From the recording Trapeze
No Ordinary Time (4:04) Sweeping romanƟc ballad. An aƩempt to make sense of a
conflicted world by choosing love as the right response to hopelessness and negaƟvity.
Perhaps she can sing away the gloom. WriƩen during the height of the pandemic.
Lyrics
No Ordinary Time McDonnell ©2022
Something
I’m feeling something
Something
Can’t put my finger on
But the nights are so long, my love
The days that stare me down
Through their troubled lens
And words no longer rhyme
This is no ordinary time
Maybe
If I can find the words
Maybe
If I sing
The air will clear of all the smoke
The lies will vaporize
All my crabapples will bloom
All the flowers will be mine
This is no ordinary time
Question
I question everything
Question
If you will
Love me well into the night
The jackal’s in his cage
All the water has receded
Even if for just awhile, hmmm
Even if it’s in my mind
This is no ordinary time