From "Beware of the Beautiful Stranger". title song of 1970 album, sung by Pete Atkin.

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Said the girl "And the bars nestle closer with age | Your shadow burned white by invisible fire | You will learn how it rankles to die of desire | As you long for the beautiful stranger" | Said the vanishing beautiful stranger

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