Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Mein Herr Composer(s): Fred Ebb; John Kander Performer(s): Liza Minnelli and various other artists
You have to understand the way I am, mein Herr A tiger is a tiger, not a lamb, mein Herr You'll never turn the vinegar to jam, mein Herr So I do, what I do When I'm through, then I'm through And I'm through, toodle oo
Bye bye mein lieber Herr, farewell mein lieber Herr It was a fine affair, but now it's over And though I used to care, I need the open air You're better off without me mein Herr
Don't dab your eye, mein Herr, or wonder why mein Herr I've always said that I was a rover You mustn't knit your brow You should have known by now You'd every cause to doubt me mein Herr
The continent of Europe is so wide, mein Herr Not only up and down, but side to side, mein Herr I couldn't ever cross it if I tried, mein Herr But I do what I can, inch by inch, step by step, mile by mile Man by man
Bye bye mein Herr Bye bye mein lieber Herr Auf wiedersehen, mein Herr Es war sehr gut, mein Herr, und vorbei Du kennst mich wohl, mein Herr Ach, lebe wohl, mein Herr Du sollst mich nie mehr sehen mein Herr
Bye bye mein lieber Herr Farewell mein lieber Herr It was a fine affair, but now it's over And though I used to care, I need the open air You're better off without me You'll get on without me, mein Herr
Once In A Lifetime
(Senegalese Version: Défal Lu Wor - 2003)
Composer(s): David Byrne - Brian Eno - Chris Frantz - Jerry Harrison - Tina Weymouth
First release by: Talking Heads - 1980
Covered by multiple other artists
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
wife
And you may ask yourself
Well...
How did I get here?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground
And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
My God!...
What Have I Done?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
A Christmas Carol
Composer(s): Tom Lehrer
Performer(s): Tom Lehrer and multiple other artists
Christmas time is here, by golly Disapproval would be folly Deck the halls with hunks of holly Fill the cup and don't say when
Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens Mix the punch, drag out the Dickens Even though the prospect sickens Brother, here we go again
On Christmas Day you can't get sore Your fellow man you must adore There's time to rob him all the more The other three hundred and sixty-four
Relations, sparing no expense 'll Send some useless old utensil Or a matching pen and pencil ("Just the thing I need, how nice!")
It doesn't matter how sincere it is Nor how heartfelt the spirit Sentiment will not endear it What's important is the price
Hark, the Herald Tribune sings Advertising wondrous things God rest ye merry merchants May ye make the Yuletide pay Angels we have heard on high Tell us to go out and buy!
So, let the raucous sleighbells jingle Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle Driving his reindeer across the sky Don't stand underneath when they fly by
Once In A Lifetime
Composer(s): Anthony Newley - Leslie Bricusse
First release by: Anthony Newley - 1961
Covered by multiple other artists
Just once in a lifetime A man knows a moment One wonderful moment When fate takes his hand And this is my moment My once in a lifetime When I can explore a new and exciting land
For once in my lifetime I feel like a giant I soar like an eagle As though I had wings For this is my moment My destiny calls me And though it may be just once in my lifetime I'm gonna do great things
And this is my moment My once in a lifetime When I can explore a new and exciting land
For once in my lifetime I feel like a giant I soar like an eagle As though I had wings For this is my moment My destiny calls me And though it may be just once in my lifetime I'm gonna do great things
As I was drifting off to sleep On this Christmas eve My thoughts turned to looking back At how this came to be Long ago and far away On a night so clear It was such a simple thing To echo through the years
Mary rock your baby boy As he softly cries There will be a world of tears Shed for him bye and bye Soon there will be peace and hope For all the world to know All because a child was born Two thousand years ago
An angel brought his tidings Not to priests and kings But to shepherds in their fields Afraid and trembling And standing in the manger How were they to know How the world would change around This babe in swaddling clothes
Mary rock your baby boy As he softly cries There will be a world of tears Shed for him bye and bye Now there can be peace and hope For all the world to know All because a child was born Two thousand years ago
Se a noite não tem fundo O mar perde o valor Opaco é o fim do mundo Pra qualquer navegador Que perde o oriente E entra em espirais E topa pela frente Um contingente Que ele já deixou pra trás
Os soluços dobram tão iguais Seus rivais, seus irmãos Seu navio carregado de ideais Que foram escorrendo feito grãos As estrelas que não voltam nunca mais E um oceano pra lavar as mãos
Once I Was Composer(s): Larry Beckett; Tim Buckley Performer(s): Tim Buckley; Eric Andersen; Tram
Once I was a soldier And I fought on foreign sands for you Once I was a hunter And I brought home fresh meat for you Once I was a lover And I searched behind your eyes for you And soon there'll be another To tell you I was just a lie
