craig hella johnson - ordinary boy lyrics
[judy shepard/soloist chorale, matthew shepard]
let’s talk about matt
ordinary boy, ordinary boy, ordinary boy
born in december in casper, wyoming
ordinary boy
to a father, dennis
and a mother, judy
ordinary boy
then came a younger brother, logan
ordinary boy
his name was matthew wayne shepard. and one day his name came to be known around the world. but as his mother said:
“you knew him as matthew. to us he was matt.”
he went camping, he went fishing, even hunting for a moose
he read plays and he read stories and especially dr. seuss
he wrote poems with ill+strations for the neighbors on the street
and he left them in each mailbox till he learned it was illegal
he made friends and he wore braces and his frame was rather small
he sang songs his father taught him
he sang songs his father taught him:
“frère jacques, frère jacques
dormez vous? dormez vous?
sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines
din dan don, din dan don”
“twinkle twinkle little star
how i wonder what you are”
“row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream
merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream”
“he was my son, my first+born, and more. he was my friend, my confidant, my constant reminder of how good life can be—and how hurtful.”
how good life can be, how good life can be
“matt’s laugh, his wonderful hugs, his stories…”
matt writes about himself in a notebook:
“i am funny, sometimes forgetful and messy and lazy
i am not a lazy person, though
i am giving and understanding
and formal and polite
i am sensitive. i am honest. i am sincere
and i am not a pest.”
i am not a pest, i am not a pest
“i am my own person. i am warm
i want my life to be happy and i want to be clearer about things. i want to feel good
i love wyoming
i love wyoming very much.”
i love wyoming, i love wyoming
i love wyoming so very much
“i love theatre
i love good friends
i love succeeding
i love pasta
i love jogging
i love walking and feeling good.”
“i love europe and driving and music and helping and smiling and charlie and jeopardy!
i love movies and eating and positive people and pasta and driving and walking and jogging and kissing and learning and airports and music and smiling and hugging and being myself
i love theatre! i love theatre!”
“and i love to be on stage!”
how i love the stage
how i love the stage
how i love the stage
how i love the stage
how i love the stage
how i love
such an ordinary boy living ordinary days
in an ordinary life so worth living
he felt ordinary yearning and ordinary fears
with an ordinary hope for belonging
he felt ordinary yearning and ordinary fears
with an ordinary hope for belonging
(born to live this ordinary life)
just an ordinary boy living ordinary days
with extraordinary kindness, extraordinary laughter
extraordinary shining, extraordinary light and joy
joy and light
i love, i love, i love…
ordinary boy, ordinary boy
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