Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Taking The Chance Composer(s): Graham Russell Performer(s): Air Supply
You're in-between a page of life you never dreamed The answer won't come from that magazine This time it's real and you're not sure just what to feel Who can I trust to say Should I give love now should I take love now
I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want our love to carry on
Sometimes the fear of losing you has been so near I needed to make this choice on my own To let love in when I'm so scared when things begin Don't ever run away I feel close to you now You know I need you now
I'm taking the chance And giving myself to you If something's not right then tell me I'm wrong I just want our love to carry on
I'm taking the chance I can't let this feeling leave I don't want those nights of waiting so long I'm taking the chance before it's gone
Taking the chance Taking the chance Taking the chance Taking the chance On you
I'm taking the chance I can't let this feeling leave I don't want those nights of waiting so long I'm taking the chance before it's gone
Mr. Bad Example Composer(s): Jorge Calderon; Warren Zevon Performer(s): Warren Zevon
I started as an altar boy working at the church Learning all my holy moves doing some research Which led me to a cash box labelled "Children's Fund" I'd leave the change and tuck the bills inside my cumberbund
I got a part-time job at my father's carpet store Laying tackless stripping and housewives by the score I loaded up their furniture and took it to Spokane Auctioned off every last naugahyde divan
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in I'm proud to be a glutton and I don't have time for sloth I'm greedy and I'm angry and I don't care who I cross
I'm, intruder in the dirt I llike to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt I'm, take a look at me I'll live to be a hundred and go down in history
Of course I went to law school and got a law degree And counselled all my clients to plead insanity Then worked in hair replacement swindling the bald Where very few are chosen, fewer still are called
Then on to Monte Carlo play chemin de fer I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair I put my last few francs down on a prostitute Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute
Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig And headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig? Fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide Looking through the want ads sipping Foster's in the shade
I opened up an agency somewhere down the line To hire aboriginals to work the opal mines But I attached their wages and took a whopping cut And whisked away their workman's comp and pauperized the lot
I'm, intruder in the dirt I llike to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt I'm, take a look at me I'll live to be a hundred and go down in history
I bought a first class ticket on Malaysian Air Landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear I'm thinking of retiring from all my dirty deals See you in the next life, wake me up for meals
Glad All Over Composer(s): Roy Bennett Performer(s): Carl Perkins; and various other artists
Ain't no doubt about it Ain't no doubt about it, this must be love One little kiss from you and I feel glad all over Ooh baby, hot-dang-dilly, it's so silly but I'm glad all over I got goose pimples baby, 'cause it feels so good When you cuttle me like you do and I feel glad all over Ooh mercy, I'm a real cool pappy and I'm happy And I'm glad all over Well your touch goes through me like electric fire Well, every part of me glows It don't take much lookin' to see what I got 'Cause it shows, shows! Come on honey please one more time Everytime you do, well I feel glad all over Ooh mercy, hot-dang-dilly, it's so silly but I'm glad all over
Well I'm tryin' to tell you I'm cookin' inside When we're cheek to cheek Temperature's low but my fever is hot I can't speak, I'm so weak Come on honey-bunny kiss me one more time Everytime you do, well I feel glad all over Ooh mercy, hot-dong-dilly, it's so silly but I'm glad all over Hot-dang-dilly, it's so silly but I'm glad all over Ooh, hot-dang-dilly, it's so silly but I'm glad all over
Taking Some Time On Composer(s): John Lees - Les Holroyd - Mel Pritchard - Woolly Wolstenholme Performer(s): Barclay James Harvest
Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on Let's come on and make it better Let's make everybody see Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hidden feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on
Let's come on and tell the story Of the way it used to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and sing a song now Of the days when we were free Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on
Let's come on the feeling's right now We want everyone to be Just taking some time on Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on For those who feel inclined To talk about the hideen feelings of their mind Let's come on and get together Let's come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on
Mr. Apollo Composer(s): Vivian Stanshall; Neil Innes Performer(s): The Bonzo Dog Band
I have seen Mr. Apollo uproot trees with his bare hands I have seen Mr. Apollo's body-building plan He's the strongest man the world has ever seen And if you take his courses, he'll make you big and rough And-- and you can beat up bullies until they cry "oh lor'! Oh, crikey let go, you rotter Don't punish me!"
