Lyrics to
Ordinary Pain

This version of Ordinary Pain was released by Stevie Wonder in 1976.

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When by the phone
In vain you sit
You very soon in your mind realize that it’s not just
An ordinary pain in your heart

When you by chance
Go knock on her door
Walkin’ away you’re convinced that it’s much more
Than just an ordinary pain in your heart
It’s more than just
An ordinary pain in your heart

Don’t fool yourself
But tell no one else
That it’s more than just
An ordinary pain
In your heart

When you catch up
But she says goodbye
Hold back your tears and before you start to cry
Say you feel unnecessary pain in your heart

Tell her you’re glad
It’s over in fact
Can she take with her the pain she brought you back
Takin that ordinary pain from your heart
It’s more than just
An ordinary pain from your heart

Don’t fool yourself
But tell no one else
That it’s more than just
An ordinary pain
In your heart
In your heart
In your heart

You’re just a masachistic fool
Because you knew my love was cruel
You never listened when they said
Don’t let that girl go to your head
But like a play boy you said no
or*di*nary pain
This little girl mind you will blow
or*di*nary pain
But then I blew you out the box
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When I put my stuff on key and lock
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It makes me feel kind of sick
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To know love put you in a trick
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I knew our love would have to end
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The day I made it with your friend
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Giving your love to one unreal
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Like a big fool I know you feel
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But in this lovie-dovie game
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With all its joy there must be pain
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But now the time has surely come
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This game don’t seem like so much fun
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You’re cryin big corcodile tears
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Don’t match the ones I’ve cried for years
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When I was home wainting for you
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You were out somewhere doing the do
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You know I’d really like to stay
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But like you did I’ve go to play
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You’re dumb to think I’d let you be
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Scott free without some pain from me
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I heard your song and took a chance
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But to your music I can’t dance
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Go tell your story ‘sob-sad’
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About you blowin what you had
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Since one ain’t good enough for you
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Then do yourself see how you do
or*di*nary pain

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About Lyrics and Ordinary Pain by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics to Ordinary Pain are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Stevie Wonder used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Ordinary Pain have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Stevie Wonder and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Ordinary Pain by Stevie Wonder. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Ordinary Pain" means the words set to the music of Ordinary Pain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Ordinary Pain and the lyrics to Ordinary Pain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ordinary Pain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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