Born Again

Randy Newman Born Again Lyrics
1.It's Money That I Love

I don't love the mountains and i don't love the sea and i don't
love jesus he never done a thing for me i ain't pretty like my
sister or smart like my dad or good like my mama it's money that
i
It's money that i love they say that's money can't buy love in
this world but it'll get you a half-pound of cocaine and a
sixteen-year old girl and a great big long limousine on a hot
september
Now that may not be love but it is all right one, two it's money
that i love wanna kiss you three, four it's money that i love
used to worry about the poor but i don't worry anymore used to
wor
Out the black man now i don't worry about the black man used to
worry about the starving children of india you know what i say
about the starving children of india ? i say, 'oh mama' i
Oney that i love it's money that i love it's money that i love


2.The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band

The story they were six fine english boys who knew each other in
birmingham they bought a drum and guitar started a rock-roll
band and johnny played little violin and bobby joe played the
big vi
The one that stands on the floor they were all in the rock-roll
band their first song sounded like this please get me a witness
please get me a witness right off, they needed a name someone
said
Ot;how 'bout the renegades ?' johnny said, 'well i don't know. i
prefer e.l.o.' i love their 'mr. blue skies' almost my favorite
is 'turn to stone' and how 'bo
Uot;telephone line'? i love that e.l.o.


3.Pretty Boy

Have we got a tough guy here? have we got a tough guy from the
street? and he looks just like that dancing wop in those movies
that we've seen with his cute little chicken shit boots on and
his
Little chicken shit hat and his cute little chicken shit
girlfriends ridin' along in back what's been happening with you
boys? are you having a nice time on your trip? all the way from
jersey ci
D you look pretty as a picture please don't hurt no one tonight
please don't break no woman's heart how 'bout it, you little
prick? how 'bout it? hope we're gonna get the chance to show you
'rou
Pe we're gonna get the chance to show you 'round talk tough to
me, pretty boy tell us all about the mean streets of home talk
tough to me


4.Mr. Sheep

Golly, mister, where you going? you'll be late for work careful
or you'll drop your briefcase jesus, what a jerk there he goes
down to the subway off to catch the train too bad for him he
forgot
Umbrella poor mr. sheep you're wet mr. sheep walk on, mr. sheep
walk on tell me, how's your little family? how's your little
wife? are you going to live with these monsters for the rest of
your
Maybe you got a little girlfriend stashed somewhere in town may
be you ain't got a little girlfriend ha ha ha ha ha poor mr.
sheep he's a lonely guy too walk on mr. sheep walk on dance,
mister!
He's doin' ok oh, oh oh, he's all right let him get up by
himself now i don't want to be too rough and i don't want to be
too mean you're right - this world is awful tough i know exactly
what y
An but i want you to know exactly how i feel and to tell you the
truth right now i feel like going i feel like going baa baa mr.
sheep careful, you're walking all over your own self now walk
on,
Sheep walk on, mr. sheep walk
On, mr. sheep walk on


5.Ghosts

Stay with me for a little while you've nowhere to go and i've
nowhere to go it makes me so happy when you smile at me work all
your life and you end up with nothing live in one room like a
bum o
Flew in a plane and i fought in a war we lived in a castle and
slept on the floor and i don't want to be all alone anymore i'm
sorry out in the street there's little colored kids playing
where
N little boy used to play so i sit in this chair and i ache with
the gout and i talk to myself 'cause i'm scared to go out and i
just want to know what was it all about i'm sorry


6.They Just Got Married

Here's an old, old story 'bout a man and a woman gone off to
california 'cause they just got married all their friends in
boston are so very happy they're dancing in the doorways 'cause
their fr
Got married he gets a job working in a car wash up in santa cruz
she gets a job teaching at a nursery school oh, they're so nice
what's gonna happen to 'em? soon they have a little white-haired
Looks just like his daddy and they're all real happy a couple of
year go by she's going to see the doctor it's just a regular
checkup (oh no) plus she thinks she might be pregnant anyway,
she d
Nd he moves down to los angeles meets a foolish girl with lots
of money now they're getting married


7.Spies

Little mama from japan sent by her masters to a foreign land 'go
out with the sailors hang 'round the dock get out of the way
when the bombs start to drop' you know she's a... spy be c
L what you say, boys spy she looks just like a schoolgirl big
fat russian looks into a buffalo check into a dude ranch in new
mexico nearby in the desert great scientific minds struggle with
que
S of space and time watch out for him spy you can tell he ain't
no cowboy spy vhoaaa ! if you love this country and i hope you
do then listen closely to what i say to you they're in the
shipyard
're in the factory and they might look just like me but
they're... spies everywhere you go see 'em spies they even got
'em in chicago


8.The Girls In My Life(Part 1)

Was a little girl maybe five-foot-two had the cutest little feet
made my heart go tweet-tweet quite a pleasant disposition then
came a pretty young french girl, mmm whom i met in las vegas
when
There with my parents oh my had a real nice conversation met a
girl at the bakery she wanted to borrow my car from me she took
it down to mexico ran over a man named juan then i went to
college
A college girl she lived in the sorority house across from the
school got a real fine education had seven women on my mind now
i'm married have a very lovely wife three cute little boys it's
so
And that's just half the story of the girls in my life


9.Half A Man

This big old queen was standing on the corner of the street he
waved his hanky at me as i went rolling by i pulled the truck up
on the sidewalk and i climbed down from the cab with my
tire-chain
My knife as i approached him he was trembling like a bird i
raised the chain above my head he said, 'please, before you kill
me might i have one final word?' and this is what he said:
;i am but half a man, half a man i'd like to be a dancer but i'm
much too large half a man, half a man i'm an object for your
pity not your rage' oh, the strangest feeling's sweeping over m
H my speech and manner have become much more refined i said,
'oh, what is this feeling? what is wrong with me?' she said,
'girl, it happens all the time 'and you are half a m
Alf a man look, you're walking and you're talking like a fag.'
half a man, i am half a man holy jesus, what a drag


10.William Brown

William brown, a tobacco man left north carolina when he sold
his land he took a train to omaha stayed there with some friends
he had and he didn't mind the dust and he didn't mind the wind
and
Dn't mind the cold and he didn't miss home and he liked the
people and he liked the town so he built himself a house beside
the river and he sent for his children and he sent for his cars
and he
Ht himself a little business that would run itself and he didn't
mind the dust and he didn't mind the wind and he didn't mind the
cold and he didn't miss home


11.Pants

Gonna take off my pants gonna take off my pants gonna take off
my pants gonna take off my pants and your mama can't stop me and
your papa can't stop me and the police can't stop me no one can
st
Gonna do it right now gonna do it right now i'm gonna take off
my pants gonna take off my pants and your teachers can't stop me
and your priests can't stop me and your firemen can't stop me
and
President can't stop me will you take off my pants? will you
take off my pants?