{"id":1662,"date":"2012-09-26T09:21:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T22:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2012-09-26T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T22:36:32","slug":"just-ordinary-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1662","title":{"rendered":"being ordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OrdinaryPeople.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1663\" title=\"OrdinaryPeople\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OrdinaryPeople-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OrdinaryPeople-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/OrdinaryPeople.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original music and lyrics by Javolenus. Additional words by me. Thanks to Javo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><!--[if IE 7]>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">@import url(\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/css\/embed-ie7.css\");<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE 8]>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\">@import url(\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/css\/embed-ie8.css\");<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaplayer.yahoo.com\/js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/js\/ef.ymp.utilities.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<script src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/js\/ef.ymp.trackSeek.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar YMPParams = {defaultalbumart:'http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/default-cover.jpg'};\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"dig-track\" title=\"dig.ccmixter embedded track selection\">\n<ul class=\"dig-action\">\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><span><a class=\"dig-info-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/dig?ids=39286&amp;dig-pane=info\">Info<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/content\/robwalkerpoet\/robwalkerpoet_-_Just_ordinary_people.mp3\">Just ordinary people<\/a><span class=\"dig-creator\">\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/dig?user=robwalkerpoet\">robwalkerpoet<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"dig-license\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/by-nc.png\" alt=\"Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"dig-logo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dig.ccmixter.org\/images\/embed-logo.jpg\" alt=\"dig.ccmixter 'You already have permission\u2026'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(click on &#8216;Just Ordinary People&#8217; above to hear it)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ordinary people <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re confused. We\u2019re abused. We\u2019re bemused. And misconstrued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo<\/em>: People. Ordinary people. People. Ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob:<\/em> Overfed and underfed.<\/p>\n<p>On the junk or slightly drunk.<\/p>\n<p>Paying off the home loan. Living in a war-zone.<\/p>\n<p>Arrogant or quiet. Going off the diet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo: <\/em>Confused by politicos. Abused by religicos. Hung up on romanticos. Strung up on semanticos.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Javo\/Rob: <\/em>People. Ordinary people. People. Ordinary people.)<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob:<\/em> Planning for the Great Escape. Obsessing over body shape.<\/p>\n<p>Powerless. Needier. Sucked in by the media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo<\/em>: Overfed on popcorn, TV sex and cop porn, internet and war-torn. Karma sees him re-born.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo &amp; Rob: <\/em>People. Ordinary people. People. Ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob:<\/em> Millionaire tax-cuts getting people\u2019s backs up.<\/p>\n<p>Under-manned and overjoyed.\u00a0 Working late or unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Confident, ambitious. Washing up the dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Grieving. Feeling pain. Late for the city train.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo &amp; Rob:<\/em> People. Ordinary people. People. Ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob:<\/em> Flirting. Breaking up. Violence. Making up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Polluting the planet Earth. Aborting. Giving birth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being pregnant, being born.<\/p>\n<p>Time to cut the front lawn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amputees from landmines. \u2018Victims\u2019 of parking fines.<\/p>\n<p>Grief from a child\u2019s death. Profits from the crystal meth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo &amp; Rob:<\/em> People. People. Ordinary people. People. Ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob:<\/em> Biggest Loser. Big Brother.<\/p>\n<p>We are Us. You\u2019re The Other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Self-effacing. Self-denying.<\/p>\n<p>Winning. Failing. Simply trying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being on the winning team.<\/p>\n<p>Luther-King\u2019s \u201cI have a dream\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saving for a rainy day.<\/p>\n<p>Male\/ female. Straight \/ gay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty. Ugly. Short. Tall.<\/p>\n<p>Wandering through the shopping mall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dulling pain with analgesics.<\/p>\n<p>Able-bodied. Paraplegics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Raped in a backstreet.<\/p>\n<p>Abused by the fat priest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All you want\u2019s\u00a0 a roof, a bed.<\/p>\n<p>Working hard to get ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First sex. First child.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling calm. Feeling wild.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and Refugees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(lead guitar break.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Javo (on vocoder):<\/em> Ordinary people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original music and lyrics by Javolenus. Additional words by me. Thanks to Javo. \u00a0 Info Just ordinary people\u00a0by\u00a0robwalkerpoet (click on &#8216;Just Ordinary People&#8217; above to hear it) Ordinary people \u00a0 We\u2019re confused. We\u2019re abused. We\u2019re bemused. 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