Divine Comedy, The - Norman And Norma Lyrics

Best song in decade 2011-2020! <3

Comical

holy shit the divine comedy are still going??? and they havnt changed to fit the times and are doing their own thing? dancer!!!!!!

Brilliant a sad story but such an uplifting song

prout prout

Not a patch on his earlier story songs

Exquisite little ditty

Awwwwwwwwwwwww this is such a sweet , sweeeet song ;D

Norman and Norma got married in Cromer
April 1983
It could have been warmer but Norman and Norma
Were happy as they'd ever been
They flew to Majorca and swam in the water
It felt just like having a bath
The pina coladas hit Norma hard
And she fell into bed with a laugh
And she said
Oh, Norman, it's never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I've never really known your kiss before
Oh no, Norman, Norman
Norman and Norma had three lovely daughters
Nadia, Nora and Niamh
The firm Norma worked at wouldn't take her back
After maternity leave
They dreamt of Majorca but couldn't afford to go
On Norman's salary
So they went to Cromer, got double pneumonia
And Norma remembered when she used to say
Oh, Norman, it's never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I've never really known your kiss before
Oh no, Norman (Norman)
Twenty years on and the children have gone
And they're both at a bit of a loss
They've tried salsa classes and growing tomatoes
But nothing is getting them off
Then one day in Clacton there's a re-enactment
Of Normans and Saxons, and this
Gets their juices flowing, before long they're going
And fighting like it's 1066!
And she says
Oh, Norman, it's never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I've never really known such bliss before
Oh no, Norman
Oh no, Norman
No, no, no, no, no Norman
It's never ever felt like this before
No, Norman, Norman (Norman)

Millie Gregg ...thanks for uploading the lyrics. I love it when someone takes the time to do that ... it’s such a fab song!

Superbe chanson. Belle mélodie. Merci Neil. A bientôt sur Bordeaux.

Perfect....and sooooo relaitable

Neil is a lyrical genius. A poet.

this guy is a fucking genius.

He’s a lyrical (and comic) genius.

Love it when it mentions Clacton i'm not far from there and I've never heard Clacton mentioned in a song before

beautiful poetry in an insane this hemisphere kinda way ♥

love this song and group

Needs more Cowbell ;-)

what a wonderful storyteller Neil is ...put that to great music and wonderful harmony and boy you have one hell of a pop song

The spirit of Horace Wimp lives on!! ;)

This song made me laugh while making me terribly sad.

Genius Songwriter.

Anyone who can use the words 'Cromer' and 'Pneumonia' as a couplet in a song is clearly a genius.

Ridiculous

Its comical no pun

Oh man, gotta love this. Imagining this at festivals, crowds going mental on the chorus.

Did Alan Bennett write this song?

Norman and Norma got married in Cromer
April 1983
It could have been warmer but Norman and Norma
Were happy as they’d ever been
They flew to Majorca and swam in the water
It felt just like having a bath
The piña coladas hit Norma hard
And she fell into bed with a laugh
And she said…

Oh, Norman, it’s never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I’ve never really known your kiss before
Oh no, Norman, Norman…

Norman and Norma had three lovely daughters
Nadia, Nora and Niamh
The firm Norma worked at wouldn’t take her back
After maternity leave
They dreamt of Majorca but couldn’t afford to go
On Norman’s salary
So they went to Cromer, got double pneumonia
And Norma remembered when she used to say…

Oh, Norman, it’s never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I’ve never really known your kiss before
Oh no, Norman, Norman…

Twenty years on and the children have gone
And they’re both at a bit of a loss
They’ve tried salsa classes and growing tomatoes
But nothing is getting them off
Then one day in Clacton there’s a re-enactment
Of Normans and Saxons, and this
Gets their juices flowing, before long they’re going
And fighting like it’s 1066!
And she says…

Oh, Norman, it’s never ever felt like this before
And oh, Norman, I’ve never really known such bliss before
Oh no, Norman…
No, no Norman, it's never ever felt ike this before
And no Norman, Norman

Excellent !!!!

Wow! How relatable......Neil Hannon is a genius at telling stories in song, marvellous.

I’m so unsure on this but I know everyone needs it stuck in their head!

About the norman and saxon battle, there's an hidden and growing little sound more digital than the rest, like in some old videogames, like in zelda when you find a sword, or maybe like in Defender of the crown (Saxon vs Norman) on Amiga/Atari

Idk why I acc love this

Reminds me of bowie

The way he crafts pathos through his lyrics out of the mundane events of normal life takes stunning skill, he's a special guy neil.

Ahh! Lovely.

This is brilliant. I’m hooked

Neil hannon could be the next poet laureate

Perfect.

What a great song, I love it, nice story and tune, Office Politics could be part of my collection soon.

A breath of fresh air, just when I thought there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

Amo demais divine comedy... thanks, Neil! 💓😘

Just beautiful !!!

Absolutely wonderful!! I bloody love this it makes my heart melt x

I love songs that tell a story.

Beautifull

So people can write songs these days? Witty, intelligent and classy.

Great tune and song the chorus is really catchy good sing a long song

Den här är helt fantastisk. Vilken melodi, vilken text!

