Ordinary

I stand askew, a lateral view
Affect oblique, perhaps unique

Anonymous and acclaimed
And obvious and arcane
I’m serious but know it’s a game

I wanna be ordinary
An everyday nonentity
With nothing in my head and nothing on my mind
Yes, yes
I wanna be ordinary
I wanna be a nobody
With nothing in my head
Falling into line
Yes, yes

(I don’t get it, I gotta get out)
I had a mission, but no-one listened
(I don’t get it, I never get owt)
And while ignored, I struck A chords

Uncivilised and urbane
I’m imprisoned and free-range
Mysterious contradicts mundane

I wanna be ordinary
An everyday nonentity
With nothing in my head and nothing on my mind
Yes, yes
I wanna be ordinary
A well-adjusted worker bee
With nothing in my head
Rolling down the blind

I wanna be ordinary
An everyday nonentity
With nothing in my head and nothing on my mind
Okay
‘Cos when you be ordinary
You turn a ‘you’ into a ‘we’
And only see ahead while taken from behind
We’re dead behind the eyes
Yes, yes