Chuck Girard Album: Written On The Wind Track: Plain Ol' Joe
Plain Ol' Joe Lyrics
(Chuck Girard)
He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29 His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line He lived in Cincinnati, he was born in '29
He went upstate to college, he got no honors there He had a lot to offer but no one seemed to care He'd visit home on weekends and his folks would see him then They never asked him what he'd done or where he might have been
He met a girl along the way, he thought it was romance He started to come out a bit, she'd given him a chance For a week he couldn't find her then he finally got the news She'd married an old boyfriend and she'd moved to Syracuse
He holds the hurt in nicely so you'd never ever tell Outside he looks like heaven but inside he feels like hell He's cryin' out for something that he'll never ever know And everyone ignores him 'cause he's just a plain ol' Joe Ohhhhhhhoooh-oooh
And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo oh, plain ol' Joe And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo oh, plain ol' Joe
Everyone around him seemed so self-assured Everybody seemed to have it made Everybody acted like you never lived You're just a guy who never made the grade You're just a guy who never had a real friend You never seemed to ever really bloom But you finally made the papers just the other day When they found your body in your lonely little room
He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29 His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line He lived in Cincinnati and he died in '69
