NationStates Jolt Archive

I kicked Saddam out of Kuwait
in 1991
and I cried on 911
I ain't no superhero and I ain't God
For all my high and mightyness
I still haven't figured out
how to get those mountains to move
I'm just an ordinary man.

A thousand years ago
I was confused at the crossroads of the world
by a strange new religion
And a thousand years later,
I sailed the ocean blue
only to find the world was round
I faced torture just to look for truth
and I left my freinds and family behind
to start all over in the new world

I ain't no superhero, I ain't God and I ain't the President of the
United States,
For all my high and mightiness
I haven't figured out how
to make those mountains move
I like to watch the NBA and listen Garth Brooks
I am just an ordinary man

I went to the holy land
to have a crusade
I freed the slaves
and I stole the indians land
I learned how to fly
and I kicked Hitler's ass
I took the power of the atom
and I threw my voice around the world
I flew to the moon
and I planted our flag on Iwo Jima
I lost a leg to the Viet Cong
I was taken hostage in Iran
and I was a Reagan Democrat

I ain't no superhero, I ain't God and I ain't the
President of the United States
I like watching the NBA and WWE
I like listening to Leann Rimes and Eminem.
I bag your groceries, I coach your kids
I make your car and I fill your gas
For all my high and mightiness
I still haven't figured out how to make those mountains move

I lost a leg in Veitnam,
and I was blown to peices in Lebanon
I kicked Saddam out Kuwait in 1991
and I cried on 911
The Americans came and killed my parents with their bombs
My body was mutilated and burned
but I made the terrorists pay
I ate chicken in asia and I got sick
I like to party
and I vote every election
I'm a christian, I'm a muslim
I don't go to church except on Easter Sunday
I dream and I bleed
I'm not Mr. Perfect but I keep every promise I make
If your in trouble, I will be there to give you a hand
when you least expect it

I like rock and roll, I like country, and I like to rap
I live in Los Angeles, I live in New York, and I live London
And I commute to work and I go to school
I like girls
cause its in God's law
I have dreams and I bleed
I like to watch NBA and WWE
I like to listen to Leann Rimes and Eminem
I lost my leg in Vietnam
and I was blown away in Lebanon
I kicked Saddam out of Kuwait in 1991
and I cried on 911
for all my high and mightiness
I still havn't figured out how to get those mountains to move
I'm just an ordinary man.

I'm a son
I'm a father
I'm brother
I'm a husban
I'm your friend
I bag your groceries
I fix your car
I keep you safe from criminals
I put out the fires
I coach your children
I write and I debate
If you russle up my feathers
you better be ready to fight

I lost a leg in Vietnam
I got blown away in Lebanon
I kicked Saddam out of Kuwait in 1991
and I cried on 911
I dream and I bleed
I like girls and I cry from a broken heart
I ain't Mr. Perfect but I keep every promise I make
I ain't no superhero, I ain't God, and aint' the President
of the United States
I like to watch NBA and NFL
I like to listen to Leann Rimes and Eminem
I work and I go to school
I'm a christian and I'm a muslim
I am offended at the left and right
I'll be there
to give you hand
when you least expect it
but for all my high and mightiness
I haven't figured out how to make those mountains move
I'm just an ordinary man

No
I haven't figured out how to make those mountains move
I ain't no superhero, I ain't no prophet, and I ain't God
I cry and I bleed
and I feel pain when I see others suffer
and from my broken heart
I'm just an ordinary man

yes
I'm just an ordinary man.
I'm an ordinary man

what in God's name are you rambling about?

what in God's name are you rambling about?
have you read this through
it means alot to me.

what in God's name are you rambling about?It's a song about soldiers.

what in God's name are you rambling about?It's a song about soldiers.
Its a song about ordinary men
not just soldiers but people you see every day.
My tribute to everyone.

i see

I tear up from seeing those words
and I wrote them
how strange

This is complete crap and complete bullshit.

You ain't nothing but big whiner.

Sorta Steve Earle-ish (ish)
I voted 'yes'.
:)

Let me put it like this: I think they're good lyrics, but I can't hear the music that they would go to.

Not to mention a big liar.
If you were there to discover the new world
or particate in crusades you'd be over a 100 hundred years old
and you can't be christian if you're a muslim
you must be very confused
stupid peice of shit liars.

You people have crappy taste.
i can't believe your voting for this shit.

Sorta Steve Earle-ish (ish)
I voted 'yes'.
:)
Whose he?

You people have crappy taste.
i can't believe your voting for this shit.
and I think you're a big A hole.

don't leave your day job buddy
and if you lost got blown up
how are you here to type all this
its cause you're a shit head and a liar.

Not to mention a big liar.
If you were there to discover the new world
or particate in crusades you'd be over a 100 hundred years old
and you can't be christian if you're a muslim
you must be very confused
stupid peice of shit liars.


Its a song about ordinary men
not just soldiers but people you see every day.
My tribute to everyone.

Not just one man, but men.

Anger issues, much?!

gee... :(

I wrote this cause I am sad
at everything at the shit everyday people have to go through
if you want to condemn me for it
then go ahead
just remember you're going to need
someone like me when you're down

Let me put it like this: I think they're good lyrics, but I can't hear the music that they would go to.
They're country lyrics.

Sorta Steve Earle-ish (ish)
I voted 'yes'.
:)
Whose he?

sound clip: http://www.steveearle.net/sounds/mercenarysong.mp2

sites: http://www.steveearle.net/
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/default.asp?oid=1314

I have his Copperhead Road cd.....good stuff!

Fuck this, you all got crappy taste.

nice... :roll:

You people have crappy taste.
i can't believe your voting for this shit.
and I think you're a big A hole.

Hey Bob it's just his opinion. Just let it roll off your back. As ordinary men and women we put up with a lot of BS and that makes us strong. Keep on Being you. :D

Nice lyrics, they just need to be polished.
I voted yes.

I need to hear the music for it.
I don't know how to vote.
And its repetitive.