Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Saints Are Coming Composer(s): Stuart Adamson - Richard Jobson First release by: The Skids - 1979
I cried to my daddy on the telephone how long now Until the clouds unroll and you come home the line went But the shadows still remain since your descent your descent
The saints are coming, the saints are coming No matter how I try, I realise theres no reply The saints are coming, the saints are coming
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief How long now Until a weather change condemns belief The stone says This paternal guide once had his day Once had his day
The saints are coming, the saints are coming No matter how I try, I realise theres no reply The saints are coming, the saints are coming
Clouds And Rain Composer(s): Ian Gillan; Roger Glover Performer(s): Ian Gillan & Roger Glover
The time is always now the call is always loud without a movement a word, without a sound love comes crashing in again brings along the clouds and rain
You've got to take a chance you haven't got a choice somewhere in the rain you hear a distant voice love has to come to stake its claim it's when you reach the clouds and rain
If I close my eyes I can picture you this is the place I get the clearest view beyond the happiness and pain this place they call the clouds and rain
First you become a lover then you become a friend and then you start to wonder will it ever end I'd like to ask you just the same without feeling any shame did you touch the clouds and rain
I'd like to ask you just the same without feeling any shame did you touch the clouds and rain
Reviens, Je T'Aime English Title: Midnight Composer(s): Bouwens; Claude Carrère; Ibach Performer(s): Sheila
En ce temps là nous n'avions pas grand-chose Mais nous aimions ici nous retrouver Ce soir sans toi je me sens l'âme triste Ta place est vide et le monde a changé
{Refrain:} Reviens, je t'aime Tu ne peux pas me laisser toute seule Tu ne peux pas me laisser souffrir comme ça Reviens, je t'aime Tu ne peux pas d'un seul coup briser tout Après tant de jours et d'amour entre nous la la la ........
Tu m'as quitté comme un homme en colère Et par fierté je t'ai laissé partir Mais je voudrais du fond de ma détresse Trouver les mots pour te faire revenir {au Refrain, 2x}
The Sailor's Polka Composer(s): Jerry Livingston - Mack David Performer(s): Dean Martin
Come on and play the sailors' polka Make way for Navy blue Oh, how the girls all love to polka With a sailor who's tried and true
Where there is music and there's moonlight The Navy knows what to do So, come on and play the sailors' polka Make way for Navy blue
(Oh, the band will start in playin') (When the fleet comes sailin' in) (There'll be hip, hip, hip, hoorayin') (And the good times will begin)
There'll be gobs and gobs of misses Who'll be waitin' on the shore With gobs and gobs of kisses (Bass Singer: For the gobs that they adore)
(Long before they drop anchor) (You will hear the music start) (Ev'ry pretty girl will hanker) (To win a sailor's heart)
Yeah, the band will start in playin' And the dancing will begin When the fleet comes sailin' in
Duet With Dean & Chorus: Come on and play the sailors' polka (Oh, the band will start in playin' when the fleet comes sailing in) Make way for Navy blue (There'll be hip, hip, hip, hoorayin' and the good times will begin) Oh, how the girls all love to polka (There'll be gobs and gobs of misses who'll be waitin' on the shore) With a sailor who's tried and true. (With gobs and gobs of kisses for the gobs that they adore) Where there is music and there's moonlight (Long before they drop anchor you will hear the music start) The Navy knows what to do (Ev'ry pretty girl will hanker to win a sailor's heart) So, come on and play the sailors' polka (Yeah, the band will start in playin' and they'll dance the whole night through) So make way for Navy blue (BASS: Make way for Na- ) Submerge! Submerge! (Bass: -vy) Scrape the bottom! (Bass: Blue)
Clouds (That Pass In The Night) Composer(s): Lee David
When the world is sleeping, and the night is still And the moon is creeping slowly above the hill Clouds float by and kiss her O! What a wond'rous thrill! When the clouds are passing in the night, I dream of you When the clouds enveil the silv'ry light I dream of you But the clouds that pass me in the day Hide the sunshine, make the skies look gray How I wish and long and wait till they roll by, roll by Oft when nights are lonely and I walk the road Thinking of you only Sweet thoughts of love bestowed Ah! my moon is pris'ner By fleeting clouds she's towed When the clouds are passing in the night, I dream of you When the clouds enveil the silv'ry light I dream of you But the clouds that pass me in the day Hide the sunshine, make the skies look gray How I wish and long and wait till they roll by, roll by Clouds
Reviens Donc Chez Nous Danish & English Titles:
Kom Hjem Til Mig Igen; Bring It On Home To Me Composer(s): Georges Aber; Sam Cooke Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday
Si tu avais des regrets Qui sait, un jour, de m'avoir quitté Oh ! Reviens-moi avec ton amour Reviens donc chez nous, oh oui
Bien sûr, j'ai ris Mais je sais Je sais le mal que ton départ m'a fait Oh! Reviens-moi avec ton amour Ah, reviens donc chez nous
