Going Home lyrics

Artist  : Randy Newman 
Song : Going Home
 
This is a world war I song. world war I fascinates
me because it was such a shock to the world.
nothing before or since has come close. it was a
horrible, horrible event. it was modern weaponry
Avalry and then tanks. they fought for four years
over a hundred yards, some ridiculously small
amount of ground. it’s the stupidest event in
history.

This is one of those songs that I just can’t sing
- it’s right in one of the cracks in my range. so
we did it to approximate what a recording of that
era would sound like. I know mitchell’s
G to get blamed in some review for using all
these effects, but we did it because I simply
can’t sing the thing.