The Stranger

from Bittersweet by Alice Gerrard

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©lyrics and music by Alice Gerrard, Agate Hill Publishing, BMI

lyrics

It's an old memory he can't hold any more
It's a photograph who's edges are faded and torn
It's a look in his eyes as he smiles and he nods
As he smiles at a stranger

And I look back thru the years
And I smile thru my tears
I remember how life used to be
He was the man of my dreams since we were 16
And he smiled at me

I go to see him each day
But he's drifting away
Sometimes he don't know who I am
There's a big empty hole where he once filled my soul
When he smiled at me

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from Bittersweet, released May 1, 2013
Alice Gerrard-vocal
Stuart Duncan-fiddle
Bryan Sutton-guitar
Todd Phillips-string bass
Tom Rozum-mandolin

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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