner here, but that I can be part of this new world too.
Writer(s): Forrest George, Wright Robert Craig
Contributed by Sadie O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.