Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Chains Around Your Heart Composer(s): Brian Setzer Performer(s): Brian Setzer
It's a late cool autumn evening And the sunset melts into night With a v-twin throbbing beneath me And my head's spinning allright Ritchie and me we started as kids In a rock 'n' roll band on the street where we lived It's a long hard ride till the morning As the trees and wind start to sing
Chains around your heart that bind Break away and leave them behind
Well once there was a time in this rock 'n' roll dream This here town would be rip apart at the seams Now I'm out of money and Billy's out of work Eddie's pushin' pencils for the county clerk Everybody's job is getting pushed out of town Life is just knockin' 'em down Boyhood dreams are run into the ground Long dark shadows hang over this town
Cast away the chains that bleed Break away and I leave you free
Take my hand come leave with me As nighttime fades away we'll ride the hills and desert sand Cross the barren land
All the families have all gone Their jobs went before them I'm sure They knocked down the corner barber shop And put up a super triple level parking lot There once was a time you could vote for a man Who wouldn't try and stick a gun in your hands So cut out all your talkin' And make love with me through the night
Chains around your heart that bind Break away and leave them behind Just leave them behind Just leave them behind
Friends Composer(s): Mark "Moogy" Klingman; Buzzy Linhart Performer(s): Bette Midler
Oh, you got to have friends The feeling's oh so strong You got to have friends To make that day last long Had some friends, but they're gone Somethin' came and took them away And from the dusk 'til the dawn Here's where I will stay
Standing at the end of the road, boys Waitin' for my new friends to come I don't care if I'm hungry or cold, freezing I got to get me some
'Cause you got to have friends Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba Friends "Oh, that's the favorite part of my voice, you know I really like to get up Hm" Oh, friends "Thank you" Oh, friends, friends, friends, friends I had some firends, oh, but they're all gone, gone Somethin' took 'em away And from the dusk 'til the dawn Here is where I'm gonna stay, you know, oh
Standing at the end of a real long road, Jack And I'm waitin' for those new friends to come And I don't care if I'm jungry or freezing, freezing cold You gotta, you gotta get me some
'Cause you gotta have "You gotta have friends I'm telling you I am speaking 'cause I know It's going too fast We're all going too fast! I'm trying to tell you to slow down! They're hard to come by! Those friends are hard to come by! I didn't have many friends, you know But, things are getting better now And I think it's gonna be okay, 'cause I have a couple now"
Friends You gotta, you gotta, you gotta have friends, friends You gotta, you gotta, you gotta have friends, friends Oh, friends ...
The Juice Of The Barley Composer(s): Liam Clancy Performer(s): The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
In the sweet country Lim'rick, one cold winter's night All the turf fires were burning when I first saw the light And a drunken old midwife went tipsy with joy As she danced round the floor with her slip of a boy
Singing ban-ya-na mo if an-ga-na And the juice of the barley for me
Well when I was a gossoon of eight years old or so With me turf and me primer to school I did go To a dusty old school house without any door Where lay the school master blind drunk on the floor
At the learning I wasn't such a genius I'm thinking But I soon bet the master entirely at drinking Not a wake or a wedding for five miles around But meself in the corner was sure to be found One Sunday the priest thread me out from the altar Saying you'll end up your days with your neck in a halter And you'll dance a fine jig between heaven and hell And his words they did frighten me the truth for to tell
So the very next morning as the dawn it did break I went down to the vestry the pledge for to take And there in that room sat the priests in a bunch Round a big roaring fire drinking tumblers of punch
Well from that day to this I have wandered alone I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none With the sky for me roof and the earth for me floor And I'll dance out my days frinking whiskey galore
Chains Around My Heart
Composer(s): Richard Marx - Fee Waybill
Performer(s): Richard Marx
Out of my sight But the vision is still the same Out of my mind But the memory remains unchanged Stones thrown in anger hold twice the hurt Return to sender could only make things worse
Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart 'Cause I've been lonely too long You've got to break these chains around my heart So I can finally get on with my life
Don't ask me why Why I've lived with this all alone Locked up inside And it's cutting me to the bone Love is a stranger avoiding me Beware of danger's the only sign I see
Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart Cause I've been lonely too long You've got to break these chains around my heart So I can finally get on with my life
Are you listening Is there something that you'd like to say Am I getting through Are you just gonna leave me this way Yeah
Girl, you've got to break these chains around my heart Before it tears me in two You've got to break these chains around my heart That's all I'm asking of you You've got to break these chains around my heart 'Cause I've been lonely too long You've got to break these chains around my heart So I can finally get on with my life
Friends Composer(s): Adam Ant Performer(s): Adam Ant
I'm a friend of Mister Pastry I'm a friend of Allen Jones I'm a friend of Shirley Bassey I'm a friend of your chromosomes
I'm a friend of Stuart Sutcliffe I'm a friend of Michael Miles I'm a friend of Jim Morisson I'm a friend of Nobby Stiles
I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend I'm a friend of a friend but you don't know me I'm a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend And if I come on the night, can I get in free?
