Smiling Stranger

Album: One World (1977)
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  • Uncut magazine asked Martyn if this song was based on an actual person. He replied: "Oh yes, definitely. I used to hang out with people of dubious legality. None of them nasty, but you know."

    "Smiling Stranger was just a piece of advice to the public," he added laughing. "I've always distrusted a smiling stranger, I always have regardless of color, race or creed. I spent a long time being fascinated by gangsters and low lives just interested, what makes them tick and how they organize their lives, and there are some great things about them I don't mind villains at all, to be honest." >>>
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    DeeTheWriter - Saint Petersburg, Russia Federation

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