common cool he was a proud young fool in a kick ass wal mart tie rippin down the main drag trippin on the headlights rollin by in the early dawn when the cars were gone did he hear the master s call in the five and dime did he wake and find he was only dreamin after all cause this is an ordinary town and the prophet stands apart this is an ordinary town and we brook no wayward heart every highway leads you prodigal back home to the ordinary sidewalks you were born to roam rock of ages love contagious shine the serpent fire so sang the sage of sixteen summers in the upstairs choir so sang the old dog down the street beside his wailing wall go home go home the mayor cried when jesus came to city hall cause this is an ordinary town and the prophet stands alone this is an ordinary town and we crucify our own every highway leads you prodigal again to the ordinary houses you were brought up in raised on hunches and junk food lunches and punch drunk ballroom steps you get to believing you re even steven with the kids at fast track prep so you dump your bucks on a velvet tux and you run to join the dance but your holy shows and the romans know you re just a child of circumstance cause this is an ordinary town and the prophet has no face this is an ordinary town and the seasons run in place and every highway leads you prodigal and true to the ordinary angels watchin over you