Ordinary Day

Vanessa Carlton · Icon: Vanessa Carlton [2011]

I

Just a day, just an ordinary day

Just trying to get by

Just a boy, just an ordinary boy,

But he was looking to the sky

And as he asked if I would come along

I started to realize

That everyday he finds just what he's looking for

Like a shooting star, he shines

And he said:



Refrain

"Take my hand,

Live while you can.

Don't you see your dreams lie right

In the palm of your hand?"



II

And as he spoke, he spoke ordinary words

Although they did not feel, no

For I felt what I had not felt before

And you'd swear those words couldn't heal

And as I looked up into those eyes

His vision borrows mine

And I know he's no stranger

For I feel I've held him for all of time

And he said:



Refrain

"Take my hand,

Live while you can, oh.

Don't you see your dreams lie right

In the palm of your hand?

Oh, in the palm of your hand?"



Oh, oh



Bridge

Please, come with me

See what I've seen

Touch the stars for time will not freeze

Time will not freeze, can you see?



III

Just a dream, just an ordinary dream

As I wake in bed

And that boy, that ordinary boy

Was it all in my head?

Didn't he ask, if I would come along,

It all seemed so real

But as I looked to the door

I saw that boy standing there with a deal

And he said:



Refrain

"Take my hand,

Live while you can, oh.

Don't you see your dreams lie right

In the palm of your hand?

Oh, in the palm of your hand?

Oh, in the palm of your hand?"



Just a day, just an ordinary day

Just trying to get by

Just a boy, just an ordinary boy

But he was looking to the sky