Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Message Of Love Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde Originally performed by: Pretenders
Now the reason we're here As man and woman Is to love each other Take care of each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good, good Like Brigitte Bardot
Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars We are all of us in the gutter But some of us are looking at the stars Look round the room Life is unkind We fall but we keep gettin' up Over and over and over and over and over and over
Me and you, every night, every day We'll be together always this way Your eyes are blue like the heavens above Talk to me darlin' with a message of love
Now the reason we're here Every man, every woman Is to help each other Stand by each other When love walks in the room Everybody stand up Oh it's good, good good Say I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
One Sweet Letter From You Composer(s): Lew Brown; Sidney Clare; Harry Warren Performer(s): Ted Lewis and multiple other artists
I'm so blue Lonesome, too And I wonder where you are tonight Not one word Have I heard If you think of me, why don't you write?
Oh, dear, how I need one sweet letter from you How I'd love to read one sweet letter from you You know that you left me so worried and blue I always keep singing, oh, what'll I do Though it's not fair, and you don't care for me dearly Drop me a line, if you just sign, "Yours sincerely" You know that I'm praying the night and day through Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you
(Patter): Mail for Missus Jones Missus Jones don't need it Missus Jones is happy all the day Mail for Missus Brown Missus Brown don't read it Opens them and throws them right away Mail man rings, then he sings Got some letters for you Here's what he brings Mail for the baker My dress maker Word from the landlord, too I get letters from ev'rybody Not a single word from you
Here's what to do, even though you never crave me And though you lie, say that you cry, it might save me! You know that I'm praying the night and day through Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you
Since you're gone I keep on Feeling just as sorry as can be I just wrote You a note I'd be happy if you'd answer me...
Oh, dear, how I need one sweet letter from you How I'd love to read one sweet letter from you You know that you left me so worried and blue I always keep singing, oh, what'll I do Though it's not fair, and you don't care for me dearly Drop me a line, if you just sign, "Yours sincerely" You know that I'm praying the night and day through Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you
One Sweet Letter Composer(s): Joe Liggins Performer(s): Joe Liggins; and various other artists
Well, write me one sweet letter
say you're in love with me Tell me that you want me, with me you'll always be I love you baby, that you can plainly see
Well, write me one sweet letter, seal it with a kiss Your sweet and tender kisses, are what I really miss ah, come back baby, don't treat your love like this
Ah well, write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Baby, I'm in love with you
Well, write me one sweet letter, say you're in love with me Tell me that you want me, with me you'll always be I love you baby, that you can plainly see
Well, write me one sweet letter, seal it with a kiss Your sweet and tender kisses, are what I really miss Ah, come back baby, don't treat your love like this
Ah well, write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Write me one sweet letter Baby, I'm in love with you
Message From The Country Composer(s): Jeff Lynne Performer(s): The Move
Here the roar a coming Here the roar a coming Here the roar a coming now
Got news for your mother Got news for your mother Got news for your mother tonight
Sister I have touched the evergreen And I promise that it's life should go unseen Now it says the birds upon the fire And the message from the country rises higher
Hear the birdie calling Hear the birdie calling Hear the birdie calling for life
Message from the country Message from the country Message from the country rising high
Sister I have touched the evergreen And I promise that it's life should go unseen Now it says the birds upon the fire And the message from the country rises higher
One Step Closer Composer(s): Keith Knudsen; John McFee; Carlene Carter Performer(s): The Doobie Brothers
Baby, theres a chance you ought to take Chance of a mistake you gotta make Maybe Im mistaken too To take my chance with you I need you like a shadow needs a light Ill follow you like morning follows night When nothins left ahead of you Ill be right behind you Shadows disappear at night We both know its a shame if you should lose one Why is it so hard to find Tell me that youre right there too
One step baby Two steps maybe One step closer Ill be next to you
Baby, its a secret I cant keep Trouble comes and suddenly youre weak I dont believe you got the strength To fight this kind of love I know its risky now and then What with all the what ifs and the whens Who is there to say were wrong - to tell us it cant be Come on, baby, please dont go Im no heart of stone and you know Why is it so hard to do Tell me that youre right there too, baby
Baby, cant you see were runnin late Cant you see we aint got time to wait Might be that youre scared of me Of something you might feel Hold on to me, baby, hold on tight I can take us through the night all right Maybe I will stay here too Take my chance with you
Shadows disappear at night We both know its a shame if you should lose one Why is it so hard to find Tell me that youre right there too
Message From A Black Man Composer(s): Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield Performer(s): The Tempations and various other artists
Melvin: Yes, my skin is black But that's no reason to hold me back
Eddie: Why don't you think about it Think about it, think about it, think about it Think about it... I have wants and desires Just like you So move on the side 'Cause I'm comin' through, oh!
