Perfect Strangers | Robert Ellis

🎵 Perfect Strangers | Robert Ellis 🎵 - Length: 0:3:39

Perfect Strangers - Written by Robert Ellis Recorded Live January 8, 2026 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: Perfect strangers On a crowded city sidewalk buying hotdogs Standing awkwardly together Maybe talking about the weather Maybe talking about nothing much at all Lonely people Exchanging glances in the subway station's turnstile Hey there Miss I've got a question Could you help me with directions? Could you tell me how to get to here form there? Perfect strangers Because everything looks better in low lighting Perfect strangers There don't know all of my mistakes The wounds from every heartbreak I have hiding It seems the less you know About a person Makes it seem as though They might be perfect And before you know You've gone and fallen in love With a perfect stranger The day I met you I was sure I'd found the answer So I promised you forever and we tied ourselves together Like some rogue three-legged racer on the loose Five years later There is something in your touch so unfamiliar And it seems so hard to recognize you, girl With those defeated eyes That used to dance like fireflies in a jar Perfect strangers Man, you're fracturing a thing that once came natural Perfect strangers Moving further with each heartbeat In directions that may not meet up again It seems the more you try to stay together There's a force that pries you apart How I wish that I had never fallen in love With a perfect stranger