Andy Warhol's modern man builds a castle in the air The deck is stacked but his house of cards Grows as high as the market will bear
It won't take much to make his ship of dreams Come crashing to the ground You just wait for the wheel of fate to turn The wind of the wolf is gonna blow it all down
Shallow rivers of fashion run on courses tried and true Masses dive in and it washes 'em down Makes 'em feel like they're all brand new
A blinding hatred caused by fear Is showing in their eyes They want their truth all black and white But a rainbow never tells no lies to a
Stranger in a strange land What's a man supposed to do? I'm just a stranger in a strange land
When will the light come shining through? When will the light shine through? Let it shine, let it shine, oh, shine on
To feed the heart's addiction In answer to my soul It may not be the best of worlds But it's the only one I know
In the shadow of Damocles' atomic sword We learn to live with fear Stringing out lives of quiet desperation We're all just strangers here
Riding along on the razor edge Burned in the acid fall Groping in the darkness, searching for a way To fill the empty space inside And between us all
Stranger in a strange land What's a man supposed to do? When a stranger's in the strange land
We're just waiting and watching and wondering When will the light come shining The light come shining The light come shining through
When will the light shine through? Shine on, shine on, shine on, shine on When will the light shine through?