Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Cuckoo (aka "Coo Coo", "A-Walking and A-Talking", "Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird", "I'm Sad and I'm Lonesome") (Traditional) First release by: Jean Ritchie - 1952 Covered by multiple other artists
Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird And she warbles as she flies But she never holler cuckoo 'Til the 4th day of July
Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds Well I've known you of old Well you've robbed my poor pockets Of the silver and the gold
Well I'm goin' up up on the mountain I' m gonna build me a still And I'll sell you one gallon For a two-dollar bill
Well, I'll eat when I'm hungry And I'll drink when I'm dry If some woman don't shoot me Then I'll live 'til I die
Well for workin' I'm too lazy And beggin' that's too low Well train robbin' that's to dangerous So a-gamblin' Ill go
Well the cuckoo she's a pretty bird And she warbles when she flies Well she brings us glad tidings Yes, she tells us no lies
Careful Man
Composer(s): Jim Croce
Performer(s): Jim Croce
I don't gamble, I don't fight I don't be hangin' in the bars at night Yeah I used to be a fighter But now I am a wiser man I don't drink much, I don't smoke I don't be hardly mess around with no dope Yeah I used to be a problem But now I am a careful man
But if you used to want to see a commotion You should have seen the man that I used to be I was trouble in perpetual motion Trouble with a capital "T"
Stayin' out late, havin' fun And shot off every single shot in my gun Yeah I used to be a lover But now I am an older man
Yeah I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man
First We Take Manhattan Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Performer(s): Joe Cocker; and various other artists
(Radio announcer's voice) Was die Attentäter betrifft die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag...
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby I love your body and your spirit and your clothes But you see that line there moving through the station? I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those
Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I don't like your fashion business mister And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin I don't like what happened to my sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby ...
And I thank you for those items that you sent me The monkey and the plywood violin I practiced every night, now I'm ready First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I am guided
Ah remember me, I used to live for music Remember me, I brought your groceries in Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
The Crystal Ship Composer(s): Jim Morrison - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek First release by: The Doors - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Before you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss
The days are bright and filled with pain Enclose me in your gentle rain The time you ran was too insane We'll meet again, we'll meet again
Oh tell me where your freedom lies The streets are fields that never die Deliver me from reasons why You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line
Carefree Highway Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot; John Carrington
Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream I wonder how the old folks are tonight Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face She left me not knowin' what to do Carefree highway, let me slip away on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best I wonder if she'll ever do the same Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied With knowin' I got no one left to blame Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep I wonder if the years have closed her mind I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew Carefree highway, let me slip away on you Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you Let me slip away on you Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame Carefree highway, you seen better days The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes Carefree highway, let me slip away Slip away on you
First Quarrel Composer(s): Couch; McDuff; Smith Performer(s): Paul & Paula
Both: We had our first quarrel today Paula : I threw your picture away Paul: I'm sorry I made you cry Paula : Forgive me, so am I Both: We had our first quarrel today
Paul: I thought I saw you with Jim Paula : I was just talking with him Paul: Well, I guess I had it wrong Paula : I should have been at home
Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about? Paula : I don't remember now Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about? Paula: I don't remember now Both: We had our first quarrel today
The Crystal Gazer Composer(s): Frank Petch Performer(s): Reggie Goff
There's a crystal gazer down at the fair She's a lady with a rose in her hair If you're feeling romantic She'll be your guide
She can look into the crystal and see What your fortune and your future will be And they tell me the crystal Has never lied
It seems that this weaver of dreams Deals in romance all the day through But her life's not the romance it seems (Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs But she tries to hide the worries and cares Of the one broken romance She'll never mend (She'll never mend)
(It seems that this weaver of dreams Deals in romance all the day through) But her life's not the romance it seems (Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs But she tries to hide the worries and cares Of the one broken romance She'll never mend (Of the broken romance) (All) She'll never mend
Career Opportunities
Composer(s): Topper Headon - Mick Jones - Paul Simonon - Joe Strummer
First release by: The Clash - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists
They offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I'd better take anything they'd got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
Career opportunities are the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock Career opportunity, the ones that never knock
I hate the army an' I hate the R.A.F. I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat I hate the civil service rules And I won't open letter bombs for you
Bus driver....ambulance man....ticket inspector They're gonna have to introduce conscription They're gonna have to take away my prescription If they wanna get me making toys If they wanna get me, well, I got no choice
First Of May Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb Performer(s): The Bee Gees; and various other artists
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall we used to love while others used to play Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die but guess we'll cry come first of May
The apple tree that grew for you and me I watched the apples falling one by one And I recall the moment of them all the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small and you don't ask the time of day But you and I, our love will never die but guess we'll cry come first of May
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall do do do do do do do do do... Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by someone else moved in from far away
The Crying Game Composer(s): Geoff Stephens First release by: Dave Berry - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
I know all there is to know about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're sayin' goodbye
One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game And if he knows maybe he'll explain
Why there are heartaches, why there are tears And what to do to stop feeling blue When love disappears
I know all there is to know about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're sayin' goodbye
Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game
Care Of Cell 44
Composer(s): Rod Argent - Paul Atkinson - Colin Blunstone - Hugh Grundy - Chris White
First release by: The Zombies - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
Good morning to you I hope you're feeling better baby Thinking of me while you are far away Counting the days until they set you free again Writing this letter hoping you're okay
Saved you the room you used to stay in every Sunday The one that is warmed by sunshine every day And we'll get to know each other for a second time And then you can tell me 'bout your prison stay...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon!
It's gonna to be good to have you back again with me Watching the laughter play around your eyes Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon!
Walking the way we used to walk And it could be so nice... We're talking the way we used to talk And it could be so nice...
