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
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Cover art for Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father lyrics by Randy Newman

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.

Cover art for Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father lyrics by 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.