Temptations: No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Eddie and Temptations: No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now, oooh...
Melvin: Yes, your skin is white... Does that make you right?
Eddie: Why don't you think about it Think about it, think about it, think about it Think about it... This is a message A message to y'all Together we stand Divided we fall, oh!
Dennis: Black is a color Just like white Tell me how can a color determine whether You're wrong or right We all have our faults... Yes we do
Eddie: So look in your mirror
Temptations: Look in the mirror
Eddie: What do you see?
Temptations: What do you see?
Eddie: Two eyes
Temptations: Two eyes
Eddie: A nose, and a mouth just like me, oh!
Eddie: Your eyes are open But you refuse to see The laws of society Were made for both you and me Because of my color I struggle to be free Sticks and stones May break my bones But in the end You're gonna' see my friend, oh!
Temptations: No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now (chorus repeated several times through music, or "the bridge")
(after a few minutes, above chorus is repeated as song nears end, and then...)
Temptations: Say it loud! No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Temptations: Say it loud! No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Temptations: Say it! No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Temptations: Say it loud! No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Temptations: Say it loud!
Dennis: I'm black and I'm proud!
Temptations: No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
Temptations: Say it loud!
Dennis: I'm black and I'm proud!
Temptations: No matter how hard you try You can't stop me now
One Step Beyond Composer(s): Cecil Campbell Performer(s): Madness; and various other artists
Hey you Don't watch that watch this this is the heavy heavy monster sound the nuttiest sound around so if you've come in the off the street and you're beginningto feel the heat well listen buster you better start to move your feet to the rockinest rock steady beat of madness
Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue The band was jumpin', the people too Ah, mess around They doin' the mess around They doin' the mess around Everybody doin' the mess around Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul They did the boogie-woogie, with a sturdy roll They mess around They doin' the mess around They doin' the mess around Everybody doin' the mess around Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg When I say go, just ah, shake your leg And do the mess around I declare, do the mess around Yeah do the mess around Everybody's doin' the mess around Now let me have it there boy
Now you got it boy
(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around) (Mess around, boy) Now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1 Everybody here's gonna have some fun Doin' the mess around Ah, doin' the mess around They doin' the mess around Everybody doin' the mess around Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring She knows how to, shake that thing Mess around I declare, she can mess around Ah, mess around Everybody do the mess around
One Small Photograph Composer(s): Kevin Shegog Performer(s): Rex & Noelene Franklin and various other artists
Heartaches and sad dreams Take away the moonbeams Memories that made me so blue All I have to cheer me I always keep it near me One small photograph of you
I've got lots of money And things you gave me, honey I've got a house and a Cadillac or two If my fortune lessens I'l1 be satisfied possessin' One small photograph of you
Take away the sad dreams Bring back the moonbeams Come back my darling and stay If you say you'll love me By all the stars above me I'll put my little photograph away
I've got lots of money And things you gave me, honey I've got a house and a Cadillac or two If my fortune lessens I'll be satisfied possessin' One small photograph of you
Mes Yeux Sont Fous English Title: I Must Be Seeing Things Composer(s): Al Kooper; Bob Brass; Irwin Livine; S. Thibaut Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday
Mes yeux sont fous
Ou mes yeux sont fous Ou là, devant moi C'est la fille que j'aime Et, dans ses bras, c'est mon meilleur ami Mais non, je ne peux croire ça
Ça me ferait trop mal Elle ne ferait pas ça Ça me ferait trop mal Elle ne dirait pas ça, pas ça
Mon amour, mon amour, mon amour
Ou mes yeux sont fous Ou la vie me joue un tour Mais pourquoi me faire ça Je veux si peu Je demandais qu'elle m'aime un peu Mais c'était beaucoup
Leurs lèvres qui se cherchent Ça me ferait trop mal Et ces mots qu'elle lui crie Ça me ferait trop mal, trop mal
Mon amour, mon amour, mon amour
Cet ami qui trahit Ça me ferait trop mal Cette fille qui m'oublie Ça me ferait trop mal Mes yeux se sont trompés Mes yeux sont fous Oh, non ce n'est pas vrai Ce n'est pas vrai
One Rainy Wish Composer(s): Jimi Hendrix Performer(s): Jimi Hendrix; Phil Brown; Eugene Chadbourne; Brian May
