Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) 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 Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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FmD#Fm High on a cliff in Mexico FmD#Fm Staring down at the rocks and the sea below FmD#Fm I can hear the church bells ring FmD# I can hear the choir
I remember the night she left I drove to the station in the pouring rain Sat all night behind my big iron desk FmD#FmGmFm The oil on the water made a rainbow
At the end of this bone-white gravel road They both lie sleeping on a feather bed And her hair is black as the sky at night But her eyes are gray like the moon
You can run but you can't hide You can run but you can't hide You said you love me but i know you lied You said you love me but i know you lied