Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
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Randy Newman
Randy Newman
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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 Johnny Cutler, a sort of everyman from the deep South, an embodiment of the region’s culture in good and bad ways.
“Birmi...
[Verse 1]
Got a wife
Got a family
Earn my living with my hand
I'm a roller in a steel mill
In downtown Birmingham
My daddy was a barber
A most unsightly man
He was born in Tuscaloosa
But he died right here in Birmingham
[Chorus]
Birmingham, Birmingham
The greatest city in Alabam'
You can travel 'cross this entire land
There ain't no place like Birmingham
[Verse 2]
My wife's named Mary but she's called Marie
We live in a three room house with a pepper tree
I work all day in the factory
That's alright with me
Got a big black dog and his name is Dan
He lives in my backyard in Birmingham
He's the meanest dog in Alabam'
Get 'em, Dan!
[Chorus]
Birmingham was written by Randy Newman.
Birmingham was produced by Russ Titelman & Lenny Waronker.
Randy Newman released Birmingham on Tue Sep 10 1974.