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Normandie

by Chance Jones

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1.
Don't bother mentioning that you're sorry You're beating a dead horse, dear I haven't got the time to humor you So get on with doing what you need to To carry through tomorrow I know it seems so far away and god it's painful but... Oh that magic feeling in your song It takes so long Yeah that helpless feeling lasts so long And I had it all I don't want nobody else but you. Don't worry, you've already impressed me. It's time to head outside, Go check the ponies, and bless the morning Because you never know when... Oh that magic feeling in your song It takes so long Yeah that helpless feeling lasts so long And I had it all Still don't want nobody else but you.
2.
I was temperamental Even on my best behavior I apologize if you thought that I Was some bonafide class savior Smiling laughing fools Cut way above my paygrade Wish I could break my rules And see them Sunday Had I been what I imagined A sort of sentimental scholar Why I'd stream your favorite programs And cascade your world with dollars What is left to do When all I have is hearsay Tidy up my room and wait 'til Sunday. I should have known By their holier-than-thou tone They said read between the lines But I say "Dance, baby. Dance, baby!" There's no going home tonight. Chalk it up to more poor planning They blocked off all the streets But we don't care I feel it in my disappointment When you smiled and I missed it. There's room enough for all of us In the story of existence Will I ever join them? I'm still thinking one day But for now stay home, fold clothes And wait 'til Sunday
3.
She rides a little closer to me Asking "Baby, do you know who I am?" It was like that most all of the way to Covina We pulled in at 6 am. She rode the Angel's Flight right to where They razed Bunker Hill Wishing it was still a sight to see Now she says she needs someone Who won't put up a fight Well, I can be that Jack If that's the Jack she wants me to be City wide they hand out the maps of the big stars You can find where you think you should live If by chance, my good man, you come empty-handed Your mother should have taught you how to give If you wanna get outta here alive tonight Your dream better taste like mango and Tajín. But if you wanna get anywhere else life Well, sweetpea, got just the thing... Tunes to stream and heated seats so ride... Ride closer to me, for the rest of my life.
4.
There's been some confusion here Where oh where'd you read that life was fair? When it was, in fact, the opposite that I had heard declared. Go find someone who cares. Gather up your first cast stones Duct tape your broken home I'm gone away in the morning I believe them when they say That there is no other way To explain these days is to Not know them (Hey, aren't you tired?) If I could sleep I would Repair everything I should Save it all. I don't want no tears I'm outta here sincerely it's been real If you miss the train I'm on You will know that I am gone All the way to California And if there's hell to pay You can throw it all my way It's child play. Never say I didn't warn you. I had a dream I had a hill to die on I had a dream that someone left a light on I had a dream that nobody could hurt you now
5.
No more paper only blue blue light There's a war for your eyes Don't you give them a second glance Eileen crys filing her SSI: "I've got to survive without calling an ambulance" Here's comes your crew who work in feel good news Bet they need some place to be We invite you all to come along We'll pretend that nothing's wrong To a cabin in a no man's land and away we go No telling how much time we'll spend here Long enough until we feel ok Let 'em know that we will see them later For this makeshift, homespun, rustled-up deal that's goin' down So many life choices So hard to decide Narrow it down to "abort, retry, ignore" Service no longer needed Help yourself to some snacks On your way out the door Here come them dudes who don't chew Juicy Fruit, y'all I guess it's better them than me We invite you all to come along We'll pretend that nothing's wrong To a cabin in a no man's land and away we go No telling how much time we'll spend here Long enough until we feel ok Let 'em know that we will see them later For this makeshift, homespun, rustled-up deal that's goin' down What's going on with this store? Everything's expired... the medicine, peppermint patties from York, even all the vitamins It's got me rethinking life choices Back to the beginning What. Is. Going. On. With. This. Store?!?!?!
6.
Little did I know when I left my dearest home for skies of blue Chasing all the fancy things, Cadillacs and magic rings renewed I stumbled onto golden shores while all around me civil war ensued Mansions under overpasses, carpets made of broken glass, make do. The whole world stops completely freezes All my dreams in smithereens it's true But thinking that maybe someday We can go outside and play in June Little did I know that when I left my dearest home I'd followed you Staring at strawberry moon, forever hoping that it's not leaving soon
7.
You've got to be proud but we're all down and out, mama We sold our best shot Now we get what we got, mama I thought about giving up. Everything's so bad Then I saw you, darlin', reach out your hand Just showing all the love that you can Now the whole world and more It's all in your hands, mama Four-on-the-floor Reach out your hand To think about giving up It just seems so bad So thankful that you reached out your hand Just showing all the love you can The world is filled with problems I know everybody's got 'em First line of defense to stop 'em Reach out your hand, honey The light of life blows past ya Everything is moving faster That's why I'm telling, I ain't askin' Reach out your hand, honey
8.
Nice Things 03:27
