An Extraordinary Ordinary Life – CD

I wanna know
So many things about the way you see the world
I wanna know
What kind of things I need to do to make you my girl

I don’t wanna waste my time just guessin’
Only to get it wrong
I don’t want to mess this up confessin’
I don’t want to wait too long

I wanna know
The way you wanna dance and sing and laugh and love
I wanna know
If there’s a chance that I could be what you’re dreaming of

I don’t wanna waste my time just guessin’
Hope you don’t want me to
And I don’t wanna mess this up confessin’
I wanna be loved by you

There’s so many mysteries
That no one has the answers to
I wanna write the history
Of this man’s lifetime loving you

I wanna know
Most everything you want to be connected to
I wanna know
The secrets that all the others never knew
I wanna be loved by you
I wanna be loved by you
Know how to be loved by you

Have you noticed eyes are empty, have you seen the void
Have you heard all the words they‘re speaking are they always this annoyed?
Have you seen the light just fading have you you felt some despair
Does it seem like they’re always looking but they just don’t know where

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, too soon we say goodbye
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, your not livin’ if you’re not tryin’

When you gonna breathe and feel the wonder
When you gonna see the sky Oh and
When you gonna touch the hearts you need to
When you gonna chose to be alive

I’m not sayin’ it’s all over, I’m not dismissing the pain
I’m just sayin’ today’s a new day, we can start again
We have felt so disconnected, we have known despair
We have learned to change our focus and find it everywhere

Oh oh oh oh oh oh, too soon we say goodbye
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, if your not livin’ then you’re not tryin’

When you gonna breathe and feel the wonder
When you gonna see the sky Oh and
When you gonna touch the hearts you need to
When you gonna choose to be alive Oh

When you gonna hear your purpose calling
When you gonna find out why, Oh and
When you gonna dream the dreams worth dreaming
When you gonna choose to be alive

An extraordinary ordinary life

Jeremy plays his old guitar
Jessie Ann knows his repertoire
He just can’t tap his foot in time
How she sings is her only crime

Oh she loves how her lover sings
He loves watching the joy her dancing brings That’s right

As she floats across the floor
Jeremy plays his finest chords
Fingers dancing upon the strings
Jessie moves to the song on wings

Oh she loves how her lover sings
He loves watching the joy her dancing brings That’s right

She hopes he’ll keep singin’ All night long
He knows dancing is her song

Jeremy plays his old guitar
Jessie Ann knows his repertoire
No one thought they would last this long
Guess they proved everybody wrong

Oh she loves how her lover sings
He loves watching the joy her dancing brings That’s right

She hopes he’ll keep singin’ All night long
He knows dancing is her song

Jeremy never took the chance
Two left feet knew he couldn’t dance
Jessie Ann under harvest moon
Had no bucket to carry a tune

Oh she loves how her lover sings
He loves watching the joy her dancing brings That’s Right

A heavenly match a great romance
She can’t sing and he can’t dance

How many times has she picked up her cell phone
And tried but then she’s overcome
Finding the perfect words isn’t so easy
In more than one way she’s all thumbs
What can she tell him that fixes the last time
That she spoke from anger and pain
She’s listening now to what she should have said
She’s trying to rephrase it again…..So

Chorus

She writes: How have you been?
And then he writes: I’m tryin’ to move on
And then she writes: You’re not alone
If you’ve got to move on to somewhere
Why don’t you move home

Verse
She stares at her screen for what feels like hours
Afraid what his answer might be
Composing responses she won’t get to send
That’s if he’s chosen to stay beyond reach
And then comes the moment that she has been dreading
She almost can’t focus to read
The words that appear in her hand that is trembling
Are saying just what her heart needs

Chorus 2

He writes: How have you been?
And then she writes: I’m trying to move on
And then he writes: You’re not alone
If you’ve got to move on to somewhere
Why don’t you move home.

Bridge

I know where this story’s going
And I know there’s hope when I see it
I believe an exemption will bring our redemption,
And things will be fine

Verse

What can we say that repairs all the damage
That we spoke from anger and pain
We’re hearing now what we could have said
We’re trying to rephrase it again….Oh

Chorus

We write: Is there forgiveness
So we might finally move on
Cause the one right move has been shown
The move that can keep us together
Is moving back home

She’s so lonely can’t she see
She’s so lonely so why won’t she look at me
She’s so lonely her life is empty
She’s so lonely, so why won’t she fill it with me

She’s filling up on dreams that I know I could make come true
But she’s so deaf in loneliness she can’t hear “I love you”

She’s so lonely and her list is really long
She’s so lonely checking off all that’s gone wrong
I’m here on her doorstep to end her sad routine
Oh but she’s so lonely but she’s not lonely enough to be with me

She’s so lonely she runs alone
She’s so lonely so why won’t she answer her phone

She’s sitting on her sofa watching boring TV shows
She could be watching me adore her here out of the shadows

She’s so lonely I can’t get her to stop
She’s so lonely I hang signs so she will look up
I look out my window she’s aloof as one can be
And she’s so lonely but she’s not lonely enough to notice me

It’s not right it’s not right with her
It’s not right I wanna be her loneliness saboteur
It’s not right to be this sad old maid it’s not right
I’m the answer to a prayer that’s never prayed

She’s so lonely, oh it’s such a tragedy
She’s so lonely just to think, she could have had me.
I can feel the pain of her lonely misery
Cause she’s so lonely but she’s not lonely enough to be with me

She’s so lonely

I couldn’t see it, could not believe it
But then it happened to me
A tidal wave of joy engulfed me
Drowning all the misery

Navigating, uncharted water, swimming wild and free
Tides of gratitude are flowing, endlessly

That’s why I’m not worryin’
I’m not struggling
I’m embracing today
There’s a celebration in my heart the past can’t take away
Every moment now
Is a gift somehow
Every breath that I breathe
The gift of life the gift of love
The gift of hope was waiting there for me
I’m learning how to receive

I’m not afraid now I’m not weighed down now
The sea will carry me
An endless ocean, of such emotion
Filled with true serenity

Navigating, uncharted water, swimming wild and free
Tides of gratitude are flowing, endlessly

That’s why I’m done worryin’
I’m not struggling
I’m embracing today
There’s a celebration in my heart the past can’t take away
Every moment now
Is a gift somehow
Every breath that I breathe
The gift of life the gift of love
The gift of hope was waiting there for me
I’m learning how to receive

On a bright horizon, is shinin’
I can feel the sunshine in my soul

That’s why I’m not worryin’
I’m not struggling
I’m embracing today
There’s a celebration in my heart the past can’t take away
Every moment now
Is a gift somehow
Every breath that I breathe
The gift of life the gift of love
The gift of hope was waiting there for me
I finally learned to receive