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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My old Kentucky home - Randy Newman
E7 Turpentine and dandelion wine A7 I've turned the corner, I'm doin' fine E7 Shootin' at the birds on the telephoneline B7E7 Pickin' them off with this gun o' mine A7E7 I got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head B7E7 Growing higher and higher 'till I'm dead
Sister Sue she's short and stout She didn't grow up, she grew out Mama thinks she's plain, but she's just being kind Papa thinks she's pretty, but he's almost blind We don't let her out much except at night But I don't care 'cause I'm allright
E7A7E7 O-ho, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home E7B7 Young folks roll on the floor E7A7E7 O-ho, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home E7B7E7 Keep them hard times away from my door
Brother Gene, he's big and mean And he don't have much to say Got a little woman who he whooped eached day But now she's gone away Got drunk last night, kicked mama down the stairs But I'm allright, so I don't care
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