Here’s a video dedicated to a great world leader. I hope all of you like it. I know he will. —Randy NewmanRandy Newman's "Putin," from his 2017 album, Dark Matter. Get the album / listen now: http://smarturl.it/DarkMatter.allPutinPutin puttin’ his pants onOne leg at a timeYou mean he’s just like a regular fella, huh?He ain’t nothing like a regular fellaPutin puttin’ his hat onHat size number nine“You sayin’ Putin’s gettin’ big headed?”Putin’s head’s just fineHe can drive his giant tractorAcross the Trans-Siberian plainHe can power a nuclear reactorWith the left side of his brainAnd when he takes his shirt offHe drives the ladies crazyWhen he takes his shirt offMakes me wanna be a ladyIt’s the Putin Girls!(Putin Girls)Putin if you put it when youPut it where you put itPutin if you put itWill you put it next to me?Putin if you put it when youPut it where you put itPutin if you put itWill you put it next to me?Now Putin hates the Putin girls‘Cause he hates vulgarityAnd he loves his mother countryAnd he loves his familyHe and his ex-wife LyudmilaAre riding along the shoreOf the beautiful new Russian Black SeaLet’s listen inA great man is speakingWe fought a war for this?I’m almost ashamedThe MediterraneanNow there’s a resort worth fighting forIf only the Greeks or the TurksWould start to sniff aroundI’d bring the hammer downSo quick their woolly heads would spinWoolly head, woolly head, woolly headOr, wait a minuteEven betterWhat if the Kurds got in the way?Hey! Kurds and way, curds and whey!Sometimes a people is greater than their leaderGermany, Kentucky, FranceSometimes a leader towers over his countryOne shot at glory, they don’t get a second chanceI dragged these peasants kicking and screamingInto the 21st centuryI thought they’d make itI must have been dreamingThese chicken farmers and file clerks gonna be the death of meI can’t do itPG – Sure, you canI can’t do itPG- Yeah, you canWhat makes you say that girls?PG – Tell you why. ‘Cause you’re the Putin manWho whipped Napoleon?PG- We did!Who won World War II?PG- The Americans!That’s a good one ladiesIt’s our turn to sit in the comfy chairPG – And you’re the man gonna get us there!I don’t know, Lenin couldn’t do itI don’t know, Stalin couldn’t do itThey couldn’t do itWhy you think I can?PG – You’re gonna lead our peopleTo the Promised LandYou’re right, ‘cause, Goddamn,I’m the Putin Man