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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CGF He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother C Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass. GF He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother CAmDG Hustlin' down the city streets and selling his ass for a dollar bag
He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy Locked up in a prison out in Oregon He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie Killed in a bar fight with a pair of marines and a sailor, Oh
Chorus: CAm He's got the blues, this boy F He's got the blues G You can hear it in his music CAm He's got the blues, this boy F He's got the blues G You can hear it, you can hear it
Am /G# /G /F# When I was nine years old my daddy ran away GC With a woman he met on a train, oh Am /G# /G /F# His little boy ran to the room where his piano lay in wait for him GC He played and he played, he played and he played
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A year ago, I met a girl I thought we'd hit a massive groove But she dumped me and all we'd hit were the blues