And you're tough (You're very fit) Your voice is gruff (It sounds like grit) You are so strong (and proud of it) Thanks to Mr. Apollo Follow Mr. Apollo Everybody knows he's the greatest benefactor of mankind Follow Mr. Apollo Everybody knows that a healthy body makes a healthy mind
You know He's the strongest man the world has ever seen And if you take his courses, he'll make you big and rough And-- you can kick the sand right back in their faces Kick! (laugh)
Chorus
(Chorus In Background) Yes Just give me ten years of your life and I'll trade in that puny flab for living muscle The physique you deserve! Strong Chesty shoulders to hold your shirt up (He can do it for you) Five years ago, I was a four-stone apology Today, I am two separate gorillas No tiresome excercises No tricks No unpleasant bending Wrestle poodles and win! Play beachball! Shave your legs (Yes, he can do it for you) Knock over walls Tease people! Brush them aside as though they were matchsticks Impress your friends
Giving Up Composer(s): Van McCoy Performer(s): Donny Hathaway; and various other artists
Giving up is hard to do When you really love someone Giving up .... so hard to do When you still depend upon Her warm and tender touch Her kiss and her hug..........her caress Oooooh that used to mean so much And bring you happiness Woooo ooooooooh
Giving up, so hard to do I've tried But it just ain't no use Giving up, so hard to do I said I've tried But it just ain't no use But my light of hope is burning dim But But in my heart I pray That my love and faith in the girl My love...will bring her back someday
I'm talking 'bout when you really love someone
Whether Whether she knows or not She really needs me too
The little girl is all I got Yes she is And giving, giving up is hard to do Giving up So hard to do Heey...giving up So very hard to do I said I've tried Hey, but I just can't get loose Giving up So hard for me to do I don't want to lose you Cause you mean so much to me
Taking My Business Elsewhere Composer(s): Richard Thompson Performer(s): Richard Thompson
If she's not here by now, then I guess she's not coming If she's not here by now, then I guess she don't care Oh waiter, I won't waste your time anymore You've already started to sweep down the floor And I guess she's not coming, so I'll head for the door I'll be taking my business elsewhere
It wasn't for me, that spark in her eyes It wasn't for me, that halo in her hair When she touched me a lump rose up into my throat But she must act that way with any old soak And waiter you don't seem to share in the joke So I'll be taking my business elsewhere
She called me her fantasy And boldly she kissed me I'll never get over the sheer surprise Of her acting that way And I'm healing okay But for the eyes of her...
Oh it's cold in the rain and it's dark and it's sad And I'll miss her tonight on my lonely back stair I'm sorry for taking so much of your space I'll move down the street to some friendlier place 'Cause I guess she's not coming, and you're sick of my face I'll be taking my business elsewhere
Mr. And Mrs. Used To Be Composer(s): Joe Deaton Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Loretta Lynn; Leon Redbone
Now we go our separate ways Mr. and Mrs. Used To Be For oh so long I've loved you I know that you loved me But time moved on and we grew far apart It's not the way I wanted but the judge has set you free Although you're still the first one in my heart
I just don't understand it how people such as we Could know the love that we have known but somehow disagree I hope that you'll be happy the same to you from me Now we go our separate ways Mr. and Mrs. Used To Be
At first it was like heaven on earth for you and me But heaven's sure has changed a lot since then I can't put all the blame on you for some belongs to me What started out as heaven reached an end
I guess we could have made it but pride stood in our way For love to live it must have worked we never seemed the same And so I say goodbye now, kiss the kids for me Now we go our separate ways Mr. and Mrs. Used To Be
Giving It All Away Composer(s): David Courtney; Leo Sayer Performer(s): Roger Daltrey; Leo Sayer
I paid all my dues so I picked up my shoes got up and walked away Oh! I was just a boy I didn't know how to say?
Worked hard and failed now all I can say is I threw it all away Oh! I was just a boy giving it all away
Sail away, Sail away
Oooooooh! Well I know better now I know better now giving it all away
Oooooooh! Well I know better now I know better now giving it all away
Went out in this world to much for my nerve only myself to blame Oh! I was just a boy nobody else to blame
I've done all I can now it's out of my hands stand on my head and say
Oh! I was just a boy giving it all away
Sail away, Sail away
Ooooooh! Well I know better now I know better now giving it all away... ....Just a boy, giving it all away I was just a boy giving it all away I was just a boy, giving it all away Just a boy giving it all away Just a boy!
