Normalize or Compress First?

Probably a dumb question for you experts, but I'm trying to get the most out of an audio track I've recorded from MIDI via external modules- I've got one audio track representing the entire song and I've worked to keep the record meters from hitting the top red button (I have SONAR 4.0 Producer) and now I need to know-

Which makes more sense, compression then normalization on the entire track or vise versa?

P.S. Sorry if I have misspelled any words- I can barely see anything within arms reach- I just had LASIK.

Mark