Lyrics to
Randy

This version of Randy was released by Cat Stevens in 1978.

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Oh Randy if they knew
I think they’d take me away
Just for loving you you
All alone in my own quiet way
Cause that’s the way that I want it

Wish I could see you now
You and your cherry black eyes
My heart would never lie down down
Cause that’s the way my arrow flies
And that’s the way that I want it

You never said it would rain
You only told me that the sun would come again
You never said it would rain
Oh Randy if you did
It wouldn’t mean a thing
It wouldn’t hurt me a bit
Cause only you can break my wings
And that’s the way that I want it

You drew my face in the sand
And ever since that day you made me what I am
You drew my face in the sand
Oh Randy if I could
There’s nothing I wouldn’t give
To live with you for good
Cause that’s the way i’d like to live
And that’s the way that I want it

Randy oh my Randy
Randy oh my Randy
Randy oh my Randy

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About Lyrics and Randy by Cat Stevens

The lyrics for Randy are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Cat Stevens. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Randy have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Randy - Cat Stevens and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Randy by Cat Stevens in multiple ways. 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 Cat Stevens. 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 Cat Stevens 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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