ordinary man

• işçi sınıfının, emekçilerin şarkısı, hatta türkiye'deki birçok işine gücüne sadık, dürüst insanların şarkısıdır. tamirci çırağının irlanda uyarlaması. oldukça hüzünlü, roman tadında bir christy moore şarkısıdır. hele şarkıdaki anlatıldığı gibi en yakınlarımızda da varsa böyle bir ordinary man, şarkı şarkı olmaktan çıkar adeta büyük bir dalga gibi kalbimize vurur.
  sözlerini de verelim tam olsun:
  
  ı'm an ordinary man, nothing special nothing grand
  ı've had to work for everything ı own
  ı never asked for a lot, ı was happy with what ı'd got
  enough to keep my family and my home
  now they say that times are hard and they've handed me my cards
  they say there's not the work to go around
  and when the whistle blows, the gates will finally close
  tonight they're going to shut this factory down
  then they'll tear it d-o-w-n
  
  ı never missed a day nor went on strike for better pay
  for twenty years ı served the best ı could
  now with a handshake and a check it seems so easy to forget
  loyalty through the bad times and through good
  the owner says he's sad to see that things have got so bad
  but the captains of industry won't let him lose
  he still drives a car and smokes his cigar
  and still he takes his family on a cruise, he'll never lose
  
  well it seems to me such a cruel irony
  he's richer now than ever he was before
  now my check is spent and ı can't afford the rent
  there's one law for the rich, one for the poor
  every day ı've tried to salvage some of my pride
  to find some work so ı can pay my way
  oh but everywhere ı go, the answer's always no
  there's no work for anyone here today, no work today
  
  and so condemned ı stand, just an ordinary man
  like thousands beside me in the queue
  ı watch my darling wife trying to make the best of life
  and lord knows what the kids are going to do
  now that we are faced with this human waste
  a generation cast aside
  and as long as ı live, ı never will forgive
  you've stripped me of my dignity and pride, you've stripped me bare
  you've stripped me bare, you've stripped me bare.