ENGLISH WITH MUSIC

DURAN DURAN

“ORDINARY WORLD”

Written by John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Warren Cuccurullo and Simon Le Bon.
Produced by John Jones.
Released on December 1, 1992.
From the 1993 EMI The Wedding Album.
Video directed by Nick Egan.

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can’t escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some’d say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away…

But I won’t cry for yesterday
There’s an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence, once prompted you to say
“Pride will tear us both apart”
Well, now pride’s gone out the window
Cross the rooftops, run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?
Crazy, some’d say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away…

But I won’t cry for yesterday
There’s an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed
Fear today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here beside the news of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

(Just blown away…)

And I don’t cry for yesterday
There’s an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Every world is my world
(I will learn to survive)
Any world is my world
(I will learn to survive)
Any world is my world
Every world is my world

Drums: Steve Ferrone
Bass: John Taylor
Guitars: Warren Cuccurullo
Keyboards: Nick Rhodes
Lead vocals: Simon Le Bon
Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UK.
℗ 1992 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.

Official video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FqIACCH20JU. Accessed on August 18, 2021.
Original recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vm5iK_tNWAg. Accessed on August 18, 2021.