Randy Newman

[fox69]

"Change Your Way"

"Change Your Way"



Where you goin'
With your shoes undone
Throwin' rocks
Makin' fun of everyone
Little man you'll make a big mistake
Unless you change your way

Stayin' out late
Every night
Chasin' after streetcars and getting' into fights
Yeah
Son you're bound to break your mama's heart
Unless you change your way

All the teachers
At the school there
They know you well
'Cause you're always the worst one
You're always playin' the fool, I can tell
What's the matter with you little guy

Don't you know
Take my advice
Before you do somethin' bad you'd better
Think about it twice
You're sure to end up on the shady side
Unless you
Change
Your
Way

 

[fox69]

"Christmas In Capetown"

"Christmas In Capetown"



Every night
In Jungletown
All the boogies in the street
Radios turned up very loud
Playin' Dancing Queen
They love our music

This English girl from the North somewhere
Is stayin' with me at my place
Drinkin' up all my beer
Talkin' about the poor niggers all the time
It's a real disgrace, she says
I tell her, Darling, don't talk about things
You don't understand
I tell her, Darling, don't talk about something
You don't know anything about
I tell her, Darling, if you don't like it here
Go back to your own miserable country

It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
Oh, the boys on the beach are still blowin'
And the summer wind still kicks the clouds around

You know my little brother, babe
Well, he works out at the diamond mine
I drove him out there at five this mornin'
The niggers were waitin' in a big long line
You know those big old lunch pails they carry, man
With a picture of Star Wars painted on the side
They were starin' at us real hard with
Their big ugly yellow eyes
You could feel it
You could feel it

It's Christmas in Cape Town but it ain't the same
The stores are open all the time
And little kids on skateboards cut in and out of the crowd
And the Christmas lights still shine
Myself, I don't like to drink the way
I used to, man, you know
It don't seem to get me high
And the beer don't taste the way it
Ought to taste somehow
And I don't know why

Don't talk to me about the planes
Man, I've heard it
Just take a look around
What are we gonna do, blow up
The whole damn country?
I don't know

It's Christmas in Cape Town
It's Christmas in Cape Town
It's Christmas in Cape Town

 

[fox69]

"Cowboy"

"Cowboy"



Cold gray buildings where a hill should be
Steel and concrete closin' in on me
City faces haunt the places
I used to roam
Cowboy, cowboy - can't run, can't hide
Too late to fight now - too tired to try

Wind that once blew free
Now scatters dust to the sky
Cowboy, cowboy - can't run, can't hide
Too late to fight now - too tired to try

 

[fox69]

"Crazy 'Bout My Baby"

"Crazy 'Bout My Baby"



I don't care about money
I don't care about fame
Don't care if I win or lose
To me it's all the same

But I care so much for you, baby
That before these people go
I wanna tell them how I feel
'Cause I want the world to know

I'm crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

I'm crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

I've been through some trouble for ya
I been through some pain
Sold some people out, made them cry
But I wanted you so badly that I didn't know what to do
Now, I'm so glad I get to spend my whole life lovin' you

I'm crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

Crazy 'bout you, baby
Crazy 'bout you, baby
Crazy 'bout you, baby and I know you're crazy 'bout me

Who's gonna take my love away? (Nobody)
Who's gonna take my love?
Who's gonna take my love away? (Nobody)
Who's gonna take my love?
Who's gonna take my love away? (Nobody)

Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby
Crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

I'm crazy 'bout my baby and my baby's crazy 'bout me

 

[fox69]

"Damn Fine Day (Demo)"

"Damn Fine Day (Demo)"


[The Irish:] Oh Easter times are time for eggs
And the time for eggs is Easter time

It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)
It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)

It's a damn fine day for the USA
And a damn fine day for the Irish

In spring the golden daffodils
Spread so sweetly o'er the hills

It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)
It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)

It's a damn fine day, it's a damn fine day
It's a damn fine, damn fine day

Before the piper's tune is played
A man may woo a pretty maid

It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)
It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)

It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)
It's a damn fine day
(It's a damn fine day)

It's a damn fine day, it's a damn fine day for the USA
And a damn fine day for the Irish

