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Ordinary Man

from Expecting Great Things by Grant Campbell

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Ordinary Man

Push and pull my empty head, come save me from myself
This water's rising awfully quick on the ground on which I stand
if I'm still here tomorrow I will nestle in the sun
you help me see the right from wrong and the good in everyone

the slate on roofs and these pillar pipes blowing smoke that rattles round
There’s nothing more to say right now, I never let you down
If times get tough and hard to take, well I'll be round to stay
Just keep my place in your audience, don't you ever go away

Watch guilt run out of here it's been heading for the door
You are scared I know my dear but it gets easier if you talk
If I held all the answers then I would question every one
Just walk with me into the light, we're never to return

Your flag is gone but I wait for you to raise it from the floor
Your foot steps light upon this earth, I could never want you more
If I leave here before my time maybe I've been here too long
I can't explain it all in words; I leave it in a song

Indoors these eyes are open, the secrets easy to unlock
But I don’t hear the wind these days it just comes breathing through the bark
If everything was different, if I even had the choice
I don’t think I could ever see myself with another one

Early walks in the morning, seems like you’re never really born
It’s been a few months since I was here and I was leading from the front
The clouds they drift like blankets under stars are looking up
I’m still down here and I'm struggling but I've never given up

See it boys, call it off then everybody wins
Maybe lies will ease this pain and keep things from happening
I've carried so many of you, through the years and I've felt the strain
I remember all these faces but I'm forgetting all the names

Love is spared it's the only thing I've never really lost
Though many souls have tried and failed my heart has paid the cost
You know that I have taken a little more than I can stand
I'm nothing more and I’m nothing less than an ordinary man

The keys they are a’ rattling, guess I'm growing up
These little lines upon my skin they will deepen as I talk
I miss you without sorrow, will you miss me when I'm gone
Cause time has a time for place for folding, my time has nearly come

All lyrics written by Grant Campbell. All Rights Reserved.

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from Expecting Great Things, released January 12, 2009

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Grant Campbell Glasgow, UK

Grant Campbell is a Scottish singer-songwriter living in Glasgow.

New album 'I Was Taught How to Win but I Learned How to Lose’ will be released as a digital download on 1st May 2020.
info@crookedmouthrecords.com
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