It's gonna be good to have you back again with me Watching the laughter play around your eyes Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good... You're coming home soon! Feels so good... You're coming home soon!
First Name Initial Composer(s): Martin Kalmanoff; Aaron H. Schroeder Performer(s): Annette Funicello
First name initial First name initial First name initial Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
I wear a first name initial, a great big initial On a chain ev'rywhere I go It's your first name initial, a great big initial Engraving don't you know (don'tcha know) And I wear it to Show I belong to you Just you
I love my first name initial, it makes it official That you're my steady boy It's your first name initial, a great big initial Befits my pride and joy (pride and joy) 'cause it's a symbol of My everlasting love For you
I wear it at the soda shop, wear it at the record hop Ridin to a movie in your jeep (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah) I wear it when I go to gym, wear it when I take a swim I even wear it when I slee-ee-ee-eep
I wear your first name initial, a great big initial And though it's your first name I wish your last name initial and my last initial Will one day be the same So ev'ryone can see That you belong to me Just me (tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop )
I wear it at the soda shop, wear it at the record hop Ridin' to a movie in your jeep (tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop) I wear it when I go to gym, wear it when I take a swim I even wear it when I slee-ee-ee-eep
I wear your first name initial, a great big initial And though it's your first name I wish your last name initial and my last initial Will one day be the same So ev'ryone can see That you belong to me Just me
First name initial First name initial First name initial Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Cry Of The Wild Goose Composer(s): Terry Gilkyson Performer(s): Frankie Laine and multiple other artists
My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes Wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
Tonight I heard the wild goose cry Wingin' north in the lonely sky I tried to sleep, it wern't no use 'Cause I am a brother to the old wild goose
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows) (And I must go where the wild goose goes) (Wild goose, brother goose, which is best) (A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest)
My woman was kind and true to me She thinks she loves me, the more fool she She's gotta learn that ain't no use To love the brother of the old wild goose
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows) (And I must go where the wild goose goes) (Wild goose, brother goose, which is best) (A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest)
(Oh, you wild goose)
The cabin is warm and the snow is deep And I've got a woman who lies asleep When she wakes up tomorrow's dawn She'll find, poor critter, that her man is gone
My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes Wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away
Spring is comin' and the ice will break And I can't linger for a woman's sake She'll see a shadow pass overhead She'll find a feather beside my bed
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows) (And I must go where the wild goose goes) Wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
Cardboard Cutout Sundown Composer(s): Don Van Vliet Performer(s): Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
You hardly know a day goes by In the cardboard cutout sundown The moon popped up like a gallery duck Sipped up gold from the sunny cup And longhorns sawed the buggy grass And a cowboy blew a harp sitting on his chapped ass And the prairie flowers didn't look a bit queer And the stars struck the sand cartwheeled And poked in the prairie A cactus juice stand the only place the crows couldn't land The bluebottle flies were as big as a cowboy's eyes And their buzz was as loud as rattlers A fire engine red whistle blows raspberries In a cloud of whipped steam A tungle weed ran out black patent yarn stinkbug hoops From above a living mail thriving dot In perfect sympathy with the cardboard cutout sundown
You hardly know a day goes by In the cardboard cutout sundown
The Cruel War Composer(s): Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow Performer(s): Peter, Paul and Mary; Chad & Jeremy; The Cowsills
The cruel war is raging; Johnny has to fight I want to be with him from morning till night I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so "Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday is the day That your captain will call you and you must obey Your captain will call you, it grieves my heart so "Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
I'll tie back my hair; men's clothing I'll put on I'll pass as your comrade as we march along I'll pass as your comrade, no one will ever know "Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, I fear you are unkind I love you far better than all of mankind I love you far better than words can e'er express "Won't you let me go with you?" "Yes, my love yes"
Cardboard California
Composer(s): Howard Greenfield - Neil Sedaka
Performer(s): Neil Sedaka
Nothing is real in cardboard California Just waking up brings you down One lousy deal is cardboard California You just can't survive in a make believe town
Lost in a city of little tin gods Cold plastic people with phoney facades How can you win when you look at the odds
You're running down a one way street Nobody cares if you survive Sometimes you beg or you don't eat You gotta fight to stay alive Hey, you're never gonna get away
Where 's the world you used to know Where did all the good times go Look around your hopes and dreams are gone But like a fool you still keep hanging on
Come and be a movie star Come and drive a fancy car Come and see, what you really are
Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie You're getting older, your time's past you by You lost your shot to some younger guy
You're running down a one way street Nobody cares if you survive Sometimes you beg or you don't eat You gotta fight to stay alive Hey, you're never gonna get away
Nothing is real in cardboard California Just waking up brings you down One lousy deal is cardboard California You just can't survive in a make believe town
First In Line Composer(s): Aaron Schroeder; Ben Weisman Performer(s): Elvis Presley
When they gave out eyes like diamonds That would shame the stars that shine My darlin' my darlin' You were the first in line When they gave out lips like honey That hold a new thrill every time My darlin' my darlin' You were the first in line
There may be others That know you longer Who pledge their hearts to you But there's no other Could love you stronger Any stronger than I do Don't refuse me, say you'll choose me I'm yours, oh please be mine My darlin' say Im your darlin' The first, and the last in line
The Crowd Composer(s): Roy Orbison - Joe Melson Performer(s): Roy Orbison
I go out with the crowd, I play the game Pretending out loud but it don't seem the same For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight My part of the crowd is not with me tonight
I remember the prom, every dance with you All the crazy things that we used to do Sometimes we'd wait for a chance And then we'd steal away From the crowd and the dance to our hideaway
Aww, but you're gone and it's not the same old game I fall apart each time I hear your name Guess I'll go along with the crowd, I'll make believe That you'll come back to me, run back to me Hurry back to the crowd a-and me-e-e-e-e