I'm a friend of Egon Schiele I'm a friend of Mister Spock I'm a friend of Doctor Kildare I'm a friend of the Woodentop's
I'm a friend of Arthur Askey I'm a friend of Freda Payne I'm a friend of Danny Angel I'm a friend of big John Wayne
I'm a friend of Brian Inglis I'm a friend of your dad's son I'm a friend of Boris Karloff I'm a friend of everyone
The Journey Composer(s): Rick Wakeman Performer(s): Rick Wakeman
By horse, by rail, by land, by sea, our journey starts Two men incensed by one man's journey from the past In Iceland, where the mountain stood with pride They set off with their guide To reach the mountain side
Roped as one for safety through the long descent Into the crater of volcanic rock they went Look up from our telescopic laair One star for us to share We continue on our prayer
Chains
((French Version: Chance (Sylvie Vartan) - 1963))
Composer(s): Jerry Goffin - Carole King
First release by: The Cookies - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains And they ain't the kind that you can see Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah Chains, well I can't break away from these chains Can't run around, 'cause I'm not free Whoa, oh, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah I wanna tell you, pretty baby I think you're fine I'd like to love you But, darlin', I'm imprisoned by these... Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains And they ain't the kind that you can see Oh, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me Please believe me when I tell you Your lips are sweet I'd like to kiss them But I can't break away from all of these... Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains And they ain't the kind that you can see Whoa, oh, these chains of love got a hold on me, yeah Chains, chains of love...
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) Composer(s): Dimitri Tiomkin; Paul Francis Webster Performer(s): Pat Boone; and various other artists
Thee I love, more than the meadows so green and still More than the mulberries on the hill More than the buds on the mayapple tree, I love thee
Arms have I, strong as the oak for this occasion Lips have I to kiss thee too, in friendly persuasion
Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways Put on your bonnet, your cape and your glove And come with me, for thee I love
Friendly persuasion Thee is mine, though I don't know many words of praise Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways Put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove And come with me, for thee I love
Chained To A Memory
Composer(s): Jenny Carson
Performer(s): Eddy Arnold
and multiple other artists
Makes no difference that we two are far apart, Dear I could never, ever love somebody new For there isn't any room inside my heart, Dear While I'm chained to a memory of you
If the world should end tomorrow, I'd be satisfied You're gone and there is nothing I can do But I'll never tell another that our love would die While I'm chained to a memory of you
Maybe time will wear the links away and then, Dear They'll break and set me free to love anew But I'll never care for someone else again, Dear While I'm chained to a memory of you
If the world should end tommorrow, I'd be satisfied You're gone and there is nothing I can do All my precious dreams and hopes of yesterday have died Yet I'm chained to a memory of you
Friendly Advice Composer(s): Tommy Shaw Performer(s): Tommy Shaw
My suitcase is packed It's sitting by the door I've gone over all the facts I can't take them any more
But every time my feet hit the street My head starts aching and My knees get week I turn back around I let myself in I feel like a dog No matter what I come back again
My friends all try to give me friendly advice They all agree I shouldn't be so nice Women really like it when you push them around But it's not me
So here I go again Ignoring all the signs It doesn't take a scientist To read between the lines
But right about the time I'm sure I've had enough I've decided to call it quits and I'm Ready to get tough You turn it on with those Those big brown eyes The next thing you know I'm out buying long-stem roses
I'm like my daddy Old-fashioned I don't know what to do
I'm a creature of habit I don't know what else to do
It's like a game That's been rigged So nobody wins
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid Composer(s): George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin Performer(s): Fred Astaire, Jan Duggan, Mary Dean, Betty Rone, Jack George, Pearl Amatore & Chorus
There was a jolly British tar Who met a milkmaid bonny He said, "How beautiful you are" With a hey and a nonny With a hey and a nonny
"Such golden hair I ne'er did see With lips to shame the cherry Oh, buxom milkmaid marry me!" With a down-a-derry With a down-a-down-a-derry
"Our hearts could rhyme," said she "'Tis flattered I'm," said she "But oh, ah me, you see, you see You see, you see, I happen to be I happen to be the mother of three A wife already and mother of three Of three, of three, of three, of three, of three The mother of three!"
