Songs That I Love #59 July For Kings - Normal Life

I can tell you actually where I was when I first heard this song, Footlocker in a shopping mall in Orlando Florida.

I was doing what all Brits do when in Orlando taking advantage of the beneficial exchange rate to stock up on the newest sneaks when this track started playing on a large video screen in the store.

I remember staring at the screen transfixed by the song thinking why haven't I heard this band before. The assistant looked at me rather strangely as continued to stare at the screen rather than try on the trainers he had brought for me but this was before the world of Shazam so I had to wait until the song finished in hope of finding out who the band were. From the store I immediately found a music store and bought the album Swim.

I expected July For Kings to be huge (at least in America) they weren't!

They have continued to release music but they have never hit the heights of this album in my opinion.

For those of you who are curious yes I managed to but the trainers as well!

I stood under Ohio's skies
I could see the open fields for miles
I thought "what the hell am I doing back here again?"
But now I'm trying to reassemble the things I kept and
The pictures fade but I hope to resurrect
The things that kept me sane back then

 

In the backyard playing on the swing set
Dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet
Mom and dad sat quiet in the sun room
Sundown, big moon, big sky

 

Now I just want to live a normal life
Get a fast car and a pretty wife
We could have children of our own
Settle down here until they're grown
We could buy a house out on the beach
And just die there, out of reach
Do you want to live
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life with me
Live
A normal life with me

 

For years I cursed these dead end streets
No where to go, no one to meet
We only talked about the crazy woman down the road
But everything makes much more sense now
Someday I'll have my own house
I'll make enough to make it easier to pay the phone bill

 

In the backyard playing on the swing set
Dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet
My wife and I will sit quiet in the sun room
Sundown, big moon, big sky

 

I just want to live a normal life
Get a fast car and a pretty wife
We could have children of our own
Settle down here until they're grown
We could buy a house out on the beach
And just die there, out of reach
Do you want to live
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life

 

I'll watch the kids until you get home
4 58 And you're on the phone
Coming back from work on Friday
Wide-awake in the American dream
I'll make the bed, you feed the cat
Could it really be as simple as that? (yeah)

Do you want to live
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life with me
Do you want to live a normal life with me
Now I just want to live a normal life
Get a fast car and a pretty wife
We could have children of our own
Settle down here until they're grown

 

I just want to live a normal life
Get a fast car and a pretty wife
We could have children of our own
Settle down here until they're grown
We could buy a house out on the beach
And just die there, out of reach
Do you want to live
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life
Do you want to live
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life
Do you want to live
Do you want to live a normal life with me?