An acoustic ballad, written in the rhetorical style of folk classics such as Bob Dylan’s “Blowin' In The Wind” and Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” – which Green Day had already referenced in American Idiot's “Letterbomb” – “Ordinary World,” presents verses composed of hypotetical qu...
[Verse 1]
Where can I find the city of shinin' light
In an ordinary world?
How can I leave a buried treasure behind
In an ordinary world?
[Chorus]
The days into years roll by
It's where that I live until I die
Ordinary world
[Post-Chorus]
Mmm, hmm-hmm
[Verse 2]
What would you wish if you saw a shooting star
In an ordinary world?
I'd walk to the end of the Earth, and afar
In an ordinary world
[Chorus]
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world
[Post-Chorus]
Mmm, hmm-hmm
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
Where can I find the city of shinin' light
In an ordinary world?
How can I leave a buried treasure behind
In an ordinary world?
[Chorus]
Baby, I don't have much
But what we have is more than enough
Ordinary world
[Post-Chorus]
Mmm, hmm-hmm
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Ordinary World was written by Billie Joe Armstrong.
Ordinary World was produced by Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Green Day released Ordinary World on Fri Oct 07 2016.
Billie told Rolling Stone:
I was in a movie called Ordinary World in 2016, and the director, Lee Kirk, wanted a song that kind of summed up the character’s life. I had a couple of strikeouts with it. One of them was “Outlaws,” which is also on Revolution Radio. Then I ended up writing this song, “O...