The jolly tar he laughed a laugh "'Tis for the best, my bonny That you won't be my better half" With a hey and a nonny With a hey and a nonny
"I near forgot on seeing you That I've a wife in Kerry In Spain and also Timbuktu" With a down-a-derry With a down-a-down-a-derry
"You've got me thinking twice Goodbye to shoes and rice For oh, ah me, just now you see Just now you see I happen to be I happen to be the husband of three A-spliced already and husband of three Of three, of three, of three, of three, of three The husband of three!"
Chained To A Memory
Composer(s): Richard Ahlert - Kay Rogers
First release by: Betty Everett - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists
Why am I chained to a memory? Why does the thought of you still torture me? When will I find someone to set me free? So I won't be chained to a memory, mmm
Why am I chained to the hurt I knew? Each day the thought of something so cruel to do Where in this world will I escape from you? So I won't be chained to a memory
Your letters threw them on the fire Your pictures out the window All that I could find that reminded me of you I threw them all away
I get up in the morning I'm pacing the floor Like I'm expecting you to walk in the door I keep forgetting I won't see you anymore Guess I'm doomed to be chained to a memory
Oh, yes I am I get up in the morning I'm pacing the floor Like I'm expecting you to walk in the door I keep forgetting I won't see you anymore Guess I'm doomed to be chained to a memory Yes I am
Friend Or Foe Composer(s): Adam Ant; Marco Pirroni Performer(s): Adam & The Ants; and various other artists
Friend or foe friend or foe
I want those who get to know me To become admirers or my enemies I want those who get to know me To become admirers or my enemies I want those who get to know me To become admirers or my enemies I want those who get to know me To become admirers or my enemies Take it up or leave it I'm not gonna change a bit If it means heartache then I leave it out for your sake I tried an I try tried to take care of my insides But nobody's perfect so leave me if you object I want those who get to know me
When you're a pirouetting highkicking thighslaping cruiser
When you're a hipgrinding spellbinding clean cut seducer You have to be careful so people take note
I take it serious but I still like a joke I want those who get to know me
Take it up or leave it I'm not gonna change a bit It it means heartache then leave it out for your sake I tried and I try tried but still you say that I lied But nobody's perfect so leave me if you object Take it up or leave it I'm not gonna change a bit If it means heartache then I leave it out for your sake I tried and I try tried to take care of my insides But nobody's perfect so leave me if you object
The Jolly Green Giant ((Adapted from: Big Boy Pete (Don & Dewey and Their Band) - 1959)) Composer(s): Don Harris - Dewey Terry - Lynn Easton Performer(s): The Kingsmen - 1965 and multiple other artists
In duh valley of duh jolly... (Ho - ho - ho)
Heard about the Jolly Green Giant (potatoes) He's so big and mean (artichoke hearts) He stands there laughin' with his hands on his hips And then he hits you with a can of beans
He lives down there in his valley (Brussels sprouts) The cat stands tall and green (spinach) Well, he ain't no prize, and there's no women his size And that's why the cat's so mean One day he left His valley pad I mean to say This cat was mad Now listen 'round He wasn't gone long And then he ran into an Amazon Well, this changed his whole complexion (broccoli) He had never seen such a beautiful sight (corn) Well, he looked at her And she looked at him And she almost passed out from fright He looked at her Thought, "what a dilly" He touched her once She slapped him silly This was something He had never sensed He looked at her As she commenced Now listen, pal This ain't no fluke I can't see goin' with a big green kook"
You've heard about the Jolly Green Giant (eggplant) Don't let his troubles cross your mind (celery stalks) He couldn't get Sally, so went back to his valley The cat was color-blind...
