Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman & Paul Simon
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
The lead single from Randy Newman’s Trouble In Paradise, “The Blues” features Paul Simon in a duet with what Rolling Stone called “as poppy a melody as Newman has written.”
“The Blues” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at 73 during the week of January 22, 1983 before cresting at 51 and dropping after e...
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
Hustlin' down the city streets
And selling his ass for a dollar bag
He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
Killed in a bar fight with a pair of Marines
And a sailor
Oh
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
When I was nine years old
My daddy ran away
With a woman he met on a train, oh
His little boy
Ran to the room
Where his piano
Lay in wait for him
He played and he played
He played and he played
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
A year ago, I met a girl
I thought we'd hit a massive groove
But she dumped me
And all we'd hit were the blues
He's got the blues, this boy
He's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy
He's really got the blues
The Blues was written by Randy Newman.
The Blues was produced by Russ Titelman & Lenny Waronker.
Randy Newman released The Blues on Mon Jan 17 1983.