Words and Music by Dennis Livingston The early morning's mist enfolds a blade of grass. Three joggers huff around the pond as students rush to class. The hum of passing cars. The flutter of a wing. A child's laughter tumbles down from high up on a swing. The fabric of an ordinary day. The café up the street puts tables out for lunch. Some tickets for the lottery await a player's hunch. Two boys escaping school, ride skateboards down a ramp. A girl in a department store demands a goose neck lamp. The making of an ordinary day. The only life we're given is the one we now enjoy. But we get so distracted by the things that can destroy any sense of the miracles that are so rife, the commonplace miracles of everyday life. People watch the sunset putting on a first rate picture show, while a bossa nova rhythm blares from a woman's radio. Night… commuters pack the trains. Light … shines out from windowpanes. A bed and food in a place called home. A friend talking on the phone. Clothes in disarray. One star reflects in the evening sky the flash of a firefly. Twilight fades away. May all the world be able to receive the extraordinary gift of an absolutely ordinary day.         © 2001 Hallmark Music Co.   Back to previous page Back to SONGS main page