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He’s an average man in an average town
He owns a mortgage on the middle ground
The man we measure against the rest
He’s not right wing or too far left
He’s an average man in an average town
He does good work with good strong hands
He likes the job but had other plans
He thought of college but couldn’t afford
The price to join or the room and board
He’s a workin’ man in an average town
He marries young, around 23
The first 10 years go decently
Until his wife accidentally met
This average man’s girlfriend Paulette
Now he’s a divorced man in an average town
He left two kids in his old ex-home
They talk most days on the telephone
He likes to raise them every other weekend
And his dear Paulette’s now is ex-girlfriend
A common tail in an average town
He marries again for the company
Works, pays bills and surfs TV
He likes life better at a slower pace
Waitin’ on a pension, lettin’ young men race
Just killing time in an average town.
His skin turns old and his hair goes gray
His kids have kids and they move away
And now he thinks about days gone by
And why he did, all he did in his life
Like any old man in an average town.
He dies one day at 72
Quite naturally as most men do
His stone’s like many, not worst not best
Our average man’ll get an average rest
He’s an average man in an average town
He owns a mortgage on the middle ground
The man we measure against the rest
He’s not right wing or too far left
He’s an average man in an average town
Just and average man lying 6ft down
Just a memory in an average town
Dave Carroll
Dave Carroll
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