Big Fish Original Broadway Cast - Stranger lyrics

[Will] Stranger I'm feeling stranger than I've ever felt before And so much more Different Like something old has joined with something new But still feels true I'm pa**ing through a rite that every parent does I'm walking on some shared familiar ground Yet every step I take Is not a step that was And I found I like the sound of Stranger A child I've yet to meet becomes my everything My song to sing Father And suddenly the weight of it is real What do I feel? I feel connected in a way I've never known A line from dad to me to new-born son So from today I'll never make a choice alone One for all All for one And when he's born I'll teach him how to use his common sense He'll listen and he'll learn and he'll excel I'll tell my son that life is lived in clear and present tense Not only in the stories we can tell My father told me stories I could never comprehend In every tale he'd claim to be the hero I've tried to understand him But I wonder if I can Because after almost thirty years I still don't know the man I wish I knew the man But he's a stranger My father is a stranger I know very well A puzzling shell Hopeful What's on its way help us both to grow But I don't know I don't know when I'll understand what made him wild I don't know why he has the urge to fly I want to face him like a man and not a child So I'll try I'll really try And in time, my boy is sure to see Brighter days for dad and me We can do things better than before So that strangers we will be... No more!