Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Tears Performer(s): Sam Ash; Rudy Vallee; Ken Dodd
Tears for souvenirs are all you've left me Memories of a love you never meant I just can't believe you could forget me After all those happy hours we spent together
Tears have been my only consolation But tears can't mend a broken heart I must confess Let's forgive and forget Turn our tears of regret Once more to tears of happiness
Tears have been my only consolation But tears can't mend a broken heart I must confess Let's forgive and forget Turn our tears of regret Once more to tears of happiness
Let's forgive and forget Turn our tears of regret Once more to tears of happiness
My Favorite Things French & German Titles: Mes Joies Quotidiennes; My Favorite Things Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II Originally performed by: Mary Martin Covered by various other artists
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of my favorite things Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs These are a few of my favorite things When the dog bites, when the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so bad
Good Timin' Composer(s): Clint Ballard Jr.; Frederick Tobias Performer(s): Jimmy Jones
Oh, you need timin' A-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-good timin' A-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-timin' Timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
If little, little David hadn't grabbed that stone Lyin' there on the ground Big Goliath might-a stomped on him Instead of the other way But he had.....
Timin', a-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-good timin' A-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-timin' Timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
Who in the world woulda ever known What Columbus could do If Queen Isabella hadn't hocked her jewels In fourteen-ninety-two But she had.....
Timin', a-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-good timin' A-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-timin' Timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
What woulda happened if you and I Hadn't just happened to meet We mighta spent the rest of our lives Walkin' down Misery Street But we had.....
Timin', a-tick-a-tick-a-tick-a-good timin' A-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-tock-a-timin' Timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
Yea, we had timin' Woh, woh, woh, good timin' Yea,yea,yea,yea, timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
Yea, we had timin' Woh, woh, woh, good timin' Yea,yea,yea,yea, timin' is the thing, it's true Good timin' brought me to you
En hier dames en heren, hier komt een liefdesgeschiedenis uit Den Haag, getiteld "Tearoom Tango"
Toen ik jou de roze tearoom langzaam binnenschrijden zag Met je kaalgesleten bontjas en je arrogante lach Een afschuwelijk beeld van honger en ellende Vroeg ik me af hoe ik jou in 's hemelsnaam herkende Maar toen iedereen jou nakeek met die blik van oh-la-la Dat moet vroeger iets geweest zijn van comme ça en ga maar na En de ober zelfs een buiging voor je maakte Toen voelde ik dat mijn verbittering ontwaakte En terwijl je stilstond bij 't gebak Was ik de jongen weer wiens jongenshartje brak
Je hebt me belazerd, je hebt me bedonderd En wat me nu na al die jaren nog verwondert Dat ik dat nooit vergeten zal al word ik honderd Je hebt me belazerd, je hebt me bedonderd
't Zal zo'n dertig jaar geleden zijn dat ik jou stil aanbad En in deze zelfde tearoom steeds op jou te wachten zat En wanneer je dan na uren was gekomen Noemde 'k jou de schone diva van m'n dromen Na een jaar geheime liefde zei 'k nog steeds eerbiedig "u" En ik mocht je af en toe eens kussen achter 't menu Verder mocht ik niks 't was verdomd een schijntje Je hield me steeds met je belofte aan 't lijntje Tot ik plotseling ontdekte dat Jij wel twintig and're tearoom-lovers had
Je hebt me belazerd, je hebt me bedonderd En wat me nu na al die jaren nog verwondert Dat ik dat nooit vergeten zal al word ik honderd Je hebt me belazerd, je hebt me bedonderd
En nu zit je aan een tafeltje en vraagt me "mag ik thee" En je attakeert m'n taartjes en wat kijk je weer gedwee En je fluistert "jongen, haal me uit de nesten Want het is of heel de wereld me wil pesten" Je bent veel te dik gepoeierd en de mot zit in je hoed En ik zie ook dat je huilt zoals een slecht actrice doet Je pikt weer een sigaret en vraagt een vuurtje En je zegt achter je zevende likeurtje "Ach, je weet dat ik jou de liefste vond Geef me wat geld, boy, want ik zit vreselijk aan de grond" Dan zeg ik: "zit jij aan de grond?"
