Ordinary People

<br>I was standing at the checkout by a rack of magazines<br>Cover story told about another heartbroke beauty queen<br>How she was gettin` over just one more sad affair<br>And as I waited for my change, you know it hit me then and there<br>That ordinary people have extraordinary love<br>A million little miracles far beneath the stars above<br>The greatest gift that I could ever wish for you and me<br>Is a life as ordinary as can be.<br>Then I heard some famous people had an anniversary<br>Five long years together, it was Hollywood history<br>Now my grandma and grandpa never made no printed page<br>But they took the love of fifty-seven years right to the grave<br>`Cause ordinary people have extraordinary love<br>A million little miracles far beneath the stars above<br>The greatest gift that I could ever wish for you and me<br>Is a life as ordinary as can be.<br>Now we all like to watch and by the time the movie ends<br>Who of us hasn`t wished to be a little more like them<br>But I bet every time two stars are beraking up<br>That they wish somehow, someway they were a little more like us<br>`Cause ordinary people have extraordinary love<br>A million little miracles far beneath the stars above<br>The greatest gift that I could ever wish for you and me<br>Is a life as ordinary as can be.<br>Oh, the greatest gift that I could ever wish for you and me<br>Is a life as ordinary as can be.