[00:00:00] The Only Normal People (Single Version) - Steve Forbert [00:00:10] The only normal people [00:00:13] That you know they're doing well [00:00:15] And they'll be out there eating breakfast [00:00:18] At the Nelva Courts Hotel [00:00:20] And they'll be off and down the highway [00:00:23] In their this year's Chevrolet [00:00:26] And they're just three hours north of Gulfport [00:00:28] On their weekend holiday [00:00:31] A little getaway hey hey [00:00:34] For the only normal people [00:00:42] The only normal people [00:00:44] Tell you everything's alright [00:00:47] They said the sun comes up each morning [00:00:50] And the stars come out at night [00:00:52] And they said Kellogg still makes Corn Flakes [00:00:55] And that Classic Coke is back [00:00:58] And you know Reagan's in the White House [00:01:00] And his hair's a natural black [00:01:03] It's a natural fact [00:01:06] Says the only normal people [00:01:14] The only normal people [00:01:17] Drink their coffee sweet with cream [00:01:19] That's as they gaze out from their easy chairs [00:01:22] And color TV screens [00:01:25] And as they watch the world of problems [00:01:27] On their cable evening news [00:01:30] You know they wonder why [00:01:31] Those people choose to live the way they do [00:01:35] Don't they wanta do [00:01:38] Like the only normal people [00:01:46] The only normal people [00:01:48] Do exactly as they should [00:01:51] You know they never borrow money [00:01:54] And their credit's always good [00:01:56] You know they file their honest tax return [00:01:59] A month before it's due [00:02:02] And wave to all those nice policemen [00:02:04] Up on Grandview Avenue [00:02:07] Howdy-do to you [00:02:10] Says the only normal people [00:02:18] The only normal people [00:02:20] Never see cocaine or smack [00:02:23] You know they don't smoke marijuana [00:02:26] And they're miles away from crack [00:02:28] And all those pills a doctor give them; [00:02:31] Help a sinus headache some [00:02:34] You know they'll drink because it's social [00:02:36] But they won't have more than one [00:02:39] Sorry gotta run [00:02:42] Says the only normal people [00:02:50] They go to church on Sunday [00:02:52] With their happy healthy son [00:02:55] Who's going to run their family business [00:02:58] Just as they themselves have done [00:03:00] And he will live to own a golf cart [00:03:03] And a backyard swimming pool [00:03:06] And he won't never sleep with boys [00:03:08] Or think of dropping outta school [00:03:11] It wouldn't sit too cool [00:03:14] With his only normal people [00:03:22] Ya the only normal people [00:03:24] Don't know anything about [00:03:27] Your world of sleepless night and pressures; [00:03:30] And they never once freak out [00:03:32] You know they run their lives on course [00:03:35] And they keep a steady even keel [00:03:37] They hear you talk about frustration [00:03:40] But they don't know how it feels [00:03:43] No it isn't real [00:03:46] For those only normal people [00:03:54] They eat their three square meals a day [00:03:56] And they do their exercise at night [00:03:59] And always look before they leap [00:04:01] And keep their seatbelts buckled tight [00:04:04] So they don't get into accidents [00:04:07] And wind-up on their backs [00:04:10] And they also don't get AIDS or cancer [00:04:12] And they don't have heart attacks [00:04:15] Can't you just relax [00:04:18] Like the only normal people [00:04:26] I bet they're down at J C Penny's [00:04:28] For that riding lawn mower now [00:04:31] You know that one that takes attachments [00:04:33] Like that ten blade garden plow [00:04:36] I bet you'll pass them down there smiling [00:04:39] As you race to beat the bell [00:04:42] They are the only normal people; [00:04:44] They're ones you don't know well [00:04:47] That you don't know well