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago Misty blue and lilac too Never to grow old There you were under a tree of song, sleeping so peacefully In your hand a flower played, waiting there for me I have never laid eyes on you Not before this timeless day But you woke and you smiled my name And you stole my heart away Stole my heart away little girl Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago Misty blue and lilac too Never to grow old Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago, Misty blue and lilac too Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had Misty blue and lilac too Gold and rose, gold and rose Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had Not too long ago Misty blue and lilac too It's only a dream but I'd love to tell somebody about this dream The sky was filled with a thousand stars While the sun kissed the mountains blue And eleven moons played across the rainbows above me and you Gold and rose, the color of the velvet walls that surrounds us
Mes Souvenirs, Mes Seize Ans Composer(s): Claude Moine; Pierre Papadiamandis Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell
Le Calypso Bar du Square de la Trinité En a vu passer des stars de quartier Mais ils ont tell'ment rêvé tout éveillés Le hasard, la magie les a réalisés Jacques Dutronc ne pensait pas encore à Hardy Long Chris confondait diligence et taxi Jean-Philippe Smet ignorait tout de Johnny Et piquait mes disques dans les surprises-parties Mes seize ans brûlent encore dans mes souvenirs Des clichés qui n'arrivent pas à mourir Les premiers blousons T-shirts et jean délavés Les premiers rockers légendaires et pionniers Gene Vincent qui pleurait sur "Ba Baby Blue" On aimait tout ça et passait pour des fous Mes seize ans brûlent encore dans mes souvenirs Des clichés qui n'arrivent pas à mourir Ma première guitare s'est brisée dès le premier jour J's'rai pas musicien, mais chanteur faut d'l'humour Nostalgie tu reviens un peu trop souvent rôder Parfois tu fais mal mais comment t'oublier Mes seize ans brûlent encore dans mes souvenirs Des clichés qui n'arrivent pas à mourir Mes seize ans brûlent encore dans mes souvenirs Des clichés qui n'arrivent pas à mourir
One Piece At A Time Composer(s): Wayne Kemp Performer(s): Johnny Cash; and various other artists
Well, I left Kentucky back in '49 An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black
One day I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand
CHORUS I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive ever'body wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
So the very next day when I punched in With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends I left that day with a lunch box full of gears Now I never considered myself a thief But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece Especially if I strung it out over several years
The first day I got me a fuel pump And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome The little things I could get in my big lunchbox Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home
Now up to now my plan went allright 'Til we tried to put it all together one night And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong The transmission was a '53 And the motor turned out to be a '73 And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone
So we drilled it out so that it would fit And with a little bit of help with an adaptor kit We had that engine runnin' just like a song Now the headlight' was another sight We had two on the left and one on the right But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on
The back end looked kinda funny too But we put it together and when we got thru Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin About that time my wife walked out And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin"
So we drove up town just to get the tags And I headed her right on down main drag I could hear ever'body laughin' for blocks around But up there at the court house they didn't laugh 'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds
Chorus I got it one piece at a time And it didn't cost me a dime You'll know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna drive ever'body wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
(Spoken) Ugh! Yow, Red Ryder This is the Cotton Mouth In the Psycho-Billy Cadillac Come on Huh This is the Cotton Mouth And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there Red Ryder You might say I went right up to the factory And picked it up, it's cheaper that way Ugh!, what model is it
Mes Premières Vraies Vacances Composer(s): Jacques Datin; Maurice Vidalin Performer(s): France Gall
Mes premières vraies vacances J'en rêvais depuis longtemps Et cette année j'ai la chance De partir sans mes parents Ce n'est pas que ma famille Soit vraiment collet monté Mais moi je suis grande fille J'ai besoin de liberté
Fini de toujours dire où l'on est Fini la trempette où l'on à pied Fini de s'habiller pour dîner Bien fini J'aurai le droit de marcher nus pieds J'aurai le droit d'être décoiffée J'aurai le droit d'aller me baigner Sans bonnet
Mes premières vraies vacances Moi je veux en profiter Pour sortir de mon enfance Par les portes de l'été Mes premières vraies vacances Comme elles me semblaient loin Et voilà qu'elles commencent Je serai là-bas demain
Faudra que je me trouve un garçon Faudra qu'il danse comme un champion Faudra qu'il soit pas trop polisson Faudrait pas D'accord pour la ballade en bateau D'accord pour qu'il m'offre des gâteaux D'accord mais s'il m'en demande trop Pas d'accord
Mes premières vraies vacances Je ne veux pas les gâcher En écoutant ces romances Qu'il ne chante qu'un été Car je pense, quand j'y pense Que c'est trop pour quinze jours Des premières vraies vacances Et un premier grand amour Des premières vraies vacances Et un premier grand amour.....
