(craig wiseman/ed hill)



I was standing at the checkout by a rack of magazines

Cover story told about another heartbroke beauty queen

How she was gettin' over just one more sad affair

And as i waited for my change, you know it hit me then and there



That ordinary people have extraordinary love

A million little miracles far beneath the stars above

The greatest gift that i could ever wish for you and me

Is a life as ordinary as can be.



Then i heard some famous people had an anniversary

Five long years together, it was hollywood history

Now my grandma and grandpa never made no printed page

But they took the love of fifty-seven years right to the grave



'cause ordinary people have extraordinary love

A million little miracles far beneath the stars above

The greatest gift that i could ever wish for you and me

Is a life as ordinary as can be.



Now we all like to watch and by the time the movie ends

Who of us hasn't wished to be a little more like them

But i bet every time two stars are beraking up

That they wish somehow, someway they were a little more like us



'cause ordinary people have extraordinary love

A million little miracles far beneath the stars above

The greatest gift that i could ever wish for you and me

Is a life as ordinary as can be.



Oh, the greatest gift that i could ever wish for you and me

Is a life as ordinary as can be.