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Tuesday Night Music: Randy Newman, 'In Germany Before The War'

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S'latch5/06/2009 9:00:02 am PDT

re: #276 Ojoe

Okay. I listened again. I do not understand why you say this song is about Nazis killing the “little golden girl” and the store owner.

First, Randy Newman says it is a song about a murderer. He does not say Nazis.

The store owner is watching this little girl. Then, the little girl has “lost her way.” Then she is dead, apparently with the store owner next to her.

Finally, this little girl has golden hair and gray eyes which are traits the Nazis valued, making her an uncertain target.

I don’t understand.