Tunesday : Undo Ordinary

Undo Ordinary

Written and performed by River Matthews

From your lips
Your feet, your eyes, your fingertips
I never get tired of loving you

And just a smile
To slow dance with my heart awhile
I never get tired of loving you

And I’ll hold your hand beneath my pillow so
I never get tired of loving you my love
You my love, my love

If clouds were blue
You'd turn them gold
You Undo Ordinary love

If cards were hearts, you’d draw them all
You Undo Ordinary love

So come a little closer now
Come a little closer now
How d’you not give up my love by now
If I were you, I’d have my doubts
But that’s just ordinary

And if the day
Turns our only hairs to grey
I'll never get old from loving you

Cos like the time
It’s you that beats this heart of mine
I'll never get old from loving you

And I’ll hold your hand inside my pocket so
I never get old from loving you my love
You my love, my love

If clouds were blue
You'd turn them gold
You Undo Ordinary love
If cards were hearts, you’d draw them all
You Undo Ordinary love

So come a little closer now
Come a little closer now
How d’you not give up my love by now
If I were you, I’d have my doubts
But that’s just ordinary

I’m inclined
To think that love could leave us blind
But you don’t seem to mind

If clouds were blue
You'd turn them gold
You Undo Ordinary love
If cards were hearts, you’d draw them all
You Undo Ordinary love

So come a little closer now
Come a little closer now
How d’you not give up my love by now
If I were you, I’d have my doubts
But that’s just ordinary

I have written before that I'm becoming less and less enchanted by my job - and especially as it is increasingly moving away from the book business and into more lifestyle goods (which is particularly irksome because of all the woowoo stuff we're selling now: the crystals and the salt lamps and there's no way I'm going to stand around talking up their "benefits"; yeah, they're pretty. Full stop.) But as annoyed as I can be at work some days, when this song, Undo Ordinary, comes up on the playlist, it makes me smile every time: I love this song, only hear it at work, and it serves to remind me that my days there aren't all crap.

A former coworker of mine came into the store last summer, and when I was telling her then how the job has changed, she said, "Then why don't you apply at the library and work with me?" I laughed and pointed out that I'm not educated as a librarian, and she said that neither is she - but she works there anyway. And that has been niggling at me for months. How much would I love to be in a job again that is about books? And then when I went on a girls' weekend in January and Jenny asked if I had ever considered applying at the library - as a friend of hers had in their hometown, and she's loving it there - it felt like the universe was nudging me in that direction (yeah, I'll unashamedly embrace my own brand of woowoo, thanks).

So, a few weeks ago I looked at the library's "Careers" page and found that they were looking for a Children's Programmer - which would be an excellent fit for my education and experience. I got really excited. I applied and used my former coworker as a reference, I had already left my current job in my mind - and then didn't even get called for an interview. Which is deflating, but okay. What I now know is that making such a change would make me happy, and the back of my mind is humming with, "How do I undo ordinary and move forward into extraordinary?" I'll get there.