I wonder if they've ever been to Potter Heigham and Wroxham😀😍

Nice to hear a proper song rather than the usual crap Simon Cowell and the likes produces

you did it again

Amazing ✌✌

The resemblance to Jake Thackery is striking. Surely a major influence.

It might be they share influences

Great song, clever lyrics and puts a smile on your face when you hear it and must sing along.

Love this,sure to be a great hit.

Superb!!!

Absolute wonderful lyrics. Very underrated is neil.

I’m from Cromer

Great time neil

Charm itself. That chorus sweeps you up in its arms. Beautiful.

Great song sounds very much like Cat Stevens singing

A song? A proper song in 2019? Memorable melody and lyrics? I'm dreaming, right?

And this side of Blossoms too... surely it must be a dream?

Maybe there is hope after all....

I was thinking just the same , heard this on the steve wright show the other day , it mentions Cromer in the lyrics , I went to school their.

What a fantastic song ! Cant stop listening so real What a change from the normal crap around

Very quirky, very catchy, very cleverly written song. 👏👏

Good old Cromer! The best place to have fun on the Norfolk coast 😀

good tune

Neil Hannan has linked old popular music with modern. He's one of this country's great songwriters currently active. Enjoy this. It's new.

Love's song.... Gorgeus 😍

Brilliant x

What an absolute Delight and Joy, Thank you so much xxx

Classic Northern Irish music, mixed with a touch of Norman ..... Bloody Ingenious :)

and the guy's an Ulsterman!

@edmund184 ..Jeeze, as a fellow Celt, I`m utterly ashamed that I did not know that...blush blush !!
Iv`e heard them being described as British and even English for years, but they are from Enniskillen.
That`s just lifted them to another level, thanks for educating me :))

Why does this song make me upset? I really feel for them both. I suppose it’s just life, blink and it’s gone. Make the most of everything and everyone you have, that’s the message I get from this lovely song.

Love it a lot

Very clever song from a unique artist but Cromer isn't that bad,I live there, he he.

we visited , love it but not been to Majorica

neither me

Oh life ,very short and very bittersweet.Thankyou Neil.

listen to this song once and it'll stick in your head and you'll be singing it all day..... love

You're right. I heard this on the radio just a couple of days ago, and it's cropped up on my recommended - so 'click'!

Love this ♥️

Garbage

absolute masterpiece .. like the album.

Wooooooooow this songs cringe. AWFUL lyrics tellin some bullshit story just so it can all rhyme, sang in a soppy as shit way and they chose the worst possible names for this couple on some brother and sister type shit, just wow.

What a really sad mind you must hae son,maybe you should stick to you y-box or whatever they are....and divven't mek stupid comments aboot summick ye knaa nowt aboot!Really sad.....

Jesus Christ learn to spell and/or type. And wtf is a y-box? Funny because music is the 1 thing i know a lot about, this Norman and Norma track is obviously parody and any one taking it seriously needs a slap.

Love this, I wish they would do a cover of the doors touch me.

first time I have heard cromer in a song like it

Wow!! Just WOW!! Love it!! I want to be Norman one day.

The male Victoria wood meant as a compliment xxx

Im looking in despair at the absolute shit line-up at Glastonbury and realise I must be in a different universe. If anybody deserved to be headlining on Sunday night Neil and his band does. Apparently this world doesn't seem to appreciate truly intelligent, joyful music!!! Then again, maybe the NPC's in this crappy sim game dont even care.

Dextra been playing this song for last few days been a dublin band .. what a fuckin tune we love it rock on the lads ballynuns dextra

Superb!! Gets better with every listen.

how does neil look younger now than he did in the 90's ?? amazing song !

Beautifully British.

What a lovely song !! Heard it for the first time on the Robert Elms show a few weeks ago (BBC Radio London). Gets more and more enjoyable every time
I listen to it. (I am embarrassed to say that prior to that I had never heard of Neil Hannon).

Well, he has written many, many more songs which are (subjective, I know) much better than this.

Absolutely love this

Listened to this on radio 2 today for the first time Absolutely Brilliant

Me too, on Jo Whiley's show. It's brilliant

I also heard this first on radio 2... Radio 2 has gone a bit crap recently, probably due to it aiming for a younger audience, but it still comes up with some great tunes.. this being one of them.

Just heard this on the radio a few days ago and again today. I found this song very interesting and it peaked my interest, fell in love on the second time of hearing and now cant stop lostening. After exploring their past music, and as the comments suggest, every few years a new generation of listener has the exact same reaction during their listens to previous songs! Very Interesting! Can't wait to hear more of their music catalogue! Got very emotional at this song it reminds me of my parents relationship and my life I guess. I'm a 26 year old bloke btw!

Best song of the year

What a lovely horse he is,and from the North too.😀

Beautiful story telling.

THIS MAN is one of the most underated singer songwriters EVER. He deserves this to go to Number 1 GLOBALLY!!!

Utterly brilliant!

absolutely classic Divine Comedy... catchy tune, and the genius lyrics. Neil Hannon is a storyteller of the highest order!