Da's heel belazerd, da's reuze bedonderd Dat ik de liefste was is iets dat mij verwondert Vraag het die anderen maar, je had 'r minstens honderd Ober, ober, goedemiddag Deze dame hier, ober, wou even alles afrekenen Ja, 'k ben belazerd
My Favorite Dream Composer(s): Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil Performer(s): Jan & Dean
Each time I call you up, you're always free You break the dates you've got just to be with me Gee whiz, that's not the way it is But that's my favorite dream
You tell me I'm the type you can't resist Your lips are always there, ready to be kissed Gee whiz, that's not the way it is But that's my favorite dream
(x2): We spend each night together But you don't even know 'Cause in spite of all my dreams Somehow it seems I'd never even dare to say hello But I believe my dreams may still come true Someday you're gonna show that you love me too Gee whiz, that's not the way it is But that's my favorite dream
Gee whiz, that's not the way it is But that's my favorite dream
Good Times Roll Composer(s): Ric Ocasek Performer(s): The Cars; and various other artists
Let the good times roll Let them knock you around Let the good times roll Let them make you a clown
Let them leave you up in the air Let them brush your rock and roll hair
Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let the good times roll
Let the stories be told They can say what they want Let the photos be old Let them show what they want
Let them leave you up in the air Let them brush your rock and roll hair Let the good times roll Let the good times roll-oll Won't you let the good times roll
Good times roll
If the illusion is real Let them give you a ride If they got thunder appeal Let them be on your side
Let them leave you up in the air Let them brush your rock and roll hair Let the good times roll Won't you let the good times roll-oll Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll Won't you let the good times roll Well let the good times roll Let 'em roll (good times roll)
Let the good times roll Oo let the good times roll Oo let the good times roll Let 'em roll (good times roll)
Well, let the good times roll (let the good times roll) Well let the good times roll Good times roll (let the good times roll) Let the good times roll Let 'em roll-oll
Teardrops Will Fall Composer(s): Dickey Doo - Marion Smith First release by: Dickey Doo & The Don'ts - 1958 Covered by multiple other artists
I read your letter and tears filled my eyes All of your promises fading, was nothing but lies So I turned your photograph over, face to the wall And when I dim the lights in my room tonight Teardrops will fall
Teardrops will fall tonight Tears I can't hide Tears that I tried to keep Deep down inside Tears fall, a love that's gone Beyond recall And when I dim the lights in my room tonight Teardrops will fall
I'm gonna pray tonight, baby Hoping you will hear Maybe you'll right the wrong, now And dry each tear I'll sit alone tonight hoping you will call And when I dim the lights in my room tonight Teardrops will fall
My Father's Eyes Composer(s): Livingston Taylor Performer(s): Livingston Taylor
My father stands before me In a place that's his alone I'm guided to the future I have the world to own I stand up and I'm counted A thousand miles from home Why can I see forever In my father's eyes?
My father sits before me His hands upon his chin His fingers touch his lips Until my story ends. Patiently we get it straight The whos, the whens, the whys... Truth ever protected In my father's eyes
My father's eyes... My father's hands... Oh, Daddy quickly pick me up When will I be a man? When will I live long enough To make somebody fly? When will the mirror show me My father's eyes?
My father's resting in a chair In a long, cold Winter sun He falls into a restless sleep Still itching for the run The arms are thin And the movement slow But there'll be one more try Strength has another measure In my father's eyes
My father's eyes My father's hands Oh, Daddy quickly pick me up When will I be a man? When will I live long enough To make somebody fly? When will the mirror show me My father's eyes?
