Several years ago, Roger Miller recorded a song titled "Where Have All The Average People Gone?" Apparently no one has come up with an answer to the question. At least no one has released the answer in a country song.
The lyrics observed that rich people thought the singer was poor, but the poor people thought he was rich. Some called him a sinner while others thought he was a preacher. The government thought of him as a number, but his wife viewed him as life and breath. But by his own statement, he was just trying to get along.
Average people used to work to provide for families, go to church on Sunday, do their best to help family, friends and neighbors, and make life a little better for all those they encountered. They had problems and trials, but they didn’t get on TV proclaiming they were victims or everyone else is to blame. Average people had dignity and modesty. And most had at least some morality.
The lyrics of that song included the line, "funny I don’t fit, where have all the average people gone?"
If you find them, please let me know.
PMO
©2011
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