Stranger on the Road ©Brian Hooper mid-1990s There's a driver in the outside lane, might just get there first, Radio on, to catch the traffic news. She doesn't see the cherry tree, or smell the new-mown hay, Or hear the voice of the stranger on the road, There's a stranger on the road. There's Emmaus, there's Damascus, there's the road that takes you home And there's the one from Jerusalem to Jericho; Where people pass by on the other, singing "He ain't heavy, he's my brother" But they never look at the stranger on the road, There's a stranger on the road. He's a stranger and he might not be Quite the same as you and me If you don't look, you'll never see the stranger on the road. He's a stranger and he might not be Quite the same as you and me If you don't look, you'll never see the stranger on the road. There's a road you have to travel, from the place where you were born To the place you finally lay your burden down; There are people who can help you, there are folks who need you too, And among them is the stranger on the road, There's a stranger on the road. He's a stranger and he might not be Quite the same as you and me If you don't look, you'll never see the stranger on the road. He's a stranger and he might not be Quite the same as you and me If you don't look, you'll never see the stranger on the road.
This song has an Everlys-style riff, and a chord structure that shouldn’t really work, but does.  Hear it on “Hooperman in The Can”  
(downloadable at www.soundsurf.co.uk) or on the After The Rain cd, “The Glory Is For You”.
 
Intro:
A G A G A G A G
Verse:
A G G A F§m D E7 (x2)
E7 A (G A G)
Chorus:
F A G A F G F E7 (x2)