Je le sais bien, j'étais fou La vie sans toi Ce n'est plus rien du tout Oh! Reviens-moi avec ton amour Reviens donc chez nous
Il n'y a rien, oh non, d'assez beau À te donner Si tu reviens bientôt Oh! Reviens-moi avec ton amour Reviens donc chez nous
Si tu avais des regrets Qui sait, un jour, de m'avoir quitté Oh! Reviens-moi avec ton amour Reviens donc chez nous
The Sailor's Hornpipe Composer(s): Vivian Stanshall Performer(s): Vivian Stanshall
The hallway
From outside, an ordinary house A great house, true - four hundred and eighty three rooms each one with its own marble wash basin and douche, bidet as it may But inside, and the positions are reversed A human failing, some say a disease but a disease that Sir Francis Dashwood knew, and knew it well
Upstairs, inside and a revelation It's a discotheque No, no, uh... there are paintings, real and look here - a rare seventeenth century masterpiece and if I can scrape a little of it off beneath I can find hidden a fourteenth century underpiece
Made entirely of tiny pieces of eggshells this lurid work has caused controversy in the world of embroidery and anthropologicky No, I'll say it again, anthropolology Umm... no quite possibly make an anthropol, no, uh, I mean an apolog... ph... It has enthralled distinguished professors and in layman's language is "blinking well baffling"
But to be more obtusely, "buggered if I know" Yes, "buggered if I know" And that's all we've gleaned so far from experts in fourteenth century painting renaissance, greengrocers, and recently revived members of the public Buggered if I know
Cloud Nine Composer(s): Barrett Strong; Norman J. Whitfield Originally performed by: The Temptations Covered by various other artists
Childhood part of my life it wasn't very pretty You see I was born and raised in the slums of the city It was a one-room shack that slept Ten other children besides me We hardly had enough food or room to sleep It was hard times needed something To ease my troubled mind Listen my father didn't know the meaning of work He disrespected momma and treated us like dirt I left home seeking a job that I never did find Depressed and downhearted I took to cloud 9 I'm doing fine up here on cloud 9 Listen one more time I'm doing fine up here on cloud 9
Folks down there tell me They say give yourself a chance, son Don't let life pass you by But the world of reality is a rat race Where only the strongest survive It's a dog eat dog world And that ain't no lie Listen it ain't even safe no more To walk the streets at night
I'm doing fine on cloud 9 Let me tell you about cloud 9 Cloud 9, you can be what you wanna be You ain't got no responsibility And every man, every man is free And you're a million miles from reality I wanna say I love the life I live And I'm gonna live the life I love Up here on cloud 9 I'm riding high on cloud 9 You're as free as a bird in flight There's no difference between day and night It's a world of love and harmony You're a million miles from reality, cloud 9
Rêver Composer(s): René Rouzaud; Rachel Thoreau; Guy Luypaerts Performer(s): Lucienne Boyer
{Refrain:} Rêver de toi, la nuit, le jour Rêver toujours, au fil des heures Jeter au ciel des mots d'amour Crier ma peine au vent qui pleure Imaginer qu'une présence Se penche sur mon chagrin Que tout recommence Comme une romance Flaner tout seul sur les chemins où nous allions jadis ensemble Croire un instant que c'est ta main qui prend ma main, ma main qui tremble Ecouter les harpes du temps qui fuit Voir comme une écharpe, tomber la nuit Rêver toujours Rêver de toi Rêver d'amour
Ainsi rien qu'en fermant les yeux Je fais chanter quand je le veux Mes souvenirs comme un lointain prélude Et le rappel des jours anciens Me fait oublier le chagrin De te savoir si loin
The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes Composer(s): Al Hoffman - Victor Mizzy - Irv Taylor Performer(s): Harry Roy & His Band; Spike Jones
Whos got girls in every port Hanging around like flies Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho The sailor with the navy blue eyes
Whos the guy they love to buy Dozens of socks and ties Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho The sailor with the navy blue eyes
When the boat comes home after crossing the foam Hes still at sea Thinking, wondring whos he gonna take a-rowing on the lake
Whos the boy whos full of joy Waving the most goodbyes Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho The sailor with the navy blue eyes
When the boat comes home after crossing the foam And hes still at sea Hell start a-wondring, worrying, all of a flurrying Whos he gonna take rowing on the lake
Now whos the boy whos full of joy Waving the most goodbyes Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho The sailor with the navy blue eyes
Cloud Lucky Seven Composer(s): Charles Tobias; Peter DeRose Performer(s): Guy Mitchell; Ambrose; Mitch Miller
When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love You're walkin' on cloud lucky seven Hah, seven is the cloud nearest heaven When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love
You never know, you never know, you never know There's no way that you can detect it It can happen when you least expect it You never know, you never know, you never know
