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Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father Lyrics
Here I am lost in the wind
'Round in circles sailing
Like a ship that never comes in
Standing by myself
Sing a sad song for a good man
Sing a sad song for me
Sing a sad song for the sailor
A thousand miles from the sea
Here I am along on the plain
Sun's going down
It's starting to rain
Papa, we'll go sailing
'Round in circles sailing
Like a ship that never comes in
Standing by myself
Sing a sad song for me
Sing a sad song for the sailor
A thousand miles from the sea
Sun's going down
It's starting to rain
Papa, we'll go sailing
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Submitted by
yuri_sucupira On Nov 28, 2001
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I think this song is gorgeous... it's amazing to me to see a man write and sing such a poignant song for the other gender like this. I wish more songwriters wrote like Randy Newman.
One of my favourite Randy Newman songs, though Linda Ronstadt's version is also good. Was the father a naval officer? Where in Texas is 1000 miles from the sea? None of thse questions really matter - just a very poignant song.