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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Randy Lyrics as written by Joseph G. Raposo Jeremy Stevens

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    it is about a forbidden love.... randy does mean horny ..... cat is the greatest song/writer ever

    abosaud33on January 02, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation

    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.

    kenxon August 30, 2019   Link

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