No Ordinary Man Lyrics

A courier in Calais

A stolen attaché

With sealed assignments sewn inside

A double-cross in Nantes

A mousetrap in Milan

The general's taster's double lied



I'm lethal and maligned

Distinguished and refined

I'm being reassigned to Rome

There's a camera in the flowers

I have superhuman powers

In a drawer somewhere at home



CHORUS:

You're going to let me fall right through your hands

You don't even know who I am

I'm no ordinary man

I'm no ordinary man

I'm no ordinary man

I'm no ordinary man



If danger is a crime

I've done a little time

Stealing secrets overseas

They call me "le mirage"

The maitre 'd's corsage

Contains the microfilm I need



Just try to play along

Pretend like nothing's wrong

And hang on every word I say

I'll stare you in the eyes

And whisper little lies

Till the waiter looks away



CHORUS



"Aimez-vous...?

Aimez-vous...?"

I'll sigh and coo and lie to you

"Echappes?

Echappes?"

The closer I appear, the further I am away



A cell in Belarus

A Cypriot chanteuse

With serum sewn inside her sleeve

A stranger on a train

A getaway in Spain

My car's a plane's a submarine



If I should disappear

Deny that I was here

I know a safe house in Bastogne

Meet me in the shower

I have superhuman powers

I can't reveal till we're alone



CHORUS