Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue 
 Thought I heard you talking softly 
 I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio 
 Still, I can't escape the ghost of you 
    What has happened to it all? 
 Crazy, some would say 
 Where is the life that I recognize? 
 (Gone away)   
 But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world 
 Somehow I have to find 
 And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world 
 I will learn to survive   
 Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say 
 Pride will tear us both apart 
 Well, now, pride's gone out the window, 'cross the rooftops, run away 
 Left me in the vacuum of my heart   
 What is happening to me? 
 Crazy, some would say 
 Where is my friend when I need you most? 
 (Gone away)   
 But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world 
 Somehow I have to find 
 And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world 
 I will learn to survive   
 (She's gone away)   
 Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed 
 Fear today, forgot tomorrow 
 Ooh, here beside the news of holy war and holy need 
 Ours is just a little sorrowed talk   
 And I don't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world 
 Somehow I have to find 
 And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world 
 I will learn to survive   
 Every world is my world (I will learn to survive) 
 Any world is my world (I will learn to survive) 
 Any world is my world