Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American United States singer/songwriter, arranger arrangement , composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant wiktionary:mordant (and often satirical satire ) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail... [read more] - Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wearOh I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bearOutrageous alarming courageous charmingOh who would think a boy and bearCould be well accepted...
- He Gives Us All His Love
He gives us all his loveHe gives us all his loveHe's smiling down on us>From up aboveAnd he's giving us all his loveHe knows how hard we're tryingHe hears the babies cryingHe sees the old folks dyingAnd he gives us...
- Old Man
Everyone has gone awayCan you hear me? Can you hear me?No one cared enough to stayCan you hear me? Can you hear me?You must remember the old manI know that you can if you trySo just open up your eyes old manLook...
- Pigalle
Ladies of Pigalle as they stand in the doorwaysDance to the music that fills up the cafesCome buy me, come try meThey want to make love every nightWas there where I met herSome dim lit alleyA brown-eyed young girl...
- Dayton Ohio 1903
Let's sing a song of long agoWhen things were green and movin' slowAnd people'd stop to say helloOr they'd say hi to you"Would you like to come over for teaWith the missus and me?"It's a real nice wayTo spend the...
- God's Song
Cain slew Abel Seth knew not whyFor if the children of Israel were to multiplyWhy must any of the children die?So he asked the LordAnd the Lord said:"Man means nothing he means less to methan the lowiliest cactus...
- Memo To My Son
What have you done to the mirror?What have you done to the floor?Can't I go nowhere without you?Can't I leave you alone any more?I know you don't think much of meBut someday you'll understandWait'll you learn how to...
- Burn On
There's a red moon risingOn the Cuyahoga RiverRolling into Cleveland to the lakeThere's a red moon risingON the Cuyahoga RiverRolling into Cleveland to the lakeThere's an oil barge windingDown the Cuyahoga...
- Last Night I Had A Dream
Last night I had a dreamYou were in it I was in it with youEveryone that I knewAnd everyone that you know was in my dreamI saw a vampireI saw a ghostEverybody scared me but you sacred me the mostIn the dream I had...
- Political Science
No one likes usI don't know why.We may not be perfect But heaven knows we try.But all around even our old friends put us down.Let's drop the big one and see what happens.We give them money But are they grateful?No...
- Lonely At The Top
I've been around the worldHad my pick of any girlYou'd think I'd be happyBut I'm notEv'rybody knows my nameBut it's just a crazy gameOh it's lonely at the topListen to the band they're playing just for meListen to...
- God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
Cain slew Abel Seth knew not whyFor if the children of Israel were to multiplyWhy must any of the children die?So he asked the LordAnd the Lord said:Man means nothing he means less to meThan the lowliest cactus...
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
Baby take off your coat...(real slow)Baby take off your shoes...(here I'll take your shoes)Baby take off your dressYes yes yesYou can leave your hat onYou can leave your hat onYou can leave your hat onGo on over...
- Sail Away
In America you'll get food to eatWon't have to run through the jungleAnd scuff up your feetYou'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all dayIt's great to be an AmericanAin't no lions or tigers ain't no mamba...
- Little Criminals
What you wanna come back here for?Thought you're with your uptown friendsDon't need none of your junkie businessYou gonna screw us up againGet your blackjack off my tableGet your coat out of my rackWe don't need you...
- Baltimore
Beat=up little seagullOn a marble stairTryin' to find the oceanLookin' everywhereHard times in the cityIn a hard town by the seaAin't nowhere to run toThere ain't nothin' here for freeHooker on the cornerWaitin' for...
- You Can't Fool The Fat Man
Sittin' with the fat manTryin' to get a loanTalkin' about horsesAnd the women that we've knownHe was spittin' on the sidewalkSquintin' into the sunGreetin' all the peopleSmilin' at everyoneI said "Hey listen Fat...
