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This song from Latest Pop Sounds was released as a single in 2010. It vanished unnoticed, of course, but I was glad that it had at least the potential to crack the Top 200. I subscribed to the official chart for about five weeks to see if it had made number 200 or 199, but despite my best efforts at press-ganging (literally) everyone I know into buying it, it stalled at number 1,674.
lyrics
Ordinary Person
Well I can’t live inside your dreams, baby
And everything that glitters is not the way it seems
But open up your eyes and you’ll see
It’s a good thing that could be, it’s a good thing that could be
Well I can’t always remember all my lines, baby
But I just wish that sometimes you really wouldn’t mind
Or think that someone else could play my part
Cos it’s a good thing that could start if you listen to your heart
Cos when it comes down to it I’m an ordinary person, baby
And if I face up to it, I ain’t never gonna change
And I’m sorry but I can’t be
All the things you want me to be
But if you take me as I am we’ll be OK
Well I just can’t live up to your ideals, baby
And I’m no superhero but you’re the same as me
We both gotta face reality
It’s a good thing that could be, it’s a good thing you and me
Well, you always say I live with my head in the clouds, baby
But you know we got something that’s rooted in the ground
And baby I know that I’ve made some mistakes
But there’s a good thing we could make and it’s a chance we gotta take
Cos when it comes down to it I’m an ordinary person, baby
And if I face up to it, I ain’t never gonna change
And I’m sorry but I can’t be
All the things you want me to be
But if you take me as I am we’ll be OK
Well I can’t help the things that I feel
But the way you criticise me is driving me to tears
Don’t you see that I can give you something money can’t buy
Cos I love you
Honest girl I love you
Chorus repeat
Oooh, it’s gonna be OK etc.
credits
from A Taste Of Blake,
released August 27, 2010
Blake - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion.
UK 60s-tinged/ lo-fi /indie pop
/psychedelic rock /jangle /power pop /singer-songwriter and DIY musician. Proudly
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