Contrary To Ordinary

Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song while working as a pro. clown...on the circus train...with Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus....This was a title track for a very popular album recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker.

Song Description

Over the shoulder look at an independent life well lived.

Song Length 4:00 Genre Folk - Country,
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Joyful, Peaceful Subject Life, Joy
Similar Artists John Denver, Willie Nelson Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Contrary To Ordinary
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Never lived my life
Through other people's eyes
I'm still riding
Through a storm twice my size
Always been a drifter
I guess I always will
Drifting off to see a sunset
On the other side of the hill

Been a rag-tag band
Been one man traveling circus
Finding every piece
Of the puzzle has a purpose
Live the life of gypsy
Is a dreamers fate
Grinning down the devil
When your holding aces & 8's

CHORUS
I was contrary to ordinary
Even as a child
Fast freights made me wonder
Full moons drove me wild
Stories do come true
If you live life in episodes
I got one eye on the ladies
And one eye on the open road

When I die forget the tombstone on my grave
Give me a honky tonk jukebox
And the songs we always played
Don't send a preacher down
Or a fancy epitaph
Say that I liked to live
Lord, did I love to laugh

CHORUS/TAG/OUT

Lyrics BJ Baker Music BJ Baker
Producer BJ Baker Publisher Universal/Cedarwood-Groper BMI
Performance BJ Baker

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