Ordinary Bummer (Live at The Ritz, New York, 9th December 1982)

lovely games of yesterday
have left me with my soul today
felicity flies out the door
when people lose their warmth

that's a very ordinary bummer
i'll hold out for summer days
stand and laugh and run
in a quiet movie of mine

i saw a girl with eyes like fire
i had to look away
she was swearing like a sailor
and demanding her own way

that was when i knew i had to love her
i opened up my sad old eyes
and let the feelings run
with a quiet beauty of mine

maybe sometimes we do bad things
and then other times we do good
and sometimes from something very bad
comes something very good
in a quiet year of mine