Good Times Bad Times Composer(s): John Bonham; John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page Performer(s): Led Zeppelin; and various other artists
In the days of my youth I was told what it was to be a man Now I've reached the age I've tried to do all those things the best I can No matter how I try I find my way to do the same old jam
Good Times, Bad Times You know I had my share When my woman left home With a brown eyed man Well, I still don't seem to care
Sixteen: I fell in love With a girl as sweet as could be Only took a couple of days Till she was rid of me She swore that she would be all mine And love me till the end When I whispered in her ear I lost another friend
Good Times, Bad Times You know I had my share When my woman left home With a brown eyed man Well, I still don't seem to care
I know what it means to be alone I sure do wish I was at home I don't care what the neighbors say I'm gonna love you each and every day You can feel the beat within my hear. Realize, sweet babe, we aint't ever gonna part
Teardrops will fall because of you Teardrops will fall for only you I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I need you
Teardrops will fall if you don't need me Teardrops will fall oh please believe me I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I need you
As long as there's a moon above There will be the two of us If you and I were meant to be Tell me you love me and I'll be your only (Teardrops will fall)
Teardrops will fall don't run and hide Teardrops will fall stay by my side I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I need you
As long as there's a moon above There will be the two of us If you and I were meant to be Tell me you love me and I'll be your only (Teardrops will fall)
Teardrops will fall don't run and hide Teardrops will fall stay by my side I want you so, oh you'll never know how much I need you
My Father's Eyes Composer(s): Eric Clapton Performer(s): Eric Clapton; Phil Driscoll; Steve Fishell
Sailing down behind the sun Waiting for my prince to come Praying for the healing rain To restore my soul again
Just a toerag on the run How did I get here? What have I done? When will all my hopes arise? How will I know him? When I look in my father's eyes My father's eyes When I look in my father's eyes My father's eyes
Then the light begins to shine And I hear those ancient lullabies And as I watch this seedling grow Feel my heart start to overflow
Where do I find the words to say? How do I teach him? What do we play? Bit by bit, I've realized That's when I need them That's when I need my father's eyes My father's eyes That's when I need my father's eyes My father's eyes
Then the jagged edge appears Through the distant clouds of tears I'm like a bridge that was washed away My foundations were made of clay
As my soul slides down to die How could I lose him? What did I try? Bit by bit, I've realized That he was here with me I looked into my father's eyes My father's eyes I looked into my father's eyes My father's eyes
My father's eyes My father's eyes I looked into my father's eyes My father's eyes
Good Times Composer(s): Harry Vanda; George Young Performer(s): INXS
Is everybody gonna rock? Is everybody gonna roll? Are you gonna have a good time? Let it roll
Mary, Mary, you're on my mind The folks are gone and the place'll be mine Mary, Mary, wanna be with you Now, this is what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put a gun to you
Gonna have a good time tonight Rock 'n' Roll music gonna play all night Come over baby it won't take long It only takes a minute just to sing my song
Phoney Maroni gonna be with Jim Long Tall Sally gonna stay with Slim Short Fat Fanny gonna be there too I tell you what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put a gun to you
Gonna have a good time tonight Rock 'n' Roll music gonna play all night Come over baby it won't take long It only takes a minute just to sing my song
Phoney Maroni gonna be with Jim Long Tall Sally gonna stay with Slim Short Fat Fanny gonna be there too Now this is what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put a gun to you
Teardrops Composer(s): George Harrison Performer(s): George Harrison
Teardrops - I've had my share of crying buckets full of Teardrops - so hard to take - I got a soaking with those Teardrops - and it feels like I have taken over from the rain
In the heart of the lonely man In and out of love more often where most others can He walks the streets like the losers in some lovers' game He talks so sweet but the news is always much the same
Teardrops - I've had my share of crying buckets full of Teardrops - so hard to take - I got a soaking with those Teardrops - and it feels like I have taken over from the rain
In the eyes of the lonely one Everything is cold and hopeless that he looks upon He needs a friend a lover who can comfort him His deeds offend he knows that he has brought on him
Teardrops - I've had my share of crying buckets full of Teardrops - so hard to take - I got a soaking with those Teardrops - and it feels like I have taken over from the rain
Tear Drops Composer(s): Edwin Charles - Helen Stanley - Roy Calhoun Performer(s): Lee Andrews & The Hearts; Debbie Harry
I sit in my room looking out at the rain My tears are like crystals, they cover my window pane I'm thinking of our lost romance and how it should have been Oh if we only could start over again
I know you never forgive me dear, for running out on you I was wrong to take a chance with somebody new I sit in my room looking out at the rain My tears are like crystals, they cover my window pane
I know you never forgive me dear, for running out on you Oh I long to do the things we used to do I'm lonely and I'm blue yet I'll try to get along Without you
Teardrops, teardrops, teardrops
I have to gain faith, hope and charity God only knows the girl who will love me Oh if we only could start over Again
Without You
(Dutch Version: Zonder Jou)
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Julie Andrews
and multiple other artists
Eliza: What a fool I was! What a dominated fool! To think you were the earth and sky What a fool I was! What an addle-pated fool! What a mutton-headed dolt was I! No, my reverberating friend You are not the beginning and the end! There'll be spring every year without you England still will be here without you There'll be fruit on the tree And a shore by the sea There'll be crumpets and tea Without you Art and music will thrive without you Somehow Keats will survive without you And there still will be rain On that plain down in Spain Even that will remain without you I can do without you You, dear friend, who talk so well You can go to Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire! They can still rule the land without you Windsor Castle will stand without you And without much ado We can all muddle through without you! Without your pulling it, the tide comes in Without your twirling it, the earth can spin Without your pushing them, the clouds roll by If they can do without you, ducky, so can I! I shall not feel alone without you I can stand on my own without you So go back in your shell I can do bloody well Without you!
