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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer — Ordinary Town
Album: Drum Hat Buddha
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Released: 2001
Length: 2:44
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Common cool, he was a proud young fool in a kick-ass wal-mart tie
Rippin down the main drag, trippin on the headlights rollin by
In the early dawn when the cars were gone, did he hear the master's call?
In the five-and-dime did he wake and find he was only dreamin after all, 'cause

This is an ordinary town and the prophet stands apart
This is an ordinary town and we brook no wayward heart
And every highway leads you prodigal back home
To the ordinary sidewalks you were born to roam

Rock of ages, love contagious, shine the serpent fire
So sang the sage of sixteen summers in the upstairs choir
So sang the old dog down the street beside his wailing wall
"Go home, go home" the mayor cried when jesus came to city hall, 'cause

This is an ordinary town, and the prophet stands alone
This is an ordinary town and we crucify our own
And every highway leads you prodigal again
To the ordinary houses you were brought up in

Raised on hunches and junk food lunches and punch-drunk ballroom steps
You get to believing you're even-steven with the kids at fast track prep
So you dump your bucks on a velvet tux and you run to join the dance
But your holy shows and the romans know you're just a child of
Circumstance, 'cause

This is an ordinary town and the prophet has no face
This is an ordinary town and the seasons run in place
And every highway leads you prodigal and true
To the ordinary angels watchin over you
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 juicyfurball wrote:
Enough jesus music - leave this junk for the christian rock channels - thank you

 
{#Stupid}

Shame about your ears.
 juicyfurball wrote:
Enough jesus music - leave this junk for the christian rock channels - thank you

 
One mention of the Jeez and it's Jesus music?  More like a lament about simple folks and their lifestyles...
Yuck.
booooring!
 badly produced, janglely and mudeled......doubtful , nice vocal
Enough jesus music - leave this junk for the christian rock channels - thank you
Nice voice.  Pedestrian melody.  We'll see.   Not a lot of potential there.  Range:  low of 3, high of 6.
 ardnasmoo wrote:
I loved the musicality of this piece.

 

I agree, very smooth and elegant!    {#Cheers}
I loved the musicality of this piece.
It rhymes.
I was blessed to have become friends with Dave, a little over a year before his passing. As a songwriter he was profoundly great, but as a person, he was like no other. Dave was the kindest, and most humble person, I had ever known. His star burned for only a short time, in the sky, but he touched so many.
Thank you, Radio Paradise, for playing their music - and helping to keep his (their) legacy alive.
Yes, Dave is greatly missed. I was fortunate enough to meet him and Tracy and hear them play in small clubs here in Portland... they were excellent live. They actually have a new CD out of previously archived songs called "Little Blue Egg".  Hope we can hear some on RP!
Woah, the lyrics kind of grab your attention.
I like it, yet it sounds a little like a song from Schoolhouse Rock (TM).
It took way too long to get this track onto RP!  <3
QUITE NICE!!