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Average Guy

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Average Guy

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I ain't no Christian or no born again saint

I ain't no cowboy or Marxist D.A.

I ain't no criminal or

Reverend Cripple from the right

I am just your average guy

Trying to do what's right

I'm just your average guy, an average guy

I am just an average guy

I'm just your average guy

Average guy, I'm just your average guy

I'm average looking

And I'm average inside

I'm an average lover

And I live in an average place

You wouldn't know me

If you met me face to face

I'm just your average guy, average guy

Average guy, I'm just an average guy

I worry about money and taxes and such

I worry that my liver's big

And it hurts to the touch

I worry about my health and bowels

And the crime waves in the street

I'm really just your average guy

Trying to stand on his own two feet

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy

I'm just your average guy, average guy

Average looks, average taste, average height

An average waist, average in everything I do

My temperature is 98.2F

I'm just your average guy

An average guy, average guy

I'm just an average guy, average guy

I'm just your average guy ... average

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