Michael Kahn

Ordinary Guy

Time flows backwards

Days go on and on

Minutes drift by you

Like the tears of a swan

 

Did you ever even imagine

Life would pass you by

Did you ever think in your wildest moments

That you’d be sitting here high & dry

 

You don’t know if your mom’s been calling

All you do is sit and cry

Outside the leaves are falling

 

All you really wanted was an ordinary guy

Ordinary guy

 

Grades were once your gods

School was your place to shine

Your teachers all loved you

You knew you would do just fine

 

You never even imagined

Life would pass you by

All those years you worked so hard

All those dreams you put aside

 

Seems like nothing ever happens

If you were a bird then you would fly

Somewhere… anywhere… out of this place

 

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Now the church bell rings

In the tower down the hill

Even the toys of kings

Must one day be still

 

Why would you ever imagine

Life would pass you by

You were headed for the top

You were bound right for the sky

 

Every chance you had you squandered

Every well you dug went dry

Every choice you should have pondered

 

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