- Old Man On The Farm
Waitin' for come rain to fallWaitin' for some mail to comeWaitin' for the dawn againOld Man On The FarmMilk the cow slop the pigsSweeping out the chicken houseDrinking whiskey in the barnGoodnight ladiesSorry if I...
- I'll Be Home
I'll Be HomeI'll Be HomeWhen your nights are troubledAnd you're all aloneWhen you're feeling fownAnd need some sympathyAnd there's no one else aroundTo keep you companyRemember baby You can always count on meI'll Be...
- Jolly Coppers On Parade
- Sigmund Freud's Impersonation Of Albert Einstein In America
The world of science is my gameAnd Albert Einstein is my nameI was born in GermanyAnd I'm happy yo beHere in the land of the brave and the freeIn the year of nineteen fiveMerely trying to surviveTook my knapsack in...
- Rider In The Rain
Got a gun in my holsterGot a horse between my kneesAnd I'm goin' to ArizonaPardon me boys if you pleaseI have been a desperadoRaped and pillages 'cross the plainNow I'm goin' to ArizonaJust a Rider In The RainHe's...
- Kathleen (Catholicism Made Easier)
There is a countryard here in ChicagoDown by the river where no one goesWe could be married there in the countryardBy this old Spanish priest that no one knowsAnd he'll say"Nel blu dipintoDipinto di bluFelice de...
- Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
Here I am lost in the wind'Round in circles sailingLike a ship that never comes inStanding by myselfSing a sad song for a good manSing a sad song for meSing a sad song for the sailorA thousand miles from the seaHere...
- In Germany Before The War
In Germany Before The WarThere was a man who owned a storeIn nineteen hundred thirty fourIn DusselfordAnd every day at fine o nineHe'd cross the park down to the RhineAnd he'd sit there by the shoreI'm looking at the...
- Guilty
Yes baby I been drinkin'And I shouldn't come by I knowBut I found myself in troubleAnd I had nowhere else to goGot some whisky from the barmanGot some cocaine from a friendI just had to keep on movin'Til I was back...
- Marie
You looked like a princess the night we metWith your hair piled up highI will never forgetI'm drunk right now babyBut I've got to beOr I never could tell youWhat you meant to meCHORUSI loved you the first time I saw...
- A Wedding In Cherokee County
There she is sitting thereOut behind the smoke house in her rocking chairShe don't do nothin'She don't say nothin'She don't feel nothin'She don't know nothin'Maybe she's crazy I don't knowBut maybe that's why I love...
- Kingfish
There's a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New OrleansIn New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhereBut your house could fall downYour baby could drownWouldn't none of those Frenchmen careEverybody gather 'roundLoosen up...
- Every Man A King
Why weep or slumber AmericaLand of brave and trueWith castles and clothing and food for allAll belongs to youEv'ry man a king ev'ry man a kingFor you can be a millionaireBut there's something belonging to...
- *** Man
Old lady lost in the cityIn the middle of a cold cold nightIt was fourteen below and the wind start to blowThere wasn't a boy scout in sightPull down the shades cause he's comin'Turn out the lights cause he's...
- Rednecks
Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV showWith some smart***New York JewAnd the Jew laughed at Lester MaddoxAnd the audience laughed at Lester Maddox tooWell he may be a fool but he's our foolIf they think they're...
- Rollin
I never drink in the afternoonI never drink aloneBut I sure do like a drink or twoWhen I get homeLet me tell you what I doI sit here in this chairI pour myself some whiskeyAnd watch my troubls vanish into the...
- Back On My Feet Again
Doctor let me tell you something about myselfI'm a college man and I'm very wealthyI've got no time to trifle with trash like youCause I must be 'bout my businessMy brother's a machinist in a textile millAnd he makes...
- Louisiana 1927
What has happened down here is the wind have changedClouds roll in from the north and it started to rainRained real hard and rained for a real long timeSix feet of water in the streets of EvangelineThe river rose all...
- Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)
We've taken all you've givenBut it's gettin' hard to make a livin'Mr. President have pity on the working manWe're not asking you to love usYou may place yourself high above usMr. President have pity on the working...
- Birmingham
Got a wife got a familyEarn my livin' with my handI'm a roller in a steel millIn downtown BirminghamMy daddy was a barberAnd a most unsightly manHe was born in TuscaloosaBut he died right here in...
- Mikey's
Have you seen my Marie?She's gone off somewhereUnexpectedlyIf she wanders in here babeTell her I'm lookin' for herI ain't mad or nothin'I just wanna talkYou know MikeyWe've been friends for a long timeYou tell me...
- Real Emotional Girl
She's a real emotional girlShe wears her heart on her sleeveEvery little thing you tell herShe'll believeShe really willShe even cries in her sleepI've heard herMany times beforeI never had a girl who loved meHalf as...
- Take Me Back
Everyone tells meI was dealt a losing handThe way that I lookAnd the way that I actIt's not hard to understandSure I got troublesMaybe you got 'em tooI'd like to explain what has happened to meSo it doesn't happen to...
- I'm Different
I'm different and I don't care who knows itSomethin' about meIt's not the same yeahI'm different and that's how it goesAin't gonna play no goddamn gameGot a different way of walkin'I got a different kind of smileI...
- Christmas In Capetown
Every nightIn JungletownAll the boogies in the streetRadios turned up very loudPlayin' "Dancing Queen"They love our musicThis English girl from the North somewhereIs stayin' with me at my placeDrinkin' up all my...
- Miami
There's a girl over thereWith the rhythm everywhereShe's a very fine girlAnd she's been awfully nice to meWhen we walkAs we sometimes doAll the way out Collins AvenueWell it's very very fineVery very specialVeryGee...
- The Blues
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old motherBurned up in a factory in Springfield Mass.He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brotherHustlin' down the city streetsAnd selling his***for a dollar bagHe's gonna tell you...
- I Love L.A.
Hate New York CityIt's cold and it's dampAnd all the people dressed like monkeysLet's leave Chicago to the EskimosThat town's a little bit too ruggedFor you and me you bad girlRollin' down the Imperial HighwayWith a...
- There's A Party At My House
There's a party at my house tonightEverybody's wound up nice and tightThey'll be rockin' and rollin' till the mornin' lightThere's a party at my house tonightTell everyone you seeTo come along with meWe're gonna have...
- Same Girl
You're still the same girl you always wereYou're still the same girl you always wereA few more nights on the street that's allA few more holes in your armA few more years with meYou're still the same girlWith the...
- My Life Is Good
A couple weeks agoMy wife and ITook a little trip down toMexicoMet this young girl thereWe brought her back with usNow she lives with usIn our homeShe cleans the hallwayShe cleans the stairShe cleans the living...
- Song For The Dead
Deep in the fieldA lone soldier standsWith mud on his bootAnd blood on his handsThey left him behindTo bury the deadAnd to say a few words on behalf of the leadershipPardon me boysIf I slip off my packAnd sit for...
- It's A Jungle Out There
It's a jungle out thereDisorder and confusion everywhereNo one seems to careWell I doHey, who's in charge here?It's a jungle out therePoison in the very air we breatheDo you know what's in the water that you...
- A Fool In Love
Look at the light coming over meshow me a man whos gentle and kindand i'll show you a losernow, show me a man who takes what he wantsohhhhhhhhh how excitingohhhhhhhhh how excitingso the poet singswhen you're a fool in...
- My Silent Love
My Silent LoveRuby Newman D. SuesseI reach for you like I'd reach for a star,Worshipping you from afar,Living with my silent love;I'm like a flame dying out in the rain,Only the ashes remain,Smouldering like my silent...
