I'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand I've had to work for everything I own I never asked for a lot, I was happy with what I got Enough to keep my family and my home They say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards They say there's not the work to go around But when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close Tonight they're going to shut this factory down Then they'll tear it down I never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay For twenty years I served them best I could Now with a handshake and a cheque it seems so easy to forget Loyalty through the bad times and through good The owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad But the captains of industry won't let him lose He still smokes his cigar and he drives a brand new car And still he takes his family on a cruise, he'll never lose It seems to me such a cruel irony He's richer now then he ever was before And now my cheque is spent, I can't afford the rent There's one law for the rich, one law for the poor Every day I've tried to salvage some of my pride To find some work so's I might pay my way Oh but everywhere I go, the answer's always no No work for anyone here today, no work today No work today And so condemned I stand, an ordinary man Like thousands beside me in the queue I watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life And God knows what the kids are going to do Now we are faced with this human waste A generation cast aside For as long as I live, I never will forgive You've stripped me of my dignity and pride, you've stripped me bare You've stripped me bare No work today No work today

Cast away, all the enemies of yesterday To alleviate, all the memories that come our way There's a better life, now you know that I am on your side Your beady eyes, burn a hole right through the back of mine I am out of time I'm an ordinary man Like everybody else Just a common counterfeit I'm an ordinary man Hesitate, while the world is just a step away To recreate, all the innocence that time can take I am wide awake I'm an ordinary man Like everybody else Just a common counterfeit I'm an ordinary man I'm an ordinary man Like everybody else Just a common counterfeit I'm an ordinary man I'm an ordinary man

>From the time that I was born The walls of trouble I adorned Mama tried to teach me well But I was busy raisin' hell I've got a taste for fighting Hands as fast as lightning Can't you see the writing on the walls CHORUS: Troublemaker Always last in line Troublemaker, livin' on borrowed time I don't wait for Lady Luck, I take her Troublemaker They call me bad but I'm number one Watch out the good die young Spent my life runnin' wild Call me the devil's child Don't play with me cause I'm fire A loaded gun for hire My trigger finger's itching for the kill CHORUS >From the time that I was born It's like a scar that I have worn My mama tried to teach me well I was much too busy raisin' hell Got a taste for fighting Hands as fast as lightning Can't you see the writing on the wall CHORUS