Taking A Child By The Hand ((Adapted from: Prendre Un Enfant (Yves Duteil) - 1978)) Composer(s): Yves Duteil - J. Wright Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri - 1987
Versions In Other Languages: 1979 - Ode Aan Maastricht (Benny Neyman) 1980 - Neem Eens Een Kind Bij De Hand (Paul Roelandt) 1986 - Gib Einem Kind Deine Hand (Nana Mouskouri)
Taking a child by the hand Teaching him just how to stand So he'll accept what tomorrow may bring Taking a child for a king
Taking a child in your arms And as you feel your heart sing Drying his tears as you're letting him cling Taking a child for a king
Taking a child to your heart Soothing away his distress Softly in silence to soothe and caress Taking a child to your heart
Taking a child in your arms And as you feel your heart sing Tears start to fall as you're letting him cling Taking a child for a king
Taking a child by the hand Singing him nursery rhymes So that he'll sleep at the end of the day Singing his troubles away
Taking a child to your breast Soothing away his unrest And looking on to the future you've planned Taking a child by the hand
Years on your own, now no longer alone Taking a child for your own
Givin' It Up For Your Love Composer(s): Jerry Lyn Williams Performer(s): Delbert McClinton; and various other artists
Givin' it up for your love, everything Givin' it up for your love, right now Givin' it up for your love, I said everything! Givin' it up for your love, right now Right now
My heart is achin' for you I can't stand it I need your lovin' And I so demand it
I'm givin' it up for your love, everything I'm givin' it up for your love, right now I'm givin' it up for your love, everything! I'm givin' it up for your love, right now
Well I thought about it Ah, you know I ain't playin' You better listen to me Every word I been saying Hot is cold and cold is hot I'm a little bit stuck But I give it everything I got Don't want your money, baby Don't need your cars I'm doin' all right Doin' all right so far
I'm givin' it up for your love, everything I'm givin' it up for your love, right now Givin' it up for your love, everything! Givin' it up for your love, somehow
I know you told me, that you'd always love me And I believed it was true So I saved the best, and I'm grateful My love's only just for you Come back here; come back, real quick My heart is aching, but my body's feeling weak I'll be all right, yes, I'll be ok Come on now, baby, listen to what I say Don't want your money, baby Don't need your cars Been doin' all right Doin' all right so far
I'm givin' it up for your love, everything I'm givin' it up for your love, right now I'm givin' it up for your love, I said, everything! Givin' it up for your love, somehow
I''m givin' it up for your love, I said, everything! Im Givin' it up for your love, right now ImGivin' it up for your love, everything! Givin' it up for your love, somehow
I'm givin' it up for your love, everything I'm givin' it up for your love, right now
Ode Aan Maastricht ((aka Neem Eens Een Kind Bij De Hand (Paul Roelandt) - 1980)) ((Adapted from: Prendre Un Enfant (Yves Duteil) - 1978)) Composer(s): Yves Duteil - Benny Neyman Performer(s): Benny Neyman - 1979
Versions In Other Languages: 1986 - Gib Einem Kind Deine Hand (Nana Mouskouri) 1987 - Taking A Child By The Hand (Nana Mouskouri)
Kom met me mee naar Maastricht Voor wie niet weet waar dat ligt Ergens in het uiterste zuiden van het land Parel van het Limburgse land Stad met een eigen gezicht Door de Romeinen gesticht En door de Fransen beinvloed als geen Kom maar, dan gaan we er heen
Kom met me mee en flaneer Proef die Bourgondische sfeer Stad van traditie, van wierrook en bier Altijd het grootste plezier Stad aan de kolkende Maas Weinig bezongen, helaas Stad zoals jij bent, zo is er niet een Kom maar dan gaan we er heen
Hmmmmm, hmmmmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmmmm
Kom met me mee naar Maastricht Stad met het oude gezicht Stokoude straten maar jong nog van hart Altijd een beetje apart Stad aan de kolkende Maas Weinig bezongen helaas Zo'n zachte G als jij heeft er niet een Kom maar dan gaan we er heen Stad als een onuigesproken gedicht Kom met me mee naar Maastricht
Wreck Of The John B. ((aka Sloop John B (The Kingston Trio) - 1958)) ((Adapted from: The John B. Sails (Traditional)) Composer(s): Traditional - Carl Sandburg - Lee Hays Performer(s): The Weavers - 1950 and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1966 - Mister John B. (Sylvie Vartan) 1989 - Hallo Ajouw (Normaal)
We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me 'Round Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night, we got into a fight I feel so breakup, I want to go home
