Nujabes, Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe lyrics
[Nujabes, Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe lyrics]
For my opening line
I might try to indicate my state of mind
Or turn you on or tell you that I’m laughin’
Just to keep from cryin’
Pretty music, when you hear it
Keep on tryin’ to get near it
A little rhythm for your spirit
But that’s what it’s for
C’mon in here’s the door
I’ve seen a sparrow get high
Wasting time in the sky
He thinks it’s easy to fly
He’s just little bit freer than I
Down here on the ground
When you find folks are
Givin’ you the runaround
Get your game up tight and if you must just
Take your secrets underground
Politicians try to speech you
Mad color watchers try to teach you
Very few will really try to reach you
If you’re lost in the stack
That’s OK, come on black
Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
Each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I
Say, Ordinary Joe
Although they say you're just
A lazy so-and-so what they think is real
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
So don't let time and space confuse you
And don't let name and form abuse you
Well let Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you
Can see how they run
I’ve seen a sparrow get high
Wasting time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I
I might try to indicate my state of mind
Or turn you on or tell you that I’m laughin’
Just to keep from cryin’
Pretty music, when you hear it
Keep on tryin’ to get near it
A little rhythm for your spirit
But that’s what it’s for
C’mon in here’s the door
I’ve seen a sparrow get high
Wasting time in the sky
He thinks it’s easy to fly
He’s just little bit freer than I
Down here on the ground
When you find folks are
Givin’ you the runaround
Get your game up tight and if you must just
Take your secrets underground
Politicians try to speech you
Mad color watchers try to teach you
Very few will really try to reach you
If you’re lost in the stack
That’s OK, come on black
Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
Each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I
Say, Ordinary Joe
Although they say you're just
A lazy so-and-so what they think is real
Is nothing but an animated puppet show
So don't let time and space confuse you
And don't let name and form abuse you
Well let Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you
Can see how they run
I’ve seen a sparrow get high
Wasting time in the sky
He thinks it's easy to fly
He's just a little bit freer than I