No Orindary Visionary
Lyrical Tease
I’m no ordinary visionary, my hindsight’s 20-20
I can tell you tomorrow what you did wrong today
I’m no ordinary visionary, if you read between my lines, you’ll see
The advice I give to everyone else is really meant for me
Credits:
Words & Music,
Performance,
Production: Rob Frail
Awards
8/8/07 Finalist, American Songwriter Magazines’ Lyric Contest, Sept/Oct 2007 issue
Back Story
It was March 18, 2005, when I was visiting a future girlfriend in Bay Ridge, that she told me of some difficulty with a mutual acquaintance. I couldn’t help but add my unsolicited 2 cents.
A few days later, I wrote this song, about giving unsolicited advice.
Lyrics
(© 2009, You’d Be Surprised; All Rights Reserved)
I must confess I don’t care if you take my advice
As long as you let me give it to you, that will suffice
I know I should stop right now, I know I’m paying friendships’ price
You know I can’t help it; it’s both my virtue and my vice
Chorus 1
I’m no ordinary visionary, my hindsight’s 20-20
I can tell you tomorrow what you did wrong today
I’m no ordinary visionary, if you read between my lines, you’ll see
The advice I give to everyone else is really meant for me
Verse 2
The more advice I give you, the more you resent me
At the end of the day, I turn all my friends against me
But the advice I give to you is helping me through my blues
Isn’t it ironic that my own tonic is helping me more than you
Chorus 2
If you meet no ordinary visionary, let him talk til’ he’s blue in the face
Because he needs the ear of someone dear and the difference he often makes
I’m a projector, a real dejector, I can really bring you down
My advice is like a life preserver, the kind that lets you drown
Bridge
Let me save you, so you can save me
Let me save you, so you can save me
Verse 3
I just hate to see you screw things up so badly
It’s not for nothing, it’s ’cause I love you madly
Whoops, I didn’t mean to say that to you just now
Love has a way of making you say these things anyhow
Chorus 3
I’m no ordinary visionary, my hindsight’s 20-20
if you let me tomorrow, I will love you today
I’m no ordinary visionary, if you read between my lines, you’ll see
The advice I give to everyone else is really meant for me
At the end of the day, my confidence sways like the bobble-headed man I am
But I hope you can find it in your heart to listen before you condemn
I’m no ordinary visionary.. I’m no ordinary visionary..