So hoist up the John B sails See how the mains'l's set Send for the captain ashore Let me go home Let me go home Let me go home I feel so breakup I want to go home
The first mate he got drunk Broke up the people's trunk Constable had to come and take him away Sheriff Johnstone, please let me alone I fell so breakup, I want to go home
So hoist up the John B sails See how the mains'l's set Send for the captain ashore Let me go home Let me go home Let me go home I feel so breakup I want to go home
The stewardess she got stewed Ran 'round the poop deck nude Constable had to come and take her away Sheriff Johnstone please let me alone I feel so breakup, I want to to home
So hoist up the John B sails See how the mains'l's set Send for the captain ashore Let me go home Let me go home Let me go home I feel so breakup I want to go home
Give Us Your Blessings Composer(s): Jeff Barry; Ellie Greenwich Performer(s): The Shangri-Las; Ray Peterson
Run, run, run Mary, run, run, run Jimmy, run, run, run Mary, run, run, run
Mary and Jimmy were both very young But as much in love As two people could be And all they wanted Was to share that love eternally
They went to their folks they told them That someday soon they'd be wed Their folks just laughed And called them kids So Mary said
Give us your blessing Please don't make us Run away Give us your blessing Say you'll be there on our wedding day
They wouldn't have laughed at Mary If they could have seen through the door But Jimmy was waiting in the car While Mary begged once more
Give us your blessing Please don't make us Run away Give us your blessing Say you'll be there on our wedding day
Well as they drove off they were crying And nobody knows for sure That, that's why they didn't see the sign That read detour
The next day they found them Mary and Jimmy were dead And as their folks Knelt beside them in the rain They couldn't help but hear The last words that Mary and Jimmy had said
Give us your blessing Please don't make us Run away Give us your blessing Say you'll be there on our wedding day
Run, run, run Mary, run, run, run Jimmy, run, run, run Mary, run, run, run
Taking A Chance On Love Composer(s): Vernon Duke - Ted Fetter - John Latouche First performance by: Ethel Waters - 1940 Covered by multiple other artists
Here I go again I hear those trumpets blow again All aglow again Taking a chance on love
Here I slide again About to take that ride again Starry eyed again Taking a chance on love
I thought that cards were a frame-up I never would try Now I'm taking that game up And the ace of hearts is high
Things are mending now I see a rainbow blending now We'll have a happy ending now Taking a chance on love
Here I slip again About to take that trip again I got that grip again Taking a chance on love
Now I prove again That I can make life move again I'm in a groove again Taking a chance on love
I walk around with a horseshoe In clover I lie And brother rabbit of course you Better kiss your foot good-bye
On that ball again I'm riding for a fall again I'm gonna give my all again Taking a chance on love
Moving Waves Composer(s): Inayat Khan; Thijs Van Leer Performer(s): Focus
Moving waves, the wind has left you And you're still in commotion? Moving waves, the wind has left you And you're still in commotion?
We are still repeating the word it has taught us It moves our whole being into ecstasy
Waves, why do you all become excited And then all calm together? Because behind our individual action There is one impulse working Because behind our individual action There is one impulse working
Rising waves...what motive is behind your impulse? What motive is behind your impulse?
Give Peace A Chance Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney Performer(s): John Lennon; and various other artists
Everybody is talking about blagism Shagism, dragism and madism Ragism and tagism bob tailing Thisism, thatism, ism, ism, ism George Chisolm, yes
All we are saying Is give peace a chance All we are saying Is give peace a chance
Everybody's talking about ministers Sinisters, banisters, canisters Roger Bannisters, bishops, bishops Bishop Auckland, rabbis, Popeyes, bye-byes Max Bygraves and everybody else
All we are saying Is give peace a chance All we are saying Is give peace a chance
Everybody's talking about revolution Evolution, The Everly Brothers, mastication Euston Station, fladulation, flatulation Regulations, integration, mediation United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying Is give peace a chance All we are saying Is give peace a chance
