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A Special Kind Of Ordinary (performed by Jami Reid​-​Quarrell and Louis Barabbas)

from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy by Louis Barabbas

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lyrics

Let me take a look
Ooh he's just the sort
Eyes undisturbed by thought
Love the limp
Not too obvious
Hints at a sort of dented glamorous
Afflicted fighting for his country?
(No it was a childhood accident
Don't interrupt me)
As a quirk it's better than a facial scar
It pushes an agenda but not too far
Timeless yet contemporary
A special kind of ordinary

He's full of promise but not much else
Still promise is good, promise sells
Give them a sense of grand occasion
Let them unfence their imaginations
A little work and he could be
A splinter of divinity
A ray of sun
A raison d'être
Half icon
Half public pet
Though nothing too revolutionary
Just a special kind of ordinary

You don't need to shine
Just glitter a little
When you speak the lines
Be noncommittal
Represent to them a second chance
Invent some much-needed romance
For the humdrum no fun soul
Of the potentially incendiary everyday prole
You must inspire but not incite
Be almost a rebel but not quite
Visual rather than visionary
A special kind of ordinary

There's not a lot of future in being new
But for now a new you will do
So be the day dream of the nation
Be their reflected expectation
Light a beacon fuelled with hope
Trusted like an unlicked envelope
Plant the thought and then demand a
Better sort of propaganda
A standard issue legendary
Special kind of ordinary

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from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy, released May 5, 2017

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Louis Barabbas Manchester, UK

Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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