Ragtime - Randy Newman

Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock To a lullaby in ragtime? Sleepy hands are creepin' to the end of the clock Play a lullaby in ragtime You can tell the sandman is on his way By the way that they play As still as the trill of a thrush in a twilight high So you can hear the Rhythm of the ripples on the side of the boat As you sail away to Dreamland High above the moon you hear a silvery note As the sandman takes your hand So rock-a-bye, my baby Don't you cry, my baby Sleepy-time is nigh Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby? So rock-a-bye, my baby Don't you cry, my baby Sleepy-time is nigh Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullaby?

Oh, my honey Oh, my honey You better hurry and let's go down there Ain't you goin'? Ain't you goin'? To that leaderman, ragged meter man Oh, honey Oh, honey Let me take you to Alexander's Grand stand brass band Ain't you coming along? Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band Come on and hear Come on and hear It's the best band in the land They can play the bugle call like you've never heard before Sounds so natural that you'll wanna go to war That's just the best band in the land Oh, honey lamb Come on along Come on along Let me take you by the hand Up to the man Up to the man Who is the leader of the band And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band Come on and hear Come on and hear It's the best band in the land Listen to the bugle call It's the best band in the land Oh, honey lamb Come on along Come on along Let me take you by the hand Up to the man Up to the man Who is the leader of the band And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime Come on and hear Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band

You gave a warning But you never give the Signals that I'm wanting You know that I crave all your attention It's danger mmm I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know What's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want Knife's edge Living on both sides I don't know what's best I need you to tell me Don't know what's next Be honest, mmm Oh, yeah I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know what's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know what's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want (You, yeah) You never give the feelings that I want

I saw you on Sunday, Monday Hanging with your man again You came back on a Tuesday With that cold a' look ashamed Oh I could love you better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on yeah 'Cause cheating's just a thing you do It's just a thing you do I saw you on Friday, Saturday Tearing up another heart You came home a' crying Why you take it all so hard? You know I love you better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on, yeah But I would never cheat on you Yeah, I could love you, better Better than you once knew But if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah 'Cause cheating's just the thing you do It's just a thing you do Ohhh I've been told you baby You done some things so bad to me ahh I know You are the one who's creeping You are the one who's cheating But if you're heart is beating Bring it on, bring it to me. You are the one who's creeping You are the one who's cheating But if you're heart is beating Bring it on, bring it to me. I could love you, better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on But I would never cheat on you, no. I could love you, better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on 'Cause cheating's just a thing you do.

My tribute It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me Here's my tribute 15, I had known to be So confused, broken easily Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me 18, you made me see You lit the lights I've been dampening Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me My passion was abused, my words were never used But now I hope that you can see That it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute 23, now I'm taken in This vicious whirl I was captured in Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me My passion was abused, my words were never used But now I hope that you can see That it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute It's my tribute! My tribute! Oh no! This life I've been brought Life I've been leading It's my life, it's my tribute This life I've been brought Life I've been leading It's my life, it's my tribute And it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute

I love women Have all my life I love my dear mother And I love my wife - God bless her I even love my teenage daughter There's no accounting for it Apparently I don't care how I'm treated My love is unconditional or something I've been hurt a time or two I ain't gonna lie I have my doubts sometimes About the ethics of the so-called fairer sex Fair about what? But I find time goes by And one forgives as one forgets And one does forget God bless the potholes Down on memory lane God bless the potholes Down on memory lane Everything that happens to me now Is consigned to oblivion by my brain I remember my father My brother of course I remember my mother I spoke of her earlier and I remember that I remember the smell of cut grass And going off to play ball in the morning Funny story about that Now I used to pitch I could get the ball over the plate But anyway, this one time I must of thrown a football around or something The day before I walked about fourteen kids in a row Cried Walked off the mound Handed the ball to the third baseman And just left the field Anyway, many years later I brought the woman who was to become my Second wife - God bless her To meet my father for the first time They exchanged pleasantries I left the room for a moment It was the first time he had met her you understand When I came back He was telling her the story Right off the bat About how I had walked fourteen kids Cried and left the mound Next time he met her told her the same Goddamn story! God bless the potholes Down on memory lane God bless the potholes Down on memory lane I hope some real big ones open up And take some of the memories that do remain