Ordinary People

<br>Star:<br><br>I am the image maker. I am the magic<br><br>Maker. I can turn the most ordinary<br><br>Man in the world into a star. to prove<br><br>My point I am going to find the most<br><br>Mundane little man and turn him into<br><br>Celebrity. hmm! this looks like a<br><br>Suitably uninteresting house. I wonder<br><br>If theres anybody here with enough<br><br>Star quality? <br><br><br><br>He presses the doorbell.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>Hello. whats your name? <br><br><br><br>Wife:<br><br>Andrea.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>Oh, thats a nice name. whats your<br><br>Husbands name? <br><br><br><br>Wife:<br><br>Norman.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>His names norman. that sounds<br><br>Ordinary enough. I would like you to<br><br>Join in a unique experiment with me.<br><br>I am going to take normans place for<br><br>A few days. I m going to research his<br><br>Ordinary dull little existence.<br><br><br><br>Wife:<br><br>Oh you cant come in now! the place<br><br>Is in a terrible mess!<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>That doesnt matter. I want you to act<br><br>Normally. I want you to treat me as if i<br><br>Were norman. I am going to sacrifice<br><br>My normal flamboyant life style and<br><br>Become ordinary, boring little norman<br><br>For a few days.<br><br><br><br><br><br>Ordinary people<br><br><br><br>Its like another world, being here with you,<br><br>Its quite a trip for me, so this is reality.<br><br>Im studying every movement, Im trying to learn the part,<br><br>Now I want you to be natural, just relax and be as you are,<br><br>cos its all for art, I want to observe the ordinary people<br><br><br><br>Tomorrow I shall become norman,<br><br>I shall go to his office,<br><br>Mix with his workmates.<br><br>And if they ask any questions<br><br>I shall say Im doing research for one of my songs.<br><br>Nomand and I are changing places<br><br>And Im going to make him a star,<br><br>So Im throwing away my stage suit and Im packing away my guitar,<br><br>For the sake of art Im gonna mix with the ordinary people.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>God these pyjamas are awful!<br><br><br><br>Wife:<br><br>Awful? well all I can say is my norman wears them every night.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>Alright, no sacrifice is too great for art!<br><br><br><br>The things Ive done for music,<br><br>The things Ive done for art.<br><br>So Ill make these sacrifices and Ill take it like a star<br><br>For the sake of art I will mix with the ordinary people.<br><br><br><br>Star:<br><br>Youd better come to bed darling.<br><br><br><br>Wife:<br><br>Coming! youll never get up for work in the morning.<br><br><br><br>Im making observations, and character simulations.<br><br>Ill mix with his friends and relations,<br><br>And hell be a part of me.<br><br><br><br>Chorus<br><br>Hes changing places with norman,<br><br>To get background for his songs.<br><br><br><br>Im immortalising his life<br><br>And Ill even sleep with his wife,<br><br>For the sake of art Ill go to bed like the ordinary people.<br><br><br><br>Turn out the light.<br><br>Turn out the light.<br><br><br><br>The star exchanges his silver stage<br><br>Suit for normans pin stripe suit,<br><br>Umbrella and briefcase. he forsakes<br><br>His customary brandy and cigars and<br><br>Settles for a cup of hot chocolate before<br><br>Going to bed.