Strangers Like Me

Collins, Phil. Strangers like Me. Perf
Phil Collins Mark Mancia. 1999


This song was written for Disney’s Tarzan, a story based on humans discovering an island where a family of gorillas has adopted/raised up human amongst them. As one reads the lyrics they are challenged, to get excited about meeting someone new; to explore life in someone else’s shoes. All the characters discussed previously have been “familiar strangers” so to speak. Both the old winged man resembled a human, but was believed to be much more...Also the starving artist was very human, however he was most definably unique with a rare talent that many people couldn’t or wouldn’t attempt.




Whatever you do, I'll do it too
Show me everything and tell me how
It all means something
And yet nothing to me
I can see there's so much to learn
It's all so close and yet so far
I see myself as people see me
Oh, I just know there's something bigger out there
I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these
strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me
Every gesture, every move that she makes
Makes me feel like never before
Why do I have
This growing need to be beside her
Ooo, these emotions I never knew
Of some other world far beyond this place
Beyond the trees, above the clouds
I see before me a new horizon
I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me
Come with me now to see my world
Where there's beauty beyond your dreams
Can you feel the things I feel
Right now, with you
Take my hand
There's a world I need to know
I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me
...I wanna know