- Great Nations Of Europe
Great Nations of EuropeThe Great Nations of EuropeHad gathered on the shoreThey'd conquered what was behind themAnd now they wanted moreSo they looked to the mighty oceanAnd took to the western seaThe great nations of...
- Short People
Short People got no reasonShort People got no reasonShort People got no reasonTo liveThey got little handsAnd little eyesAnd they walk aroundTellin' great big liesThey got little nosesAnd tiny little teethThey wear...
- Roll With The Punches
- I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
I ran out on my childrenAnd I ran out on my wifeGonna run out on you too babyI done it all my lifeEverybody cried the night I leftWell almost everybody didMy little boy just hung his headAnd I put my arm put my...
- Masterman And Baby J
People tell me that I brag a lot 'cause I call myself the MastermanAlways talkin' 'bout how I got dynamite in every handHit itMe and my brother we live alone got no television got no telephoneBut when we walk...
- It's Money That Matters
Of all of the people that I used to knowMost never adjusted to the great big worldI see them lurking in book storesWorking for the Public RadioCarrying their babies around in a sack on their backMoving careful and...
- Four Eyes
One September morning when I was fiveMy daddy said "Son rise from your bed."I thought I must be dreaming it's still dark outsideHe said "Son if you fall behind you'll never get aheadHere's your little brown...
- Bad News From Home
High on a cliff in MexicoStaring down at the rocks and the sea belowI can hear the church bells ringI can hear the choirI remember the night she leftI drove to the station in the pouring rainSat all night behind my...
- New Orleans Wins The War
Don't remember much about my baby days But I been toldWe used to live on Willow near the Garden DistrictNext to the Sugar BowlMomma used to wheel me past an ice cream wagonOne side for White and one side for ColoredI...
- Falling In Love
Your eyelids are gettin' heavyHard to liftYour mind begins to wanderThings start to driftYour arms are getting heavyHard to liftYou sink down a little deeperYou're feeling wonderful(Chorus)Maybe you're falling in...
- Follow The Flag
You can stand aloneOr with somebody elseOr stand with all of us togetherIf you can believeIn something bigger than yourselfYou can follow the flag foreverThey say it's just a dreamThat dreamers dreamedThat it's an...
- Dixie Flyer
I was born right here November '43My dad was a captain in the armyFighting the Germans in Sicily.My poor little mommaDidn't know a soul in L.A.So we went down to the Union Station and made our getaway.Got on the...
- Something Special
All dressed up nowhere to goLooks so easy but it isn't you knowHard to find what you're dreamin' ofBut there's something special about our loveDifferent people different worldsYou just call me and I'll be there...
- Red Bandana
Left Los Angeles a short while agoFlew 'cross the country back to BuffaloWalked around through the sleet and the snowWith a red bandana on my headSaw my momma on 12th and GrandStanding in the alley with the junkyard...
- You've Got A Friend In Me
You've got a friend in meYou've got a friend in meWhen the road looks rough aheadAnd you're miles and milesFrom your nice warm bedYou just remember what your old pal saidBoy, you've got a friend in meYeah, you've got...
- I Will Go Sailing No More
Out among the stars I sail,Way beyond the moon.In my silver ship I sail,A dream that ended too soon.Now I know exactly who I amAnd what I'm here for.And I will go sailing no more.All the things I thought I'd be,All...
- Strange Things
I was on top of the worldIt was right in my pocketI was livin' the lifeThings were just the way they should beWhen from out of the sky like a bomb comes some little punk in a rocketNow all of a sudden some strange...
- Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues
Goin' down to the cornerGonna have myself a drinkGoin' down to the corner, babyGonna have myself a drink'Cause this shit that we been usin', babyYou know it sure confused my thinkingGoin' out to the drugstoreBuy...
- The Time Of Your Life
Was a bug, little bug, hardly thereHow he felt, what he dreamed, who could care?Without any evidence(his flaws were many)He was full of confidence(some people haven't any)Didn't have much common sense(It's highly...
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