Santa Maria I know you've done all I've asked Answered questions that I've had But can you tell me one more, please Did you know when it's cold and it's dark You see stars though they're far? Yeah. everybody knows. Well, you can never be too sure. Heaven's gonna help me find your loving arms Everyday is so hard Can barely think or even talk or feel the need to breathe (Lots of bad things 'round here) From the moment she goes to the closet to pick out her clothes (Lots of nice things to wear) Out in the world Just to trust means so much can't go nowhere (Lots of mean tricks beware) But finding your way is the name of the game that we play Santa Maria I know you've done all I've asked Answered questions that I've had But can you tell me one more, please Can it be beside me without plans or demands, empty hands what they're waiting for? Peculiar as it seems, God I wanna go and watch 'em catch their dreams Put up/tear down walls let the empire fall Call home for a change (Nothing much left to say) Hiding behind the success of the time and the waste of the day (Everyone needs to play) Pushing all in 'til it's broken again, no one's to blame (Not enough to go around) Over and over and over and over and over again
9.
I know that I won't make it I don't know how you do it For so long, so long These are the things that I think about Of all the rotten things I could think about I can't take it Everything about it It seems wrong so wrong These are the things that I talk about Of all the stupid things I could talk about Over the hillside and up by the canyon there My feet are on fire, I feel so alive I swear You must be love Don't believe I've met you before You must be love Oh and it's a pleasure I'm sure Just like that I wake up and in my heart I feel it It's some song, some song Sounds like it was written in Tin Pan Alley Some silly little tune from Tin Pan Alley A crooner with a whistle and a band with slide trombone For fabulous follies now I'll never have to feel alone You must be love.
10.
You don't want to call it quits Baby, I don't blame you But who's gonna call that shot? Who's gonna light things up? I don't wanna drink alone And baby, can you blame me? Who's gonna be in charge? (I don't know) What's gonna show it's face? (I don't know) Nothing must be fantasy make believe Because it never ever turns out nice So happy that you caught a little lightning in a bottle But you're never gonna catch it twice Have no fear Your affirmation is here. Wagons go west Put this whole thing to rest "Ah, honey, he's just loaded" I cannot fight back So take my heart out back and explode it When your thoughts are all trash You can sell them for cash Or just throw them away In social circles you sat With winds of change at your back Now they blow you away
11.
Hold tight Keep 'em in your sight There's no telling what they'll do Me and my friends, We're all about the danger If you lose your shit, baby I'll find your shit for you Boo and hiss But the villain has your paycheck We should be home by now All the kings men They really like to tango If you lose your step, babe I won't step away from you Is this the real life? I can't understand life It all passes by me somehow What does it take to have faith? (Time to believe everything will get better) There are days when I'm nowhere But you're here and you care and that's where I paint with my brush Nonplus best describes the crowd now Once you walked in the room to no one's surprise They hate you from both sides but when I lost my shit You found my shit for me
12.
Feel the need to kill? Feel the need to steal? You ain't got much? Down on your luck? Oooh that's rough Don't you worry, buddy We got all new types of money You can't touch it Can't see it Can't sniff it Can't feel it You gotta hide it all You got to lock it up The boogeyman is here He's gonna take his cut Whoa, hey, what you say? That part's the same You feeling all alone? Feel the need to share? Is there more to life? Is that what you're wondering? It ain't nothing, we got all new kinds of lovin' Can't hold it Can't squeeze it Seems so far away But you still need it You must participate You gotta play a part And when the rug's pulled out Oh god it breaks your heart Oh hey what you say?!? That part's the same
13.
If you wondered if I ever Would get it together and learn How many mistakes it took Every blunder in the book All the insults I have earned And you sat there in your rocking chair While I said "Salut!" to your gathered pain 'Til there's nothing left but my drunken breath I guess somethings gonna have to change Will I bend to the will of the wealthy man Can I stand where I dug my grave Should I think twice about paying the price For the decisions I have made I still believe the poor are blessed I still think the banks deserve a RICO case I got an army of thoughts Fighting for have nots Those things ain't gonna change There were promises that I've made to some Who have long died or faded away They told me not to be foolish, Josh Save your pride for a rainy day But I had to find out for myself I suppose Where I come from they call that the "hard way" So I shot off track Now there's no going back Somethings just can't be changed You don't need to explain your thoughts Though it feels like you have to and must Not everyone can be right all the time And these days it's a little much Once I built a railroad made it run All the boys and girls knew my name I wouldn't blame you though If you don't say hello When you see me and I ask you for change
14.
All Here Now 03:52
Never thought that we would make it now But it turns out I guess we did somehow (How?) We were rightside up then upside down But you can take a frown and turn it all around Just a wish and a hope and a prayer Can't do no harm, can't be unfair The tunnel's light seems far away But if we make it there safe Then there we'll stay And we make time for being alone And we make time for grieving And we make time for staying in love And I'm in debt to my feelings Oh but seeing is believing And we're all here now Yeah. We're all here now.

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NORMANDIE is the fifth full length album of songwriter Joshua Burge as performed by his personae, Chance Jones. It is the songwriter's return to music after a 14 year hiatus exploring the adventures and crafts of acting. It is return to form of bedroom recording that Burge first began on early works, The Letter S (2005) and 11th Hour Coward (2006). It exists as a private, solitary observation of the now and forever changed world of the 2020's.

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released April 6, 2023

Album Cover Photograph; Brian Kelly
Album Design: Adam Minnick

All songs written and arranged by Joshua Burge.
All instruments played by Joshua Burge and performed by Chance Jones.

Vocals
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Bass Guitar
Ukulele
Keyboards- Piano, Organ, Orchestral, and Misc.
Drums were mapped out as MIDI

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