Top Songs By Ry Cooder
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ry Cooder
Vocals
Chris Ethridge
Performer
John Barbeda
Performer
Max Bennett
Performer
Milt Holland
Performer
Richie Hayward
Performer
Roy Estrada
Performer
Van Dyke Parks
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Songwriter
Kirby Johnson
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Van Dyke Parks
Producer
Lenny Waronker
Producer
Lyrics
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 the belly and a fire in my head
Goin' higher and higher till I'm dead
Sister Sue, short and stout
And she didn't grow up, she grew out
Papa says she's plain but she's just bein' kind
Mama says she's pretty but she's almost blind
And they don't let her out much 'cept at night
But I don't care 'cause I'm all right
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
And the young folks roll on the floor
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
Keep them hard times a way from my door
Brother Gene, he's big and mean
And he didn't have much to say
He had a little woman that he whupped each day
And now she's gone away
He got drunk last night, kicked mama down the stairs
I'm all right, I don't care
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
And the young folks roll on the floor
The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
Keep them hard times a way from my door
Writer(s): Randy Newman
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