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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
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
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 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
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
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it is about a forbidden love.... randy does mean horny ..... cat is the greatest song/writer ever
I’ve wondered about the meaning of this song since i heard it, shortly after the Cat Stevens album, Back to Earth, came out (the last album before he became known as Yusef). Stevens had already converted to Islam by this time.
The lyrics to Randy are enigmatic; the subject of the song is not identified as to gender. Randi is a common way to spell the name for a girl; that’s not written in stone.
The early, problematic verse is “if they knew i think they’d take me away, just for loving you, all alone in my own quiet way, ‘cause that’s the way that i want it.” This does not make sense for a heterosexual love affair unless the family objects to the suitor for any speculative reason. However, the prospect that it is a gay love affair has to be a possible interpretation.
That being said, even though the artist is speaking in the first person, it shouldn’t be assumed Stevens is coming out as gay or bisexual. (All the love affairs in his previous songs are with females, e.g., “I’m looking for a hard headed woman,” etc. However, he ~may~ be stating that if one is gay, it’s OK. Gay love is not sanctioned anywhere in Islam.