Lyrics: Going Home Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   This is a world war i song. world war i fascinates me because it was such a shock to the world. nothing before or since has come close. it was…

Lyrics: Every Time It Rains Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   Michael jackson’s people called me to write a song for him, and this was it, though he didn’t record it. it’s really the type of song i don’t…

Lyrics: Great Nations Of Europe Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   I read a book by alfred crosby called european ecological imperialism. it sounds awful, but it was great. it was about how everywhere europeans went in the world,…

Lyrics: Better Off Dead Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   Musically, this one has a sort of overblown, heavenly quality to it. but lyrically, it’s another story of a guy getting himself into a bad relationship that he can’t…

Lyrics: The World Isn’t Fair Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   when karl marx was a boy He took a hard look around He saw people were starving all over the place While others were painting the town The…

Lyrics: Big Hat, No Cattle Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   There’s a book called the duke of deception, written by geoffrey wolff. it’s about his father, who was a tremendous liar, though he appeared to be completely beyond…

Lyrics: I Miss You Album: Bad Love Artist: Randy Newman   Something in me can’t be straight about romance. i don’t completely mean this song – i’m not going to move up next door to my first wife, who lives…