To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (50666 ) 4/28/2002 4:05:05 PM From: Timetobuy Respond to of 65232 A song that I heard only performed live once when I was in junior high but so moving it still remains in my memory and still reminds me that every Plain Old Joe is worth as much as every popular, famous or ultrasucessful person out there: "He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29 His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line He lived in Cincinnati, he was born in '29 He went upstate to college, he got no honors there He had a lot to offer but no one seemed to care He'd visit home on weekends and his folks would see him then They never asked him what he'd done or where he might have been He met a girl along the way, he thought it was romance He started to come out a bit, she'd given him a chance For a week he couldn't find her then he finally got the news She'd married an old boyfriend and she'd moved to Syracuse He holds the hurt in nicely so you'd never ever tell Outside he looks like heaven but inside he feels like hell He's cryin' out for something that he'll never ever know And everyone ignores him 'cause he's just a plain ....ol' Joe And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo...oh,.. plain ol' Joe And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo...oh, ..plain ol' Joe Everyone around him seemed so self-assured Everybody seemed to have it made Everybody acted like you never lived You're just a guy who never made the grade You're just a guy who never had a real friend You never seemed to ever really ...bloom But you finally made the papers just the other day When they found your body in your lonely little room He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29 His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line He lived in Cincin..nati and he died in '69" Chuck Girard