ORDINARY PEOPLE
(J Christie)

Ordinary people living ordinary lives
Citizens of town and country, husbands and wives
From the cradle to the grave, some lessons to learn
In the ever-changing evolution of life
Will the nuclear family survive
When the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer
There's an ever-widening divide

Only ticketed passengers can board this moving train
Through the tower of pleasure, to the pyramid of pain
Colour-coded tapestries, kaleidoscope dreams
Rocky mountain vistas bathed in shadows and light
There's a new horizon in your mind
There's a bridge we all must cross, each and every one of us,
If we want to reach the other side

Ordinary people, we are travellers in time
We control our destiny, we laugh and we cry
Travelling this road, we take our suitcase of dreams
In the line of fire, we learn much from ourselves
How to face the moment of truth
Fasten up your safety belt
There could be some turbulence
Settle down, this could be a long
Ride …………..