The Thoughts of an Average Man

from Enough About Me - ALBUM by Terence Blacker

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There's a hipster dude on the TV again
One of the new folk tribe
He's singing a song of the world's pain
He must be all of 25.
He's got a little cloth cap and a face all glum
As he does the traditional bit
And a big brown beard, he might have come
From a make-your-own-folkie kit.

Who did he sleep with? Some DJ?
Maybe Daddy's on the board.
With that Martin guitar he thinks he can play
And those fancy little chords.
And look at those girls in the front row
Those wide-eyed teenage chicks
There's gonna be a party after the show
And that bastard could take his pick
Not that I am bitter,
Not that I give a damn
I'm just sitting here in my old armchair
With the thoughts of an average man.

I could do that if I'd had had the luck
And a little more time to think
If I hadn't got married, if I hadn't had kids
Maybe a little less to drink
I'm saying I could do that if I'd got off my ass
And practised some of them chords
I could have been me, up there on TV
I'd be playing up a storm...

The guys ask me every day when we'll re-form the band
The wife used to love the way I played, she called me 'Slow-Hand'
But I'm just sitting here, drinking my beer
With the thoughts of an average man

And then he'll be on Children in Need
He'll be that year's pop star who cares
Showing the world how his heart bleeds
As he flies First Class in tears.
Then he'll be snapped in a villa on Lake Como
With his supermodel wife
And I'll still be here watching the show
And I will for the rest of my life
Not that I am bitter,
Not that I give a damn
I'm just sitting here in my old armchair
With the thoughts of an average man.

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from Enough About Me - ALBUM, released August 10, 2018
Terence Blacker - vocals, guitar

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
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