Everybody in the Soviet Union, unite Go down to the shops and talk about John and Yoko Timothy Leary, Barbara Windsor, Yoko Ono, Madonna Bobby Dylan, Bobby Charlton, Eddie Charlton Tommy Cooper and the Amazing Horseradish Dancers Derek Baker, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg and the Hare Krishna Three
All we are saying Is give peace a chance All we are saying Is give peace a chance
Everybody's talking about gagism, tagism Shagism, dragism, madism Ragism, tagism, botulism, thisism, thatism Listen to this
Everybody's talking about ministers Sinisters, banisters, canisters Bishops, bishops, Bishop's Avenue Why not talk about Bishop's Avenue I've got a lovely house on Bishop's Avenue
Everybody's talking about Popeye, Olive Oyl Everybody, everybody, everybody, Mrs. Jean Schnook Twenty Three Chepstow Villas Because they are the next contestant on "Make a B-Side"
All we are saying Is give peace a chance All we are saying Is give peace a chance
Dit Slag Volk ((aka Dat Soort Volk (Liesbeth List) - 1969)) ((Adapted from: Ces Gens-Là (Jacques Brel) - 1966)) Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Dick Poons Performer(s): Herman van Veen - 1970
Versions In Other Languages: 1971 - Che Bella Gente (Giorgio Gaber) 2001 - People Such As These (The Walkabouts) 2002 - Quelli Là (Duilio Del Prete)
Eerst heb je de oude man een pimpelpaarse neus versleten en poreus die niets onthouden kan Hij, die zich zo bezet en zo gezopen heeft dat hij zichzelf vergat en als een ander leeft Hij, meneer, hij is half gaar, meneer hij denkt koning te zijn maar zuipt elke nacht weer de zelfde slechte wijn, meneer en 's ochtends vindt men hem, paars-kaars wit stijf als een marmeren zerk terwijl hij ronkend pit Daarna, meneer, scheel van de drank hikt hij de Here dank Begrijp me wel, meneer, dat bij dit slag volk, meneer praat men niet men bidt...
En dan de andere man, hij is geen kam gewend heeft klitten in zijn haar maakt graag een ruim gebaar dat voos is als de motten in het weggeschonken hemd Hij, meneer, hij trouwde Liselotte een schatje uit de stad, nou ja, een andere stad en u weet niet waar zij, zij heeft zaakjes daar die doet ze, klein koket, het hoedje scheef gezet in kleine cabriolet ze doet zich duur voor meneer maar als je geen centen hebt, meneer koop dan geen portemonnee, meneer Begrijp me goed, meneer, bij dit slag volk meneer praat men niet, denkt men niet, doet men niet, meneer men nept...
En dan, en dan is er de rest, de moeder die niets zegt althans niets van belang, en dan ontstellend echt de puriteinse smoel van vader op 't behang z'n snor omlijst en koel, hij ziet op 't gehoor z'n soep slikkende troep en dat gaat dan van...
En dan, de hele oude vrouw ze beeft meer dan ze leeft men, meneer, men wacht tot ze 't begeeft omdat ze duiten heeft men luistert niet zo nauw naar wat haar hand vertelt Begrijp me wel, meneer, dat bij dit slag volk meneer praat men niet, doet men niet, denkt men niet, meneer men telt...
En dan, en dan, en dan is er Frieda ze is zo mooi, zo teer, ze houdt van mij, meneer net als ik hou van haar, zelfs zo dat wij elkaar een huis hebben gebouwd dat heel veel ramen maar heel weinig muren heeft, meneer waar 't goed is dat je leeft, meneer en valt 't nog te bezien, meneer dan is het toch misschien...
Maar God meneer, de anderen, meneer de anderen willen niet, meneer, de anderen zeggen ze is te mooi voor jou jij bent een vuile kattenmepper een kattenmepper, meneer...
en ik, meneer, ik wilde nooit een kat, meneer nou ja, niet sinds ik haar ken of, of 't was of 't was zo lang terug al, dat ik 't al lang vergat, meneer of 't was een zieke kat, meneer De anderen ze willen 't niet
Soms als ze mij weer ziet per ongeluk, expres met vochtig, trouwe blik verteld ze weg te gaan met mij van huis vandaan en dan, voor een ogenblik één ogenblik, ach, dan geloof ik haar, meneer dan geloof ik haar maar u weet niet waar, meneer bij dit slag volk bij dit slag volk, gaat men niet weg meneer men gaat niet weg, meneer...
maar 't is al laat, meneer ik moet nu terug naar huis
Moving In Stereo Composer(s): Greg Hawkes; Ric Ocasek Originally performed by: The Cars Covered by various other artists
Life's the same I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo Life's the same it's all inside you
It's so easy to blow up your problems It's so easy to play up your breakdown It's so easy to fly through a window It's so easy to fool with the sound
It's so tough to get up It's so tough It's so tough to live up It's so tough on you
Life's the same I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo Life's the same it's all inside you
Life's the same I'm moving in stereo Life's the same except for my shoes Life's the same you're shakin' like tremolo Life's the same it's all inside you