They call me the mediocre man I come from Mediocre Land I do the very best I can To be your mediocre man 'Cause girl, you know the devil's hand It never shook no mediocre man I love you like the fish they love the sea I love you more than ever now that you're leaving me But poetry ain't never been my cup of tea I want you to remember how much you mean to me After everything that we've been through all these years You're leaving me for somebody with a better career I threw out all the pictures of you and me I threw out all the letters that you sent to me I threw out everything that could remind me of you 'Cause baby, there ain't nothing left for me to do Man can never choose his own destiny or his fate So never add nothing you can't eat onto your plate They call me the mediocre man I come from Mediocre Land I do the very best I can To be your mediocre man 'Cause girl, you know the devil's hand It never shook no mediocre man For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost But baby, all the best things they don't cost I know that you've grown tired of living hand to mouth And I know I've been a fool to let you live without But a man can never choose his own destiny or his fate I never add nothing I can't eat onto my plate They call me the mediocre man I come from Mediocre Land I do the very best I can To be your mediocre man 'Cause girl, you know the devil's hand It never shook no mediocre man Baby, come home Baby, come home You've got to come home Baby, come home 'Cause girl, you know the devil's hand It never shook no mediocre man I'm a mediocre man Girl, why don't you understand? I do the very best I can I only need a second chance I'm a mediocre man Girl, why don't you understand? I do the very best I can I only need a second chance I only need a second chance Third chance Fourth chance Fifth chance Sixth chance Seventh chance Eighth chance Ninth chance Tenth chance Eleventh chance Twelfth chance Thirteenth chance Fourteenth chance Fifteenth chance Sixteenth chance Seventeenth chance Eighteenth chance Nineteenth chance Baby, if you don't start figuring it out I'm a mediocre man I do the very best I can I'm a mediocre man I do the very best I can