Ordinary Love

ORDINARY LOVE

Verse 1

I don't need roses every Friday,Or promises written in the stars,Just your hand reaching out to find meWhen the evening has been hard.Let the world keep all its grand occasions,Give me something I can trust—Your eyes holding mine in the silence,And a little ordinary love.

Pre-Chorus

Stay when there is nothing left to prove,Stay when all we have is me and you.

Chorus

Give me ordinary love,The kind that doesn't disappear,The kind that holds me through the nightAnd still is waiting in the morning here.I want your hand inside my hand,Your name beside tomorrow's plans,Something tender, something true,A love that's going somewhere—Me and you.

Verse 2

I want long embraces in the doorway,The kind that last a little more;A kiss that doesn't ask for anything,Just says what tenderness is for.Let our legs lie tangled underneath the duvet,Let your fingers trace my back;Let an afternoon grow quiet around us,With no place we'd rather be than that.

Pre-Chorus

Say you miss me only when you do,And I'll believe it when it comes from you.

Chorus

Give me ordinary love,The kind that doesn't disappear,The kind that holds me through the nightAnd still is waiting in the morning here.I want your hand inside my hand,Your name beside tomorrow's plans,Something tender, something true,A love that's going somewhere—Me and you.

Bridge

I don't want a fire that burnsSo bright it cannot stay.I'd rather have a faithful flameThat warms the ordinary days.When youth has left our photographsAnd time has changed our touch,May I still reach across the bedAnd find the one I love.

Verse 3

Maybe love is Sunday mornings,Half-made coffee, sleepy eyes;Knowing every little imperfectionAnd choosing not to say goodbye.Maybe heaven sometimes looks likeFalling asleep at half-past three,With your heartbeat somewhere close beside meAnd nowhere else I need to be.

Final Chorus

Give me ordinary love,The kind that years cannot erase,The kind that knows the worst of meAnd still comes home to the same place.I want your hand inside my hand,Your name in all my future plans;Something physical, faithful, true,A love that's going somewhere—Me and you.

Give me ordinary love,Nothing borrowed, nothing rushed;Just a lifetime made extraordinaryBy a little ordinary love.

Outro

Stay when the room is quiet.Stay when the years move on.If I can wake and find you near me,That is the love I want.