When you meet someone new You're on clouds one and two With someone who makes you feel like singing As you see more and more of the one you adore You're on clouds three and four And bell are ringing When you reach five and six Then your heart bumps and kicks There's one more cloud to go
When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love You're walkin' on cloud lucky seven Hah, seven is the cloud nearest heaven When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love Love, love When you're in love
When you meet someone new You're on clouds one and two With someone who makes you feel like singing As you see more and more of the one you adore You're on clouds three and four And bell are ringing When you reach five and six Then your heart bumps and kicks There's one more cloud to go
When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love You're walkin' on cloud lucky seven Wow, seven is the cloud nearest heaven When you're in love, when you're in love, when you're in love Love, love When you're in love
Pour un bouquet de lilas Qu'il t'offrit ce jour-là Reveline Tu as rêvé d'un jardin Fleurissant tes matins Reveline Pour un petit brin de cour Tu as rêvé d'amour Reveline Comme si un arc-en-ciel Suffit pour que le ciel S'illumine
Reviens sur terre Ma douce amie La vie n'est guère Que la vie
Avec un soleil pâlot Qui se posait sur l'eau Reveline Tu as rêvé que l'été Durait l'éternité Reveline Une balade en bateau Jusqu'au pont de Puteaux Reveline T'a fait rêver de croisière Mexico, le cap Vert L'Argentine
Reviens sur terre Ma douce amie La vie n'est guère Que la vie
Lorsque mon cur s'assombrit Et que je broie du gris Reveline Je voudrais avoir tes yeux Pour ne voir que du bleu Reveline Toi, qui changes l'eau en vin Toi qui rêves sans fin Reveline Montre-moi comment tu fais Apprends-moi à rêver Reveline
Ne change guère Ma douce amie La vie n'est guère Que la vie
Do It Again A Little Bit Slower Performer(s): Jon & Robin & The In Crowd
Kiss me (kiss me), I love the way that you kiss me (kiss me, ooo) There's only one thing wrong with the way you kiss me (kiss me, yeah) Now your kisses are sweeter than sugar & plenty strong enough But the bad part is you don't do it slow enough, oh
Do it again just a little bit slower Do it again just a little bit slower I just can't stand it when it's over Do it again just a little bit slower
Hold me (hold me), I love the way that you hold me (hold me, ooo) There's only one thing wrong with the way you hold me (hold me, yeah) Maybe you'd just laugh if I let you know too soon But the thing about this, you just let go too soon, oh baby
Do it again just a little bit slower Do it again just a little bit slower I just can't stand it when it's over Do it again just a little bit slower
Slower, slower, kiss me just a little bit slower Tell me that you love me, hold me fast, make it last &...
Clothes Line Saga Composer(s): Bob Dylan Originally performed by: Bob Dylan Covered by: Suzzy Roche
After a while we took in the clothes Nobody said very much Just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants Which nobody really wanted to touch Mama come in and picked up a book An papa asked her what it was Someone else asked, "what do you care?" Papa said, "well, just because" Then they started to take back their clothes Hang em on the line It was january the thirtieth And everybody was feelin fine
The next day everybody got up Seein if the clothes were dry The dogs were barking, a neighbor passed Mama, of course, she said, "hi!" "have you heard the news? "he said, with a grin "the vice-presidents gone mad!" "where?" "downtown" "when?" "last night" "hmm, say, thats too bad!" "well, theres nothin we can do about it," said the neighbor "its just somethin were gonna have to forget" "yes, I guess so," said ma Then she asked me if the clothes was still wet
I reached up, touched my shirt And the neighbor said, "are those clothes yours?" I said, "some of em, not all of em" He said, "ya always help out around here with the chores?" I said, "sometime, not all the time" Then my neighbor, he blew his nose Just as papa yelled outside "mama wants you t come back in the house and bring them clothes" Well, I just do what Im told So, I did it, of course I went back in the house and mama met me And then I shut all the doors
Revelation (Mother Earth) Composer(s): Bob Daisley; Ozzy Osbourne; Randy Rhoads Performer(s): Ozzy Osbourne; Novembers Doom; Alex Skolnick Trio
Mother please forgive them For they know not what they do Looking back in history's books It seems it's nothing new
Oh! Let my mother live
Heaven is for heroes And hell is full of fools Stupidity, no will to live They're breaking God's own rules
Please let my mother live
Father, of all creation I think we're all going wrong The course they're taking Seems to be breaking
And it won't take too long Children of the future Watching empires fall Madness the cup they drink from Self destruction the toll I had a vision, l saw the world burn And the seas had turned red The sun had fallen, the final curtain In the land of the dead
Mother, please show the children Before it's too late To fight each other, there's no-one winning We must fight all the hate
The Sad Cafe Composer(s): Joe Walsh - Glenn Frey - Don Henley - J.D. Souther First release by: Eagles - 1979 Covered by multiple other artists
