Biography:
Norman grew up in a small town in the northern Germany where he learned how to sing and play instruments when he was little. When he finished highschool, his family decided to send him to artschool because he was so good at painting and drawing. He wanted to become a lawyer but he followed their advice and went to Berlin.
Artschools are relaxed places, so he had enough time to write more songs and play music. Eventually he moved to Paris, where he found out that there was a little microphone inside his laptop which worked perfectly to record his songs. When he came back to Berlin, he had a lot of songs recorded and a lot of pictures in his head. He wanted to share these pictures with the listeners of his songs, so he designed a little book which goes along with his record. Every song is illustrated in one chapter.
On stage Norman felt that people were staring at him a bit too much, so he set up a projection and let the pages of the book flip while he performed the songs live. In Berlin people were clapping a lot, so he was encouraged to take his show to other cities and other countries where people seemed to like it, too.
Norman was invited to play at art galleries and cultural festivals, took cool pictures of himself, sold a song to MTV and even gave interviews talking about his work. Radio stations started to play his songs.
His first real record then was called “Boys and Girls”: They were cover versions of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Boys Don’t Cry”. People especially liked the cover of the record, and the songs he sometimes heard playing in cosy coffee places. The next single was called Falling. It was requested to be used in an ice cream commercial, but it never happened in the end.
In the meanwhile the album he had been working on was finally published by a small label called Ratio Records in which he was also involved. It came out as a book-cd combination: 12 songs and 200 pages. They printed 1000 copies, each of them numbered. These copies sold pretty quickly on shows and through his webpage.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Norman Palm Lyrics
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in the morning light
my mother says
when you're gonna live your life right
oh, mother dear
we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they wanna have fun
oh, girls they wanna have fun
in the middle of the night
my father yells
what you gonna do with your life
oh, daddy dear you know you're still number one
but girls they wanna have fun
oh, girls they wanna have fun.
thats all they really want,
some fun
when the working day is done
oh girls they wanna have fun
oh girls they wanna have fun
some boys
take a beautiful girl
and hide her away
from the rest of the world
i want to be the one
to walk in the sun
girls they wanna have fun
oh, girls they wanna have fun
that's all they really want,
some fun
when the working day is done
oh, girls they wanna have fun
oh, girls they wanna have fun
wanna have
that's all they really want
wanna have
that's all they really want
wanna have
that's all they really want
The song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Norman Palm is a cover of a popular pop song by Cyndi Lauper. The lyrics talk about a girl living life on her own terms and having fun despite being pressured by society and family to live a more traditional and serious life. The opening lyrics talk about coming home in the morning light and being scolded by her mother for not living her life "right". The singer responds by saying that girls just want to have fun and she is not one of the "fortunate ones" who can afford to live a more traditional life.
The second verse talks about the girl's father calling her in the middle of the night and asking her what she plans to do with her life. She assures him that he is still number one in her life, but girls just want to have fun. The chorus repeats that sentiment, that girls just want to have fun after a hard day's work. In the final verse, the song talks about how some boys will take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world. The singer declares that she wants to be able to walk in the sun and have fun, just like all the other girls.
Overall, the song is an anthem for girls who just want to live life on their own terms and have fun despite the pressures of society and family. It encourages women to embrace their own desires and not be ashamed of their need for happiness and enjoyment.
Line by Line Meaning
I come home, in the morning light
The singer is arriving home after a night out.
my mother says when you're gonna live your life right
The singer's mother is asking when the singer will start making better life choices.
oh, mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
The singer is acknowledging to their mother that they are not blessed with good luck.
And girls they wanna have fun
The artist believes that girls just wanna have fun.
oh, girls they wanna have fun
The artist reiterates that girls really do just want to have fun.
The phone rings in the middle of the night
The singer receives an unexpected phone call at an inconvenient time.
my father yells what you gonna do with your life
The singer's father is questioning the singer's future aspirations.
oh, daddy dear you know you're still number one
The artist reassures their father that they still hold a special place in their heart.
but girls they wanna have fun
The artist maintains that girls still just wanna have fun.
oh, girls they wanna have fun.
The artist emphasizes that girls really do just want to have fun.
thats all they really want, some fun when the working day is done
The singer believes that all girls really want is to have fun during their free time after working all day.
oh girls they wanna have fun, oh girls they wanna have fun
The artist reiterates that girls really just wanna have fun.
some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world
The singer describes how some men may try to control or restrict women from enjoying themselves with others.
i want to be the one to walk in the sun
The singer wants to be free from the control that some men have over women.
girls they wanna have fun, oh, girls they wanna have fun
The singer maintains that girls really do just wanna have fun.
that's all they really want, some fun when the working day is done
The artist emphasizes that girls only want to have fun after work.
oh, girls they wanna have fun, oh, girls they wanna have fun
The artist stresses that girls really just wanna have fun.
wanna have, that's all they really want
The singer concludes that all that girls really want is to have fun.
wanna have, that's all they really want
The singer reiterates that all girls really want is to have fun.
wanna have, that's all they really want
The artist emphasizes again that all girls want is to have fun.
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