Foreigner

Misunderstood at an early age At an early age I couldn't read the signs I couldn't read the pages I couldn't read the pages I felt like a stranger So I didn't speak I didn't speak I just said Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh When they spoke to me I just said Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Pardon, je n'ais pas compris As time seemed to pass And I learned the language I learned the language But I felt disconnected From my mother's tongue I couldn't understand it And she looked at me With such disbelief When I couldn't speak I just said Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh When she spoke to me I just said Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Pardon, je n'ais pas compris Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh But I seem to find my way around These complicated foreign sounds When no one had told me There would be all of these changes This city seems an awful place to be They've poisoned the air I breathe But I will not stay where I'm not wanted But I don't want to leave I don't want to leave Ooh, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah (Ah, ah, ah, ah) But no matter where I go (Ah, ah, ah, ah) I'll know where I came from (Ah, ah, ah, ah) I know where I came from (Ah, ah, ah, ah) (Ah, ah, ah, ah) 'cause I speak in the tone (Ah, ah, ah, ah) Speaks in the song (Ah, ah, ah, ah) And you know how it goes When it says Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh When it spoke to me When it says Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh When it spoke to me And j'ai pas compris