Snow Patrol - Ordinary Joe lyrics

And for my opening line I'm not trying to indicate my state of mind. I turn you on, I tell you that I'm laughing just to keep from crying Pretty music when you hear it, Keep on trying to get near it. A little rhythm for your spirit Oh but that's what it's for Come on in, here's the door And I've seen a sparrow get high And waste his time in the sky He thinks it's easy to fly He's just a little bit freer than I Now here's a mystery And maybe you can help to make it clear to me When you're fast asleep Then what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see Only your tears can't conceal it And only your prayers may not reveal it You've got soul so you can feel it And when you make the scene Well you know what I mean Hey, I've seen a sparrow get high And waste his time in the sky He thinks it's easy to fly He's just a little bit freer than I Down here on the ground When you find folks are giving you the runaround Keep your game uptight And if you must just take your secrets underground Now politicians are trying to speech you Mad color watchers are trying to teach you Very few will really try to reach you If you're lost in a stack That's OK, come all black Now I'd be the last to deny That I'm just an average guy And don't you know each little bird in the sky Is just a little bit freer than I Hey ordinary Joe Although they say you're just a lazy so-and-so What they think is real Is nothing but an animated puppet show So don't let time and space confuse you And don't let name and form abuse you Let that Big Joe Williams blues you In the light of the sun you can see how they burn Oh I've seen a sparrow get high And waste his time in the sky He thinks it's easy to fly He's just a little bit freer than i