I'm glad you taught your kids my name

They scream it as they run away



They say it's getting worse out there

Let me welcome you to the climate of fear

I am the stranger



Your paranoia created me

A picture perfect scary freak

A violent drugged out two-bit thief

Just like they show them on TV



You lock your car door when I walk by

You won't even look me in the eye



I walk alone down the street at night

Triggering every sensor-security light

I am the stranger



You lock me out of your world

But you won't leave me alone

Concerned neighbors call the cops on me

For going into my own home



Look at you, you're scared of life

Just waiting to be killed, saying

"If I don't call the cops on you my neighbor will"



But your neighbor

Is the stranger