It's a damn fine day for the USA
And a damn fine day for the Irish

 

[fox69]

"Dancing"

"Dancing"


[Chorus:]
And if you feel like dancing
Dance
And if you feel like falling
Fall
'Cause It will be alright
Yeah now
Yeah now

If you're gonna put your fist
Right though the mirror
Because all your pretty dresses feel too tight
A green forest rises out of desert sand
And sparks dance electric in your hands

If you turn your head you will hear music
Music everywhere nothing but music
If you turn your head now you will hear music
Music everywhere

[Chorus]

If you're gonna light the bonfire
Then do it
'Cause it will be alright
Yeah now

If you're gonna pack up
All of your belongings
No, not even leave a note behind
A red moon is rising in the evening sky
You'll feel it daring you to fly

If you turn your head you will hear music
Music everywhere nothing but music
If you turn your head now you will hear music
Music everywhere

[Chorus]

Come on do it
And it will be all right

 

[fox69]

"Davy The Fat Boy"

"Davy The Fat Boy"



I've been his friend since we were little babies
I was a comfort to his mother and a pal to his dad
Before they passed away they said,
"Please take care of our Davy
You may be the only friend he ever will have"

Davy the fat boy, Davy the fat boy
Isn't he round? Isn't he round?
What do he weigh, folks?
Can you guess what he weighs?
It's only a quarter
Win a teddy bear for the girlfriend
Or something for the wife
You got to let this fat boy in your life

I think we can persuade him to do
The famous fat boy dance for you
Give me half a chance
I just know you'll like my fat boy's dance

Davy the fat boy, Davy the fat boy
Isn't he
Isn't he round?

 

[fox69]

"Dayton, Ohio - 1903"

"Dayton, Ohio - 1903"



Sing a song of long ago
When things were green and movin' slow
And people'd stop to say hello
Or they'd say "hi" to you
"Would you like to come over for tea
With the missus and me?"
It's a real nice way
To spend the day
In Dayton, Ohio
On a lazy Sunday afternoon in 1903

Sing a song of long ago
When things could grow
And days flowed quietly
The air was clean and you could see
And folks were nice to you
"Would you like to come over for tea
With the missus and me?"
It's a real nice way
To spend the day
In Dayton, Ohio
On a lazy Sunday afternoon in 1903

 

[fox69]

"Dixie Flyer"

"Dixie Flyer"



I was born right here, November '43
My dad was a captain in the army
Fighting the Germans in Sicily.
My poor little momma
Didn't know a soul in L.A.
So we went down to the Union Station and made our getaway.

Got on the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams.
On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams.

Her own mother came to meet us at the station,
Her dress as black as a crow in a coal mine
She cried when her little girl got off the train.
Her brothers and her sisters drove down from Jackson, Mississippi
In a great green Hudson driven by a Gentile they knew.
Drinkin' rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat
Tryin' to do like the Gentiles do
Christ, they wanted to be Gentiles, too.
Who wouldn't down there, wouldn't you?
An American Christian, God damn!

On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Back to her friends and her family in the land of dreams
On the Dixie Flyer bound for New Orleans
Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams
Across the state of Texas to the land of dreams.

 

[fox69]

"Doctor, Doctor"

"Doctor, Doctor"



My brother's a machinist and he works at the mill
And he makes more money than you ever will
He just got married to a Polish girl
With a space between her teeth
When he was ten or eleven years old
He was helping out my Pop in the barbershop
Sweeping up the hair as it would drop
On to the boardwalk and out of the shop

Doctor, doctor, what you say?
How 'bout lettin' him out today?
I can promise you he'll be OK
There ain't no reason for him to stay

Get him back on his feet again
Back on his feet again
Open the door and set him free
Get him back on his feet again

One day he was workin' in the barbershop
Knocked over some bottles with the handle of his broom
And he cried
Daddy took him to a baseball game, and still he cried
Daddy took him to the zoo, and still he cried
Daddy said, "Son, I ain't angry,
But I'm so disappointed in you."

Get him back on his feet again
Back on his feet again
Open the door and set him free
Get him back on his feet again