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Randy Newman : 12 Songs
1970

  1. Have You Seen My Baby?
  2. Mama Told Me Not To Come
  3. My Old Kentucky Home

Have You Seen My Baby?

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Have you seen my baby on the avenue?
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You know she's driving me crazy with the funny things she do
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I seen her with the milkman ridin' down the street
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When you're through with my baby, milkman, send her home to me
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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You know it's been so long
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Since she have been gone
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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I seen her with the gypsies dancin' in the wood
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She's always been unfaithful to me, she never been no good
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I say, "Please don't talk to strangers, baby", but she always do
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She say, "I'll talk to strangers if I want to, 'cause I'm a stranger, too"
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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You know it's been so long
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Since she have been gone
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Hold on, hold on, hold on
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Hold on, hold on, hold on

Mama Told Me Not To Come

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Will you have whiskey with your water or sugar with your tea? What are these crazy questions that you're asking me? This is the wildest party that there ever could be Oh, don't turn on the lights 'cause I don't want to see
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Mama told me not to come
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Mama told me not to come
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Mama said "that ain't no way to have fun" Open up the window, let some air into this room I think I'm almost choking on the smell of stale perfume And the cigarette you're smoking 'bout to scare me half to death Oh, open up the window, let me catch my breath Mama told me not to come... The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' on the door The hostess is not lastin', she's passed out on the floor I've seen so many things that I ain't never seen before I don't know what it is but I don't wanna see no more Mama told me not to come...

My Old Kentucky Home

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