Stranger To Emotion

Created this version of Stranger to Emotion in May 2026.

"The woman who moves me I mostly ignore,

So I never get hurt when I'm shown the door.

The woman I want I do not dare.

Rejection is worse when you care.

One woman I loved I was her closest friend,

Confidant, confessor and her guiding hand.

She looked on me as an elder brother.

Such respect can render you blind to the lover.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

I fantasize that some day I'll be brave

And walk right up to the woman I crave;

And so will begin a momentous affair,

I open my eyes and she isn't there.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

When you keep your feelings hidden from view,

For fear she may turn you down,

Spending affection where it's mostly untrue,

Goodbye is a welcome sound.

So there's many a time when you've time on your hands.

Feint heart never won many lady friends.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

That special girl who can make a man live,

Oh, she that I imagine I want to be with,

Is never the same that I stoop to kiss.

I save that for someone I will not miss.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

I'm a stranger to emotion.

To emotion."

This version of 'Stranger to Emotion' above was created in January 2025. 

Wrote 'Stranger' around 1980 and recorded it, with my friend Pete Webster in his bedroom, a little while later.

The orchestration was down to Pete and the lead guitar riff is his.