Chained And Bound
Composer(s): Otis Redding
First release by: Otis Redding - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists
Darling now, you made me change my mind Can go no further, because you got me chained and bound, oh Taller than the tallest sky Sweeter than a grape on a vine, now Can go no further, because you got me chained and bound, right now, now
So glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad Oh, I don't have to worry no more Oh my my my Baby, somebody, somebody
What kind of life is this kind I'm trying living Oh Lord, what kind of love is she trying to give me I feel like I'm standing up and telling the word I'm chained to your love
Darling, oh Don't break this little heart of mine There's no greater love than this love of yours and mine, oh You walk with your head in the sky Darling don't ever pass me by I ain't going no further, because you got me chained and bound, oh now
So glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad Lord, I don't have to worry no more She got me chained to her love, now I don't, I don't want to be taken away, baby I'm chained, I'm chained and a little bound, now, now, now I'm chained, I'm chained to your love I don't, I don't know darling I wanna to be taken away, now Ou, just a little bit of soul Just a little bit of soul, now...
Friend Of The Devil Composer(s): Robert Hunter; Jerry Garcia; John Dawson Performer(s): The Grateful Dead; and various other artists
I lit out from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn't get to sleep that night Till the morning came around
I set out running but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I might get some sleep tonight
I ran into the Devil, babe He loaned me twenty bills I spent that night in Utah In a cave up in the hills
I set out running but I take my time A friend of the devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I might get some sleep tonight
I ran down to the levee But the Devil caught me there He took my twenty dollar bill And he vanished in the air
I set out running but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I might get some sleep tonight
Got two reasons why I cry away each lonely night First one's named sweet Anne Marie and she's my heart's delight Second one is prison, baby the sheriff's on my trail If he catches up with me I'll spend my life in jail
Got a wife in Chino, babe And one in Cherokee First one says she's got my child But it don't look like me
I set out running but I take my time A friend of the Devil is a friend of mine If I get home before daylight I might get some sleep tonight
The Joker
((Dutch Version: De Roker (Pieter-Jan De Smet) - 2003))
Composer(s): Steve Miller - Ahmet Ertegun - Eddie Curtis
First release by: Steve Miller Band - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists
Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love
People talk about me, baby
Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong
Well, don't you worry baby, don't worry
'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
Wooo Wooooo
You're the cutest thing that I ever did see
I really love your peaches, wannna shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I'll sure show you a good time
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin' on the run
'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner
I'm a lover and I'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, I'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't want to hurt no one
Wooo Woooo
People keep talking about me, baby
They say I'm doin' you wrong
Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama
'Cause I'm right here at home
You're the cutest thing I ever did see
Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Come on baby and I'll show you a good time
Chain Reaction
Composer(s): Robin Gibb - Barry Gibb - Maurice Gibb
First release by: Diana Ross - 1985
You took a mystery and made me want it You got a pedestal and put me on it You made me love you out of feeling nothing Something that you do And I was there and not dancing with anyone You took a little, then you took me over You set your mark on stealing my heart away Crying, trying, anything for you
Im in the middle of a chain reaction You give me all the after midnight action I wanna get you where I can let you make all that love to me Im on a journey for the inspiration To anywhere and there aint no salvation I need you to get me nearer to you So you can set me free We talk about love, love, love We talk about love We talk about love, love, love We talk about love
You make me tremble when your hand moves lower You taste a little then you swollow slower Nature has a way of yielding treasure Pleasure made for you, oh You gotta plan, your future is on the run Shine a light for the whole world over You never find your love if you hide away Crying, dying, all you gotta do is
Get in the middle of a chain reaction You get a medal when youre lost in action I wanna get your love all ready for the sweet sensation Instant radiation You let me hold you for the first explosion We get a picture of our love in motion My arms will cover, my lips will smother you With no more left to say We talk about love, love, love We talk about love You let me hold you for the first explosion Arms will cover you
All you gotta do is get in the middle of a chain reaction You get a medal when youre lost in action Dont pass me by I wanna get your love all ready for the chain reaction ...