The Ordinary Man

 If you and I should chance to meet,
I guess you wouldn't care;
I'm sure you'd pass me in the street
As if I wasn't there;
You'd never look me in the face,
My modest mug to scan,
Because I'm just a commonplace
 And Ordinary Man.


But then, it may be, you are too
A guy of every day,
Who does the job he's told to do
And takes the wife his pay;
Who makes a home and kids his care,
And works with pick or pen.
 .
 .
 .

Why, Pal, I guess we're just a pair
 Of Ordinary Men.


We plug away and make no fuss,
Our feats are never crowned;
And yet it's common coves like us
Who make the world go round.

And as we steer a steady course
By God's predestined plan,
Hats off to that almighty Force:
 THE ORDINARY MAN.

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