Ordinary Man

Ordinary Man Lyrics

Song Ordinary Man
Artist Christy Moore
Album Ordinary Man
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[00:18.33] I'm an ordinary man, nothin' special nothin' grand
[00:23.66] I've had to work for everything I own
[00:29.66] Well I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got
[00:35.00] Enough to keep my family and my home
[00:40.33] Now they say that times are hard & they've handed me my cards
[00:46.00] They say there's not the work to go around
[00:52.30] When the whistle blows the gates will finally close
[00:57.33] Tonight they're going to shut this factory down
[01:02.00] Then they'll tear it down
[01:14.00] I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay
[01:19.66] For 20 years I served them best I could
[01:25.30] With a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget
[01:30.66] Loyalty through the bad times and the good
[01:36.33] The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
[01:42.60] But the Captains of industry won't let him loose
[01:47.33] He still drives a car and smokes a cigar
[01:53.66] And still he takes his family on a cruise
[01:57.00] He'll never lose
[02:10.00] Now it seems to me to be such a cruel irony
[02:15.66] He's richer now ever he was before
[02:21.33] Now my cheque is all spent and I can't afford the rent
[02:26.33] There's one law for the rich, one for the poor
[02:32.66] Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride
[02:37.00] To find some work so's I might pay my way
[02:43.00] But everywhere I go, the answer is always no
[02:48.66] There's no work for anyone here today
[02:53.66] No work today
[03:05.33] And so condemned I stand, just an ordinary man
[03:11.66] Like thousands beside me in the queue
[03:16.33] I watch my darlin' wife tryin' to make the best of life
[03:22.30] God knows what the kids are goin' to do
[03:28.00] Now that we are faced with this human waste
[03:33.00] A generation cast aside
[03:38.00] For as long as I live, I never will forgive
[03:44.33] You've stripped me of my dignity & pride
[03:49.66] You've stripped me bare
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