Normal Life

<br>I stood under ohio`s skies <br>I could see the open fields for miles<br>I thought &quot;what the hell am I doing back here again?&quot;<br>but now I`m trying to reassemble the things I kept and<br>the pictures fade but I hope to resurrect <br>the things that kept me sane back then<br><br>in the backyard playing on the swingset<br>dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet<br>mom and dad sat quiet in the sunroom <br>sundown, big moon, big sky.<br><br>now I just want to live a normal life<br>get a fast car and a pretty wife<br>we could have children of our own<br>settle down here until they`re grown<br>we could buy a house out on the beach<br>and just die there, out of reach<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life with me<br><br>live<br>a normal life with me<br><br>for years I cursed these dead end streets<br>no where to go, no one to meet<br>we only talked about the crazy woman down the road<br>but everything makes much more sense now<br>someday I`ll have my own house<br>I`ll make enough to make it easier to pay the phone bill<br><br>in the backyard playing on the swingset <br>dark green shoes off you can get your feet wet<br>my wife and i will sit quiet in the sunroom<br>sundown, big moon, big sky.<br><br>I just want to live a normal life<br>get a fast car and a pretty wife<br>we could have children of our own<br>settle down here until they`re grown<br>we could buy a house out on the beach<br>and just die there, out of reach<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life<br><br>I`ll watch the kids until you get home <br>4:58 and you`re on the phone<br>coming back from work on friday <br>wide-awake in the american dream<br>I`ll make the bed, you feed the cat<br>could it really be as simple as that? (yeah)<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life with me<br><br>do you want to live a normal life with me<br><br>now I just want to live a normal life<br>get a fast car and a pretty wife<br>we could have children of our own<br>settle down here until they`re grown<br><br>I just want to live a normal life<br>get a fast car and a pretty wife<br>we could have children of our own<br>settle down here until they`re grown<br>we could buy a house out on the beach<br>and just die there, out of reach<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life<br>do you want to live<br>do you want to live a normal life with me?