Song Description

This song tied for third place in the 2002 Billboard Magazine international song contest. It's a touching song about other people's lives and their worth.

Lyrics

ORDINARY THINGS

Verse I
Old Mrs. Mayfield, sweepin? the floors
Polishes the name plates on the office doors
Sometimes she wonders, could she have been more?
She dusts off the desktops and straightens the chairs
Empties the trash, and mops down the stairs
It?s a living she says, to nobody there

Chorus
That could be you
That could be me
We overlook those who do what we need
They?ll get their reward when they fly away on heaven?s wings
Thank God for extraordinary people
Doin? ordinary things

Verse II
Young Josephine Johnson, washes a plate
Waits on hungry customers ?till it gets late
She doesn?t make much money, but she does not complain
She wipes down the tables, and turns off the lights
Takes the last bus home, in the middle of the night
She picks up her baby, and holds him so tight

Chorus (repeat)

Bridge
The man that washes your windows
Lets the sun shine down on you
On the boy that delivers your paper
And the girl that shines your shoes
We?ll never thank them near enough
For all the things they do

Chorus (repeat)

Tag
Thank God for extraordinary people
Who do extraordinary things

©2003 John Trentes, BMI, NSAI A20009876
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