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 laughing
Just to keep from crying.
Pretty music when you hear it,
Keep on trying to get near it.
A little rhythm for your spirit,
Oh but that's what it's for.
Come on in here's the door.

I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky.
He thinks it's easy to fly,
He's just a little bit freer than I.

Now here's a mystery
And maybe you can help to make it clear to me.
When you're fast asleep,
Then what is it that's lighting
Up the dreams you see.
Only your tears can't conceal it
And only your prayers may not reveal it.
You've got soul so you can feel it
And when you make the scene,
Well you know what I mean.

Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky.
He thinks it's easy to fly,
He's just a little bit freer than I.

Down here on the ground,
When you find folks are giving you the runaround.
Keep your game uptight
And if you must just take your secrets underground.
Now 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 o.k., come on back.

Now I'd be the last to deny
That I'm just an average guy
And don't you know each little bird in the sky
Is just a little bit freer than I.

Hey, 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.
Let that Big Joe Williams blues you
In the light of the sun you can see how they run.

Oh, I've seen a sparrow get high
And waste his time in the sky.
Don't you know, he thinks it's easy to fly,
He's a little bit freer than I.