 Genius Lyrics
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Randy Newman – You've Got a Friend in Me
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”You’ve Got A Friend In Me” is the theme song of the Toy Story franchise, recurring throughout the series in different contexts. It’s first scene in the intro to the original film
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Randy Newman – Little Criminals
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What you wanna come back here for? / Thought you're with your uptown friends / Don't need none of your junkie business / You gonna screw us up again / Get your blackjack off my
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Randy Newman – It's Lonely at the Top
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I've been around the world, had my pick of any girl / You'd think I'd be happy but I'm not / Everybody knows my name / But it's just a crazy game / Oh, it's lonely at the top
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Randy Newman – Can't Keep a Good Man Down
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Much like “Sandman’s Coming”, this song was recycled from the 1990 musical TV show Cop Rock. In the musical, it’s sung by Satan in defiance of God’s damnation. On the TV show
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Randy Newman – I Love L.A.
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Hate New York City / It's cold and it's damp / And all the people dressed like monkeys / Let's leave Chicago to the Eskimos / That town's a little bit too rugged / For you and me
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Randy Newman – Short People
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The opening track from Newman’s fifth album Little Criminals, this song is a satirical polemic against ‘Short People,’ the controversial words of which inspired both vitriol and
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Randy Newman – Rednecks
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Newman employs his normal songwriting technique – writing in character – to pen one of the most devastating, yet simple, anti-racism songs ever.
The first two verses are standard
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Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top
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Randy Newman originally wrote this song for Frank Sinatra, but Sinatra declined to record or perform it.
An interesting aspect of the song is that its meaning changes depending on
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Randy Newman – Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear
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[Verse 1] / I may go out tomorrow if I can borrow a coat to wear / Oh, I'd step out in style with my sincere smile and my dancing bear / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Outrageous, alarming
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Randy Newman – Political Science
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“Political Science” appears on Randy Newman’s 1972 album Sail Away.
The song (and the entire album) is satirical; here it’s about American culture and attitudes, especially
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Randy Newman – God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
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“God’s Song” by Randy Newman appears on his album, Sail Away (1972).
This song summarizes Newman’s feelings about what God is and man’s need for a deity.
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Randy Newman – Laugh and Be Happy
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I know what's going on here / Ain't no mystery / Y'all have lost faith in yourselves / It's as clear as it can be / You can whine all you want to / Drown in your misery / Or you
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Randy Newman – Sail Away
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“Sail Away” by Randy Newman appears on his album, Sail Away (1972).
Newman presents “the pitch” of an American slave trader to Africans in Bonny, off the west coast of Nigeria
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Randy Newman – Strange Things
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[Verse 1] / I was on top of the world livin' high / It was right in my pocket / I was livin' the life / Things were just the way they should be / When from out of the sky like a
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Randy Newman – Old Man
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“Old Man” by Randy Newman appears on his 1972 album, Sail Away.
This is a final farewell to a father, from one atheist to another.
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Randy Newman – Birmingham
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“Birmingham” is the second track from Randy Newman’s 1974 album Good Old Boys. Loosely a concept album, Good Old Boys features a few different songs told from the perspective of
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Randy Newman – Lonely at the Top - Live Version
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I've been around the world / Had my pick of any girl / You'd think I'd be happy, but I'm not / Everybody knows my name / But it's just a crazy game / Oh, it's lonely at the top
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Randy Newman – Tickle Me
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What can you do to amuse me / Now that there's nothing to do? / The TV set's busted and can't get a picture / The radio plays nothing but news / Why don't you tickle me / Gee whiz
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Randy Newman – Let Me Go
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Maybe I'll write you a letter / Maybe I'll give you a call / Maybe I'll drop you a line / When I'm feelin' better / Maybe I won't after all / Somewhere a river is flowin' / Rollin
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Randy Newman – Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong
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Maybe I'm doing it wrong / Maybe I'm doing it wrong / It just don't move me / The way that it should / Maybe I'm doing it wrong / There ain't no book you can read / There ain't
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Randy Newman – You Can Leave Your Hat On
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[Verse 1] / Baby, take off your coat / Real slow / Baby, take off your shoes / Here, I'll take your shoes / Baby, take off your dress / Yes, yes, yes / [Chorus] / You can leave
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Randy Newman – Putin
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[Verse 1: Randy Newman] / Putin puttin' his pants on / One leg at a time / You mean he's just like a regular fella, huh? / He ain't nothin' like a regular fella! / Putin puttin
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Randy Newman – The Great Debate
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Described by NPR as “an old-fashioned gladiator match between Science and Religion,” “The Great Debate” is Newman’s look at the divide between men of science and the “True
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Randy Newman – Burn On
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The eighth track on Randy Newman’s 1972 effort, Sail Away, “Burn On” is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the city of Cleveland, Ohio. At the heart of the song is the Cuyahoga River
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Randy Newman – Dayton, Ohio - 1903
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“Dayton, Ohio – 1903” by Randy Newman appears on his album, Sail Away (1972).
This is a song about an idyllic time and a politesse that’s sadly gone now. You can almost picture
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Randy Newman – A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
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It’s important to mention at the start that Randy Newman is one of the most sarcastic and sardonic songwriters … ever.
Newman said he wrote this one after a European tour, and
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Randy Newman – Memo to My Son
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[Verse 1] / 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 anymore? / Can't I leave you alone
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Randy Newman – I Love L.A. (Live on SNL)
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Hate New York City / It's cold and it's damp / And all the people dressed like monkeys / Let's leave Chicago to the Eskimos / That town's a little bit too rugged / For you and me
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Randy Newman – Mama Told Me Not to Come - Live Version
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Will you have whiskey with your water / Sugar with your tea? / What are these crazy questions that they're asking to me? / This is the wildest party / That there ever could be / Oh
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