Ordinary People

Woman sat at the bus stop

Staring down looking bored

She saved a young mans life last night

She’s a nurse on the emergency ward

Not that you’d ever notice

She does it everyday

She’s just an ordinary person

Is something you might say

So check yourself when you’re thinking

Everybody’s a fool

Catch yourself when you’re telling yourself

No one’s hurting but you

And stand up in the crowd

Raise your head high and be proud

Cause there ain’t no ordinary

No ordinary. No ordinary people round here

Passed the kid on the sidewalk

Looks like he just blew in

He’s got an audition on Broadway tonight

With a hundred kids just like him

See the cop on the corner

Looks like he’s just hanging round

He saved a girl from suicide

Last night when he talked her down

So check yourself when you’re thinking

Everybody’s a fool

Catch yourself when you’re telling yourself

No one’s hurting but you

And stand up in the crowd

Raise your head high and be proud

Cause there ain’t no ordinary

No ordinary. No ordinary people round here

Extraordinary acts of the ordinary

Acts of kindness and bravery

And not for glory or flattery

Close your eyes and see

The Old Gal on the subway

Head buried in her book

She ain’t nothing special

My friend take another look

So check yourself when you’re thinking

Everybody’s a fool

Catch yourself when you’re telling yourself

No one’s hurting but you

And stand up in the crowd

Raise your head high and be proud

Cause there ain’t no ordinary

No ordinary. No ordinary people round here