ORDINARY WORLD
(Warren Cuccurollo / Nigel John Taylor / Nick Rhodes / Simon John Charles Le-Bon)

Duran Duran
recorded 1993


Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue,
Thought I heard you talkin' softly. I turned on the lights, the tv and the radio,
Still I can't escape the ghost of you!

What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'd say!
Where is the life that I recognise?
Gone away!

But I won't cry for yesterday,
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find!
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive!

Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say,
"Pride will tear us both apart!"
Well now, pride's gone out the window, 'cross the rooftops, run away,
Left me in the vacuum of my heart!

What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say!
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away!

But I won't cry for yesterday,
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find!
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive!

Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed,
Fear today, forgot tomorrow!
Ooh, here beside the news of holy war and holy need,
Ours is just a little sorrow talk!

But I don't cry for yesterday,
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find!
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive!

Every world is my world,
I will learn to survive!
Any world is my world,
I will learn to survive!
Any world is my world...




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2020)