Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer/songwriter,[1] arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.
Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own experiences. 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.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, "Short People" was written from the perspective of "a lunatic"[2] who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.
He has been awarded two Academy Awards, three Emmys, five Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy.[3] Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, Newman was inducted as a Disney Legend.[4] In 2011, Newman won his second Oscar, for the song "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 at the 83rd Academy Award.
Birth name Randall Stuart Newman
Born November 28, 1943 (age 67)
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Piano rock, comedy rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter, arranger, musician
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 1961–present
Labels Warner Bros. Records
Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Walt Disney Records (Disney-Pixar films)
DreamWorks/Interscope/Universal Records
Nonesuch/Elektra Records
1. IF WE DID NOT HAVE JESUS.
If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all
If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all
If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
Gonna climb up
Jacob's ladder
It's not very far away
Gonna climb up Jacob's
Ladder one of these days
I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days
VIDEO
2. GOOD MORNING
Good morning
Good morning
Good morning
And a very
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you
Now Daddy may not spend
Much time with us
(Fuck off)
But I'm sure
That he loves you a lot
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
He's the only daddy
You've got
(Fuck off)
Fuck off
But I'm the song
That the trees sing
When the wind blows
Fuck off, but, honey,
I'm the starlight
And I'm a rainbow
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you
feels like home VIDEO
3. TICKLE ME
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 won't that be fine
What a great idea
What a perfect way to kill some time
Can't stop to think 'cause if we do we'll lose our mind
Why don't you tickle me
Don't we have fun every minute
Oh what a gay life we lead
One chocolate milkshake with two straws stuck in it
What else does anyone need
Why don't you tickle me
There's nothing else to do
You won't have to talk to me
And I won't have to talk to you
When we're done I'll think of something else to do
Why don't you tickle me
VIDEO
4. MAY BE I'M DOING IT WRONG.
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 nobody to tell you
But I don't think I'm getting
What everybody's getting
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Sometimes I throw off a good one
At least I think it is
No, I know it is
But I shouldn't be thinking at all
I shouldn't be thinking at all
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
MAD TV VIDEO
5. I LOVE LA.
Hate New YorK City
Its cold and it damp
and all the people dress
like monkeys
Lets leave Chicago
to the Eskimos that
town's a little bit rugged
for you and me girl
Rolling down Imperial Highway
big nasty Red head at my side
Santa Ana winds blowing hot from
the north we was born to ride
Roll down the windows
put down the top
crank up the beach boys
baby dont let the music stop
we gonna ride it till we
just cant ride it no more
from the sideway to the valley
from the west side to the east side
everybody very happy cause the sun is shinning
all the time like another perfect day
I LOVE LA
we love it
I LOVE LA
we love it
WE LOVE IT
Look at the mountain look those trees
look at that bum over there man hes
down on his knees look at these women
ain't nothing like them no where
Century Blvd
we love it 2x
Santa Monica blvd
we love it
6th Street
(we love it 4x)
WE LOVE LA
I Lovr LA
(we love it 3x)
VIDEO
6. LET IT SHINE
Whatever happened to
The things
You used to do
And all the dreams
You dreamed so long?
Stop livin'
In the past
The good times
Never last
Well now's the time
For movin' on
Let It shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Shine shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine
Why don't you
Ever do
All that you
Want to do?
There's nothin'
Stoppin' you
You know
You've waited
All this time
To leave
The past behind
Well now it's fine
To let it go
Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Shine, shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG VIDEO
7. SHINING
Y'all should have seen me
When I was sixteen years old
Had my hair hangin' free down my back
It used to shine in the sun like gold.
Went eight years of grade school
Four years of high school
I was never sick one day
And the kids that were with you in the first grade
Were with you all the way
We'd go over to Augusta for a ball game
We'd all go down to Daytona for the race
We'd go over to the drive-in every Friday
Shining in the sun like gold
Some cold winter morning, outside the school
And the bell hadn't rung just yet
We stand outside the gate, smoke a cigarette
Brushin' the snow off our clothes, and lean against the wall
Shining
And there wasn't no baby cryin'
And there wasn't no laundry waitin' for me on the line
If I didn't want to be alone, I didn't have to be alone
All I had to do was shine
Shining
Shining
Lord there must be something better
Lord it just don't seem right
To cook the same breakfast for the same man every morning
Sleep with the same man every night
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life
LAUGH AND B HAPPY VIDEO
8. CHANGE YOUR WAYS
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
POLITICAL SCIENCE VIDEO
9. 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
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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
dOCTOR WHO VIDEO
