Song Description

Relationship goes full-circle.

Lyrics

ORDINARY GUY
Words and Music by Joe Chinnici c1994


She walked into the bar just the other morning
It was about two o'clock, she came without a warning
She held her head up high, and like an angel she passed on by
And when she looked me in the eye, I could see she needed pouring

I said give her a rum and cola mister please, I'd like to get to know her
I said make it a southern comfort if you please, whatever gets me over

We had a drink or two, oh and then we parted
When I got home, the hand on the wall said three, I was feeling broken hearted
The next week going back, to the same place to get back on track
I saw her sittin' at the bar with her hand on her brow, my confidence restarted
So I walked to her with a smile on my face
And when I asked her the time and the place

She said give him a rum and cola mister please, I'd like to get to know him
She said make it a southern comfort if you please, whatever gets me to him
The doctors and lawyers, the princes, crooks and thieves
Seem to bring all the girls to their knees
I'm just an ordinary guy tryin' to meet me a woman

I said STOP - Wait a minute here, I need to be explaining
Where there was sunshine, now there's only tears, I just can't stop the raining
The years they went so fast and now all we got is our past
And when I think back to how it all began, I can only remember saying

I said give her a rum and cola mister please, I'd like to get to know her
I said make it a southern comfort if you please, whatever gets me over
The doctors and lawyers, the princes, crooks and thieves
Seem to bring all the girls to their knees
Said i'm just an ordinary guy tryin' to keep me a woman