Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger

C G G7 C On the midsummer fairground alive with the sound C And the lights of the Wurlitzer merry-go-round G G7 The midway was crowded and I was the man A Dm Who coughed up a quid in the dark caravan G7 E To the gypsy who warned him of danger F Am "Beware of the beautiful stranger" G G7 C "You got that for nothing" I said with a sigh C As the queen's head went up to her critical eye G G7 "The lady in question is known to me now A Dm And I'd like to beware but the problem is how G7 E Do you think I was born in a manger? F Am I'm in love with the beautiful stranger" G G7 C The gypsy (called Lee as all soothsayers are) C Bent low to her globular fragment of star G G7 "This woman will utterly screw up your life A Dm She will tempt you from home, from your children and wife G7 E She's a devil and nothing will change her F Am Get away from the beautiful stranger" G G7 C "That ball needs a re-gun" I said, shelling out C "The future you see there has all come about G G7 Does it show you the girl as she happens to be A Dm A Venus made flesh in a shell full of sea? G7 E Does it show you the shape of my danger? F Am Can you show me the beautiful stranger? G G7 C "I don't run a cinema here, little man C But lean over close and tune in if you can G G7 You breathe on the glass, give a rub with your sleeve A Dm Slip me your wallet, sit tight and believe G7 E And the powers-that-be will arrange a F Am Pre-release of the beautiful stranger" G G7 C In the heart of the glass I saw galaxies born C The eye of the storm and the light of the dawn G G7 And then with a click came a form and a face A Dm That stunned me not only through candour and grace G7 E But because she was really a stranger F Am A total and beautiful stranger G G7 C "Hello there" she said with her hand to her brow C I'm the one you'll meet after the one you know now G G7 There's no room inside here to show you us all A Dm But behind me the queue stretches right down the hall G7 E For the damned there is always a stranger F Am There is always a beautiful stranger G G7 C "That's your lot" said Miss Lee as she turned on the light C "These earrings are hell and I'm through for the night G G7 If they'd put up a booster not far from this pitch A Dm I could screen you your life to the very last twitch G7 E But I can't even get the Lone Ranger F Am One last word from the beautiful stranger" G G7 C "You live in a dream and the dream is a cage" C Said the girl "And the bars nestle closer with age G G7 Your shadow burned white by invisible fire A Dm You will learn how it rankles to die of desire G7 E As you long for the beautiful stranger" F Am Said the vanishing beautiful stranger G G7 C "Here's a wallet for you and five nicker for me" C Said the gypsy "And also here's something for free G G7 Watch your step on my foldaway stairs getting down A Dm And go slow on the flyover back into town G7 E There's a slight but considerable danger F Am Give my love to the beautiful stranger" A