Ordinary Guy

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Fred Eaglesmith

Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter, one of nine children raised by a farming family in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines. Rural life, dogs, guns, drinking and farming/ranching are other common themes. Many of his songs are about failing farms and small businesses. Down and out characters dealing with loss of love or livelihood, and quirky rural folk also populate his songs. His songwriting uses many of the techniques of short story writi… more »

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I could understand if he had money
I could understand if he had a nice car
I could understand if he was farming
I could understand if he was some sort of movie star

But he's just a plain old ordinary guy
With a plain old shirt
And a plain old tie
I don't know who you'd thought he'd be
But he won't fight or even disagree
And he doesn't even look a little bit like me

I could understand if he was a dancer
I could understand if that was where it's at
I could understand if this was just temporary
But it doesn't look anything like that

He's just a plain old ordinary guy
With a plain old shirt
And a plain old tie
I don't know who you'd thought he'd be
But he won't fight or even disagree
And he doesn't even look a little bit like me

If this was what you wanted
Why didn't you just say so
He's everything that I'm not
And you don't even know

He's just a plain old ordinary guy
With a plain old shirt
And a plain old tie
I don't know who you'd thought he'd be
But he won't fight or even disagree
And he doesn't even look a little bit like
Not a tiny bit like
He doesn't even look like me

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