Good Time Music Composer(s): John Sebastian Performer(s): The Lovin' Spoonful; and various other artists
I've been listening to my radio For two or three years And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad That it's offendin' to my ears But them kids come over from the Mersey river Made us think back 'til then So let's put on our shoes And think about the blues And start all over again
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
I don't want no cryin' violins No sax or slide trombones I don't want no screaming ya-ya girls And no honkin' English horns I don't want no symphony orchestra With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir All I want is a guitar, a harp, and drum Just to set my soul on fire
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
I've been listening to my radio For two or three years And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad That it's offendin' to my ears But them kids come over from the Mersey river Made us think back 'til then So let's put on our shoes And think about the blues And start all over again
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
Teacher's Pet Composer(s): Joe Lubin Performer(s): Doris Day and multiple other artists
(Pum, pa dum pa dum) (Pum pa dum pa dum) (Pa dum pa dum) (Pum pa dum pa dum)
Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum pa dum) I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to you as I can get (That's the lesson we're guessin' you're best in)
Mm, teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be dated, paraded, the one most likely at your side (Ya got a burnin' yearnin' to learn)
I wanna learn all your lips can teach me One kiss will do at the start (are you really?) I'm sure with a little homework I'll graduate to your heart (to your heart)
Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too (That ya love me, too) So I can be teacher's pet long after school is through
(Oh, teacher's pet) Mm, mm (You wanna be teacher's pet) Ah, ah (You wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to him as you can get)
I wanna learn all your lips can teach me One kiss will do at the start I'm sure with a little homework I'll graduate to your heart
Teacher's pet (you love the teacher), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too (Wow!) So I can be teacher's pet (yeah!) long after school is through (Teacher, teacher she loves you)
You Did It Dutch Title: Fantastisch Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe Performer(s): Rex Harrison & Robert Coote and various other artists
Pickering: Tonight, old man, you did it! You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it And indeed you did I thought that you would rue it I doubted you'd do it But now I must admit it That succeed you did You should get a medal Or be even made a knight
Henry: It was nothing Really nothing
Pickering: All alone you hurdled Ev'ry obstacle in sight
Henry: Now, wait! Now, wait! Give credit where it's due A lot of the glory goes to you
Pickering: But you're the one who did it Who did it, who did it! As sturdy as Gibraltar Not a second did you falter There's no doubt about it You did it! I must have aged a year tonight At times I thought I'd die of fright Never was there a momentary lull
Henry: Shortly after we came in I saw at once we'd easily win And after that I found it deadly dull
Pickering: You should have heard the ooh's and ah's Ev'ry one wondering who she was
Henry: You'd think they'd never seen a lady before
Pickering: And when the Prince of Transylvania Asked to meet her And gave his arm to lead her to the floor...! I said to him: You did it! You did it! You did it! They thought she was ecstatic And so damned aristocratic And they never knew That you Did it!
Henry: Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karparthy If it weren't for him I would have died of boredom He was there, all right And up to his old tricks
Mrs. Pearce: Karparthy? That dreadful Hungarian? Was he there?
Henry: Yes That blackguard who uses the science of speech More to blackmail and swindle than teach He made it the devilish business of his "To find out who this Miss Doolittle is" Ev'ry time we looked around There he was, that hairy hound From Budapest Never leaving us alone Never have I ever known A ruder pest Fin'lly I decided it was foolish Not to let him have his chance with her So I stepped aside and let him dance with her Oozing charm from ev'ry pore He oiled his way around the floor Ev'ry trick that he could play He used to strip her mask away And when at last the dance was done He glowed as if he knew he'd won! And with a voice to eager And a smile too broad He announced to the hostess That she was a fraud!
Mrs. Pearce: No!
Henry: Jawohl! Her English is too good, he said Which clearly indicates that she is foreign Whereas others are instructed in their native language English people aren't And although she may have studied with an expert Di'lectician and grammarian I can tell that she was born Hungarian! Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood, she is a princess!
Servants: Congratulations, Professor Higgins For your glorious victory! Congratulations, Professor Higgins! You'll be mentioned in history!
Rest of Servants (Simultaneously): Congratulations Professor Higgins! For your glorious Victory! Congratulations Professor Higgins! Sing hail and hallelujah! Ev'ry bit of credit For it all belongs to you!
Footman (Simultaneously with Rest of Servants): This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it And indeed you did This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it! We know that we have said it But-you did it and the credit For it all belongs to you!