Lyrics to
Randy

This version of Randy was released by Dolly Parton in 1974.

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Randy in your eyes, I see the promise of a future
The promise of a love like I have never known
Randy, cradled in your arms, I feel like I’m in heaven
And heaven knows I’ve needed someone like you for so long
So Randy take me with you, for that’s where I want to be
Teach me how to fly on these new wings you’ve given me
Randy, let me show you what your love has meant to me
Randy, let me be the only one you’ll ever need

Randy, you have given me reason to live again
Reason to love again and reason to smile
Randy, you have given me new inspiration
New dreams to dream and a reason to try

So Randy take me with you for that’s where I want to be
Teach me how to fly on these new wings you’ve given me
Randy, let me show you what your love has meant to me
Randy, let me be the only one you’ll ever need

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About Lyrics and Randy by Dolly Parton

When you decide to study the lyrics to Randy, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Dolly Parton. Some of the lyrics to Randy have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Dolly Parton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Randy if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Randy" means the words set to the music of Randy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Randy and the lyrics to Randy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Randy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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