Out in the shiny night, the rain was softly falling The tracks that ran down the boulevard had all been washed away Out of the silver light, the past came softly calling And I remember the times we spent inside the Sad Cafe Oh, it seemed like a holy place protected by amazing grace And we would sing right out loud, the things we could not say We thought we could change this world with words like "love" and "freedom" We were part of the lonely crowd Inside the Sad Cafe Oh, expecting to fly we would meet on that shore in the sweet by and by Some of their dreams came true some just passed away And some of the stayed behind inside the Sad Cafe The clouds rolled in and hid that shore Now that Glory Train, it don't stop here no more Now I look at the years gone by and wonder at the powers that be I don't know why fortune smiles on some and let's the rest go free Maybe the time has drawn the faces I recall But things in this life change very slowly if they ever change at all There's no use in asking why it just turned out that way So meet me at midnight baby inside the Sad Cafe Why don't you meet me at midnight baby inside the Sad Cafe
Closing Time Danish Title: Lukketid Composer(s): Leonard Cohen Originally performed by: Leonard Cohen
So we're drinking and we're dancing and the bards are really happening And the Johnny Walker wisdom's running high And my very sweet companion, she's an angel of compassion She's rubbing half the world against her thigh And every drinker, every dancer lifts a happy face to thank her And the fiddler fiddles something so sublime
(Repeat:) And the women tear their blouses off And the men they dance on the polka dots And it's partner found and partner lost And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops At Closing Time
Closing Time
Well, we're lonely, we're romantic and the cider's spiked with mushrooms And the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?" And the moon is spinning naked and the summer night is fragrant With the mighty expectation of relief So we struggle and we stagger down the snakes and up the ladders To the tower where the blessed hours chime
(Repeat) And I swear it happened just like this A sigh, a cry, and a hungry kiss The gates of love they budged an inch And I can't say much has happened since But Closing Time
Closing Time
I loved you for your beauty but that doesn't make a fool of me You were in it for your beauty too And I loved you for your body, there's a voice that sounds like God to me Declaring that your body's really you Well I loved you when our love was blessed And I love you know there's nothing left But sorrow and a sense of overtime And I missed you since the place got wrecked And I just don't care what happens next Looks like freedom but it feels like death It's something in between I guess It's Closing Time
Closing Time
So we're drinking and we're dancing but there's nothing really happening And the place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night And my very close companion gets me hot and gets me laughing She's a hundred but she's wearing something tight And I lift my glass to the awful truth that you can't reveal to the ears of youth Except to say it isn't worth a dime And the whole damn place goes crazy twice And it's once for the Devil and it's for the Christ But the boss don't like those dizzy heights, we're busted in the blinding lights Of Closing Time Closing Time
The Sad Bag Of Shaky Jake Composer(s): Steve Marriott Performer(s): Humble Pie
When I was just a kid back in Abeline I had to use a gun, well, for my own sake I shot a man down when I was just eighteen And from that day they call me Shaky Jake Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shaky Jake Ma says I was born under bad sign I was lookin' for the chance to make or break I cut my teeth on a brandin' iron I'm the devil's own son, I'm Shaky Jake Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shaky Jake I keep on the run now I travel by night I don't need anyone But someone, one day, somewhere's gonna see me right Dig a hole about six foot deep Pray the Lord my soul to take I don't want flowers, and nobody's gonna weep Here lies that outlaw, Shaky Jake Oh, Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shaky Jake Shakey Jake Shakey Jake Shakey Jake Shakey Jake Shakey Jake Shakey Jake Oh, Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do Texas Rangers coming after you Here's the price you pay for one mistake So get off the streets it's Shaky Jake
Closing My Eyes Composer(s): Peter Green Performer(s): Fleetwood Mac; Naked Blue
Now it's the same as before And I'm alone again
With no sorrow for myself And I'm blaming no one else
And closing my eyes And seeing you standing there
Now it's the same as before You've touched me with your love
And though you're in my heart We're still a world apart As now I'm back to the time Where I would search for a dream But no use to try anymore as before Someday I'll die, and maybe then I'll be with you
So I'm closing my eyes To hear the people laugh
For they're all aglow Not knowing where to go
But is it asking too much When the question is what to do With the life I'll have It seems I know nothing now Except my love for you And the strength in my hands To go on feeding your smile
