The Young Man From Elsewhere

He arrived by bus from the big World out there
And today he left on the morning bus the man from nowhere
Three days in the country town for him a long enough stay
The dark handsome young stranger with few words to say

He slept for three nights in a single room in the pub and now he is gone
And life in the country town as usual goes on
Dark skin, dark hair and brown eyes his accent was strong
To a bigger World he is one who belong

Since he has left some of the town's more curious their curiosity only does grow
As nothing about him they can claim to know
With the local pub patrons he did not mix he drank on his own
Perhaps his way of saying he did not wish to be known

In the country town he must have felt out of place
The young man from elsewhere of a different race
In a town where everyone not born and raised locally is seen as a blow in
Friendships for an outsider seem near impossible to win

Tonight he will be in a town far away
Where his it will be just another brief stay
The tall dark handsome stranger of the big World out there
Who stayed for a few days and then left for elsewhere.