[Verse 1] Nobody famous died today No breaking news appeared No photograph in black and white No crowds were gathered there But somewhere in a quiet room A daughter held a hand And said goodbye to someone Who had taught her how to stand The world kept turning Traffic rolled The evening came and went But one small corner of the earth Would never be the same again [Chorus] Nobody famous died today So the headlines carried on But somewhere someone's whole damn world Woke up and found somebody gone No flowers filled a city street No strangers knew their name But tell the ones who loved them They weren't famous just the same [Verse 2] Nobody famous fell in love No cameras caught the scene Just two people at a coffee shop Somewhere around seventeen She laughed at something stupid He forgot what he would say And neither knew their ordinary lives Had just completely changed No magazine would print it No photograph would sell But ask them fifty years from now And they'll remember it damn well [Chorus] Nobody famous fell in love The world didn't stop and stare But two lives found a reason To keep showing up somewhere No flashing lights, no interviews No fortune and no fame Just somebody finding somebody Who'd remember their name [Verse 3] Nobody famous saved a life At half past two last night A tired nurse held someone's hope Beneath fluorescent lights A stranger stopped beside a road When everybody else drove through And somewhere someone's mother Got another day or two Nobody wrote their story Nobody knew what they'd done They simply did what needed doing Then went home before the sun [Bridge] Maybe we've been measuring The wrong things all along Counting followers and headlines Instead of who'll notice when we're gone Maybe greatness isn't spotlights Maybe legacy isn't fame Maybe all that really matters Is who smiles when they hear your name [Breakdown] A mother... A brother... A lover... A friend... A hand you held A door you opened A heart you helped to mend [Final Chorus] Maybe everybody's famous To somebody somewhere Maybe names don't need a headline To prove somebody cared The world remembers legends Then lets a million others fade But somebody's whole world changed Because you were here today So here's to all the nobodies Who'll never make the news The ones who loved somebody With everything they knew You don't need the whole world To remember your name... If you were famous To the few who mattered... You were famous Just the same. [Outro] Nobody famous... Maybe that's not true.
