Name: Ordinary Man
Duration: P00H02M53S
Description: Apparently Ordinary Man won that girl he was singing to, so we guess 16 Year Old Girl is their daughter. It also sounds as if he doesn’t go out fighting crime every single night. Nor does he feel as powerful as he once did. His younger friends made fun of him whenever he said X instead of E, and now his really young friends make fun of him when he calls it E instead of Molly.

Ordinary Man

from Super by Wonderlick

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Apparently Ordinary Man won that girl he was singing to, so we guess 16 Year Old Girl is their daughter. It also sounds as if he doesn’t go out fighting crime every single night. Nor does he feel as powerful as he once did. His younger friends made fun of him whenever he said X instead of E, and now his really young friends make fun of him when he calls it E instead of Molly.

lyrics

LYRICS

He’s like you
And like you
He’s unique
He’s Ordinary Man

He’s like you
And like you
He’s unique
He’s Ordinary Man

We aren’t that young anymore
We won’t get sent to their war
We still have battles we can fight
We still have wrongs that we can right

Which does she hate more when they fall out of touch?
That he knows her so well, or still misses so much?
She can’t call it deep it goes lower than that
When they’re watching TV and he’s petting the cat

He’s like you
And like you
He’s unique
He’s Ordinary Man

He’s like you
And like you
He’s unique
He’s Ordinary Man

We aren’t that young anymore
We won’t get sent to their war
We still have battles we can fight
We still have wrongs that we can right

Now she can barely remember those days
They still called it X way back when he DJ’ed
He’d say “Meet at the bar,” she knew just where he meant
They were brilliant and brave, they were omnipotent

credits

from Super, released September 11, 2015
Recorded and mixed by Johannes Luley at My Sonic Temple in Mar Vista, CA

Matt Lucich: Drums
Jonathan Zuniga: Bass
Gretchen Giselle: Vocals
Jay - Keyboards, Acoustic and electric guitars, Tambourine, Vocals
Tim - Vocals
The Bonerama Horns:
Mark Mullins - Trombone, Horn arrangements
Craig Klein - Trombone
Greg Hicks - Trombone

license

some rights reserved

about

Wonderlick California

wonderlick.com

contact / help

Contact Wonderlick

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Wonderlick, you may also like:

Mistakes Were Made
by Too Much Joy

supported by 7 fans who also own “Ordinary Man”

The greatest gift 2021 had to offer. Angie Bulkeley
go to album
New Memories
by Too Much Joy

supported by 7 fans who also own “Ordinary Man”

Absolutely terrific guys!! It's truly awesome hearing new music from you. Hoping for more! paul b
go to album
The Lost Album
by Too Much Joy

supported by 7 fans who also own “Ordinary Man”

Great album guys, I hope you keep making music forever. paul b
go to album
Expert In A Dying Field
by The Beths

A clear-eyed dissection of love lost powers the latest winner from The Beths. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 14, 2022
go to album
Future Me Hates Me
by The Beths

On their debut album, the New Zealand group load hooky indiepop with regret and self-doubt. Bandcamp Album of the Day Aug 9, 2018
go to album
Warm Blood
by The Beths

featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 8, 2016
go to album
Pong
by Too Much Joy

supported by 5 fans who also own “Ordinary Man”

It's the essence of TMJ to follow up a smart song about the need to forge new memories with a killer that grooves on everything great and awful about the 1970s. Brash, confident, and deeply pleasurable -- and its vibe is punctured by the new old b-side's warning "living backwards in time/losing your mind." As always, TMJ has it all ways, beautifully. Alan S
go to album