One Particular Harbour Composer(s): Jimmy Buffett; Bobby Holcomb Performer(s): Jimmy Buffett
"We're going to that one particular harbour Take our Caribbean roots with us, huh? You certainly look dressed for the occasion" Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei
I know I don't get there often enough But God knows I surely try It's a magic kind of medicine That no doctor could prescribe
I used to rule my world from a pay phone Ships out on the sea But now times are rough Oh I got too much stuff I can't explain the likes of me
Chorus: But there's this one particular harbor So far but yet so near Where I see the days as they fade away Finally disappear
But now I think about the good times Down in the Caribbean sunshine In my younger days I was so bad Laughin' about all the fun we've had
I seen enough to feel the world spin Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins Listen to the drummers and the night sounds Listen to the singers make the world go 'round
Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei
Lakes below the mountain Flow into the sea Like oils applied to canvas Oh how they permeate through me
But there's this one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within
A most mysterious calling harbor So far but yet so near Where I can see the day when my hair's full gray And I finally disappear
Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei Ia ora te natura E mea arofa teie ao nei
(Ua pau te maitai no te fenua) (Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie) (Ua pau te maitai no te fenua) (Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie)
Mes Mains Sur Tes Hanches Composer(s): Salvatore Adamo Performer(s): Salvatore Adamo
Sois pas fachée si je te chante les souvenirs de mes quinze ans Ne boude pas c'que tu es absente de mes rêveries d'adolescent Ces amourettes insignifiantes ont preparé un grand amour Et c'est pourquoi je te les chante et les présentant tour à tour
Mais laisse mes mains sur tes hanches Ne fais pas ses yeux furibond Oui, tu l'auras ta revanche: tu seras ma dernière chanson
Dans chaque fille que j'ai connu, c'est un peu toi que je cherchais Quand, dans mes bras, je t'ai tenu, moi je tremblais, je comprenais Que tu est sortie d'une fâble pour venir habiter mon rêve Et ce serait bien regrettable que notre amour ainsi s'achève Oui, se serait bien regrettable que notre amour ainsi s'achève
Mais laisse mes mains sur tes hanches Ne fais pas ses yeux furibond Oui, tu l'auras ta revanche: tu seras ma dernière chanson
Laisse mes mains sur tes hanches Ne fais pas ses yeux furibond Oui, tu l'auras ta revanche: tu seras ma dernière chanson
One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Performer(s): Leonard Cohen; Drunk; Harvey Milk
I lit a thin green candle To make you jealous of me But the room just filled up with mosquitoes They heard that my body was free Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night And I put it in your little shoe Then I confess that I tortured the dress That you wore for the world to look through
I showed my heart to the doctor He said I'd just have to quit Then he wrote himself a prescription And your name was mentioned in it Then he locked himself in a library shelf With the details of our honeymoon and I hear from the nurse that he's gotten much worse and his practice is all in a ruin
I heard of a saint who had loved you So I studied all night in his school He taught that the duty of lovers Is to tarnish the golden rule And just when I was sure that his teachings were pure He drowned himself in the pool His body is gone, but back here on the lawn His spirit continues to drool
An Eskimo showed me a movie He'd recently taken of you The poor man could hardly stop shivering His lips and his fingers were blue I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes And I guess he just never got warm But you stand there so nice in your blizzard of ice O please let me come into the storm
One Of Those Songs Composer(s): Gerard Calvi; Will Holt Performer(s): Jimmy Durante; and various other artists
Well, this is one of those songs
that you hear now and then You don't know just where and you don't know just when It's one of those songs that are over and then It's one of those songs that starts playing again
Yes, it's one of those songs that you hear for awhile That come into fashion, then go out of style It's one of those songs that you think you forgot But it's one of those songs you cannot
Because it's one of those songs that can make you recall A ride in the springtime, a walk in the fall A day in the country, a night on the town The sun coming up or the rain coming down
Or else the evening you parted, the morning you met The love of your life you can never forget The reason is simple, the memory belongs To one of those wonderful songs
Well, this is one of those songs that's so easy to hear You listen just once, and you play it by ear It's hummed on verandas and strummed on guitars And all you remember is "lah-dah-dah-dah"
But later on you recall it in some other year You may start to smile or you may shed a tear You'll find that a part of your lifetime belongs To one of those wonderful songs
