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Old Kentucky Home
Randy Newman

Turpentine and dandelion wine
I've turned the corner and I'm doin' fine
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line
Pickin' em off with this gun of mine
I got a fire in my belly
And a fire in my head
Goin' higher and higher
Until I'm dead

Sister Sue, she's short and stout
She didn't grow up - she grew out
Mama says she's plain but she's just bein' kind
Papa thinks she's pretty but he's almost blind
Don't let her out much 'cept at night
But I don't care 'cause I'm all right

Oh, the sun shines bright on
My Old Kentucky Home
And the young folks roll on the floor
Oh, the sun shines bright on
My Old Kentucky Home
Keep them hard times away from my door

Brother Gene, he's big and mean
And he don't have much to say
He had a little woman who he whupped each day
But now she's gone away
He got drunk last night
Kicked mama down the stairs
But I'm all right so I don't care


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  A Father Makes a Difference   A Few Words in Defense of Our Country   A New Day: 7:00 A.M.   Annabelle   Bernie   Bernie Calls Deanne   Bernie Finds Deanne   Birmingham [#]   Bleeding All over the Place [Alternate Mix][#]   Blue Shadows on the Trail [#][Demo Version]   Busting the Guys   Buzz (Instrumental) [Instrumental]   Buzz [Instrumental]   Christmas in Cape Town   Clocks [From the Paper]   Cop Rock (Under the Gun)   Dayton, Ohio - 1903 [Early Version][#][*]   Dayton, Ohio 1903   Doctor, Doctor [#]   Easy Street   End Title [From Avalon]   Feels Like Home [Live]   Feels Like Home [Live][#]   Feels Like Home*   Gainesville [#][Demo Version]   Gainesville Florida   Glory Train   Good Morning [#]   Hang Together (Instrumental) [Instrumental]   Hang Together [Instrumental]   Happy [#][Demo Version]   Harps and Angels   Heaven Is My Home   Heaven Is My Home [From Michael]   Henry Goes to Work   Henry Leaves With McDougal   Infinity and Beyond (Instrumental) [Instrumental]   Infinity and Beyond [Instrumental]   Iris and Roy   Knock the Cover off the Ball   Laugh and Be Happy [#][Demo Version]   Leonard [From Awakenings]   Let It Shine [#][*]   Life Has Been Good to Me [*]   Little Polenta Is Born   Lonely at the Top [Live]   Main Title   Make up Your Mind   Make up Your Mind [From the Paper]   Marie [*][Demo Version]   Marie [#]   Marie [#][*][Demo Version]   Marty   Marty and Henry   Masterman and Baby J [#][Demo Version]   More Clocks   Mutants [Instrumental]   My Daddy Knew Dixie Howell [#]   My Little Buttercup [#][Demo Version]   On the Move [Instrumental]   Opening   Opening   Opening [From Maverick]   Penthouse Party   Presents [Instrumental]   Prologue 1915-1923   Prologue 1915-1923 [From the Natural]   Ragtime   Ragtime [From Ragtime]   Rednecks [#]   Rednecks [Version]   Remember   Ride Gambler Ride   Sail Away [Early Version][#][*]   Sid [Instrumental]   Stop the Presses   Suite from Pleasantville   The Ballad of the Three Amigos [#][Demo Version]   The Big One [Instrumental]   The End Title   The Final Game   The Joke [#]   The Majors: The Mind Is a Strange Thing   The Natural   The Natural [From the Natural]   The Newsroom 7:00 P.M.   The Old Farm 1939   The Sun   The Whammer Strikes Out   Tickle Me [Live]   To the Hospital   Vine Street   Waltz for Evelyn   Winning   Woody and Buzz (Instrumental) [Instrumental]   Woody and Buzz [Instrumental]   Wrigley Field   Yellow Man [Live]   You Can Leave Your Hat On [#][*][Demo Version]   You Can Leave Your Hat On [Version]

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