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Pop Music for Normal Women

by June Jones

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1.
Gamer 03:03
Living my life in the fast lane Watching the world through a glass screen anyway All the cars fly right past me Got the shield up, they can’t harm me anyway I’m a gamer baby, so why don’t you kill me I never really figured out which one was the real me (2x) Health goes down but I feel nothing Played my hand but I was bluffing anyway Deliver me a blow so crushing (Finish her!) I was never really worth loving anyway I’m a gamer baby, so why don’t you kill me I never really figured out which one was the real me (4x)
2.
The coffee machine harmonises with the microwave I don’t wanna go to work today So meet me in the video game Video game, the video game I designed my character to be mostly true But she knows what she’s supposed to do And she wants for more than to be close to you To be close to you, be close to you But no matter how hard I try I can never really be her I own fewer human-sized swords And I miss you more than ever Why are you so far away? Why are you so far away from me? Why is the distance between us not easily Cut through immediately? If only you were here, I would know what to do If only I was there, I was there, there with you If only you were here, I would know what to do If only I was there, close to you The coffee machine harmonises with the microwave And if I really must dissociate I’d rather be with my friends at the rave At the rave, with my friends at the rave Cause I don’t always wanna be alone I’m sick of living on the telephone And sometimes I wonder if there’s more to life Than what we find inside our homes So why is it so hard To walk out of the door What if they don’t like my kind out there And show me what for? If only you were here, I would know what to do If only I was there, I was there, there with you If only you were here, I would know what to do If only I was there, close to you (2x)
3.
Hoodie Girl 03:21
I want to be the most beautiful woman that you’ve ever seen And if I can’t be her then I’ll settle for being happy I know you went so far out of your way But these clothes, these beautiful clothes, they don’t fit my frame I guess I’ll just become a hoodie girl I’ll live my life like I’m a hoodie girl Being a hoodie girl is beautiful to me I’ll live my life like I’m a hoodie girl In this world of sin vanity is almost everything But retaining your will to live is possibly maybe better If it doesn’t fit the branches of my being It must be ugly, nothing much worth seeing I want to feel good Or at least feel nothing at all My body is too big Or the world is too small I guess I’ll just become a hoodie girl I’ll live my life like I’m a hoodie girl How much surgery do I need before I can just Live my life like I’m a hoodie girl? I guess I’ll just become a hoodie girl I’ll live my life like I’m a hoodie girl Being a hoodie girl is beautiful to me I’ll live my life like I’m a hoodie girl
4.
Spend the week in my cave Making little noises as I misbehave Front door is a boulder I can be the devil on my own shoulder Hairs sprout on my face Screaming little prayers into my pillowcase New ways of being alone Forgetting how to utilise the telephone Goblin, goblin mindset got my dial set All the way up to eleven I need a little bit of hell inside of my heaven I'm tired of hiding the truth Shaving the point off the end of the tooth Sick of being perceived And even if you saw me you wouldn't believe I start the day with caffeine Dabble in a little dexamphetamine Terrorising myself Living detrimental to my mental health Goblin, goblin mindset got my dial set All the way up to eleven I need a little bit of hell inside of my heaven Got that goblin mindset baby (4x), baby Goblin, goblin mindset got my dial set All the way up to eleven I need a little bit of hell inside of my heaven (3x)
5.
I used to think I was an extrovert But I was just afraid of being alone Coming off of my lexapro I can’t text or talk on the phone I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I really wanna I wanna go home At a party trying to talk to you But the music is way too loud And these drugs don’t do anything I don’t know why I ever go out I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I really wanna I wanna go home My brain is grating on the holes in the walls of my skull The pain is greater than any pleasure I’ve ever known I used to push my body beyond All the limits my body had set Now when my body speaks I try to listen, I try to respect I gotta, I gotta, I gotta, I really gotta I gotta go home My brain is grating on the holes in the walls of my skull The pain is greater than any pleasure I’ve ever known I don’t understand the rules of the game But we keep on playing (4x) My brain is grating on the holes in the walls of my skull The pain is greater than any pleasure I’ve ever known I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I really wanna I wanna go home
6.
Trauma Girls 03:12
I felt my body spit my soul out Now I’m as empty as a single rubber glove I know I overreacted I feel ashamed, I am an apprehended dog I was struck down by history Dragged back to the past I wanna roll around In some broken glass Here come the trauma girls The spend time in the corner girls The can’t remember what a world Like this was meant to offer girls (2x) I felt my body spit my soul out I understand if you don’t love me anymore I never told you I was crazy Nor was I subtle with the padlock on the door Because I’m not a chill girl Or a goer with the flow I’m always kind of on fire And any cool is just for show Here come the trauma girls The spend time in the corner girls The can’t remember what a world Like this was meant to offer girls (4x)
7.
My Crew 03:14
I went for a walk, I had to move my legs Hoping that something would shift inside my head Talking to myself but we just can’t agree It gets weird sometimes, I, myself, and me I’m out here looking for my crew Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you? Does your brain work like this too? Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you? Could that be you? Could that be you? Could that be, could that be you? I’m out here looking for my crew Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you? All my life I’ve looked for where I’m supposed to be So long there’s always been something wrong with me So long to hating myself every time I speak So long to missing out on love from fellow freaks I’m out here looking for my crew Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you? Does your brain work like this too? Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you? Could that be you? Could that be you? Could that be, could that be you? I’m out here looking for my crew Could that be you, could that be you, could that be you?
8.
I regain consciousness with your thighs round my waist (Thighs round my waist) Just practicing your wrestling holds you reassure me (Your wrestling holds) A tome of disappointment written on my face (Oh, what a waste) You ask me what's the problem, tell me you adore me (What's the problem?) Every day I wake up, I put on my makeup Drape some fabric on this vaguely human frame (My human frame) When the sun is going down, pentagram on the ground Inject brake fluid directly into my veins Every day I wake up and wish I was a Kawasaki motorcycle Every day I wake up and wish I was a lime green machine When I was young I was a sensitive child I grew to wish that I would never be seen Now I'm a woman and I long to ascend (Oh, take me up) As women do into the realm of machine Every day I wake up and wish I was a Kawasaki motorcycle Every day I wake up and wish I was a lime green machine (4x)

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Written, recorded, and produced in a small studio apartment during her first year of living alone, Pop Music for Normal Women is an inventive, energetic, intense and amusing journey through eight new pop songs by singer/songwriter/producer June Jones. The album marks a move away from the slower, more contemplative art pop of Jones’s first two albums, Diana (2019) and Leafcutter (2021) to a more upbeat and playful sound, while retaining the candid emotionality that Jones is known for. Themes of identity, loneliness, connection, illness, and transformation recur throughout Jones's semi-confessional songwriting on this album.

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released September 23, 2022

All songs written, performed, recorded, and produced by June Jones
Featuring vocals from Katie Dey on ‘If Only’ and Alice Skye on ‘Extrovert’
Featuring co-production from Geryon on ‘Motorcycle’
Mixed by Doug Wright
Mastered by Becki Whitton
Photography by Nadeemy Betros
Makeup by Meg McConville
Text and layout by Wei Huang

Made with funding assistance from Creative Victoria, Australia Council, and City of Merri-Bek
Written, performed, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land
Mixed on Gadigal land
Mastered on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land
Pressed by Factory Records on Wurundjeri land
All of it has always been and will always be Aboriginal land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.

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Sxc When I'm Crying out now ~ the lead single off my upcoming EP 'Proximity' out Jun 7

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