And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you remember me
And though you have forgotten All of our rubbish dreams I find myself searching Through the ashes of our ruins For the days when we smiled And the hours that ran wild With the magic of our eyes And the silence of our words
And sometimes I wonder Just for a while Will you remember me
A Christmas Letter
Composer(s): Gene Nelson - John Greenebaum - Paul Nelson
Performer(s): Reba McEntire
At an antique desk an old man sits alone Oh, it's Christmas Eve and it's almost time to go He signs his name to a letter he just wrote Then he reads it back with a voice as soft as snow
I want peace on Earth for Christmas In a world where there's not one hungry child A day when hope and faith conquers fear and hate All I'm asking for is a little more love
Then he walks outside and climbs upon his sleigh And calls out to his reindeer, then off they fly away Oh, tonight he'll make a million dreams appear While he wishes that his own dreams could come true this year
I want peace on Earth for Christmas In a world where there's not one hungry child A day when hope and faith conquers fear and hate All I'm asking for is a little more love
A day when hope and faith just conquers fear and hate All I'm asking for is a little more love
Meglio Per Te Se Piangi French Title: Rentre Chez Toi Et Pleure Composer(s): Calabrese; Charles Aznavour; Gilbert Bécaud Performer(s): Charles Aznavour
Meglio per te se piangi Io ho pianto già per te Non sai per quante ore Ho portato con me Il ricordo di te Meglio per te se piangi Il pianto ti calmerà Attenuerà il dolore E lo cancellerà Pena d'amore è breve Ombra sottile e lieve Che si allontanerà da te Meglio per te se piangi Il pianto ti calmerà E dopo tanto dolore Da me ti guiderà Meglio per te spiangi Piangi, piangi...
Once Bitten Twice Shy Composer(s): Ian Hunter Performer(s): Ian Hunter; and various other artists
Well the time's gettin' hard for you little girl I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world you don't remember when you got your last meal and you forgot just how a woman feels you didn't know what rock n' roll was until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus I got there in the nick of time before he got his hands across your state line
well in the middle of the night on the open road and the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold you're gettin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat the music of the street, drive you off your feet you didn't know how rock n' roll looked until you caught your sister with a guy from the group half-way home in the parking lot by the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got
Once bitten twice shy, babe
Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep all the blood on my hand and my Les Paul heat I can't leave you home cos you're runnin' around my best friend told me you're the best trick in town
You didn't know that rock n' roll burned so you bought a candle and you loved and you learned you got the rhythm, you got the speed mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet
Once bitten twice shy, babe
I didn't know ya got a rock n' roll record until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket you told me I was the only one and look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb
Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! I remember a Christmas long ago I remember hanging mistletoe I remember love, lights of red and blue How I remember you Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! I remember a Christmas long ago Christmas Eve taking sleigh rides out in the snow Later on that night, 'bout a quarter to three Seems I asked you to marry me Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! Everytime it's Christmas Eve Something happens inside Seems like the love we had Never, never died Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! I remember love, lights of red and blue How I remember you I remember Christmas long ago Never, never, never, never, never forget that Christmas Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! I remember Christmas long ago Never, never, never, never, never forget that Christmas Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle, jingle Jingle! I remember Christmas long ago Never, never, never, never, never forget that Christmas ...
(Meet) The Flintstones Composer(s): Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera; Hoyt Curtin Performer(s): The B-52's and various other artists
Flintstones, Meet the Flintstones They're a modern stone age family From the, town of Bedrock They're a page right out of history Let's ride, with the family down the street Through the, courtesy of Fred's two feet When you're, with the Flintstones Have a yabba, dabba, doo time A dabba doo time We'll have a gay, old time!
Once A Day Composer(s): Bill Anderson Performer(s): Bill Anderson; and various other artists
When you found somebody new
I thought I never would Forget you, for I thought then I never could But time has taken all the pain away Until now, I'm down to hurtin' once a day
Once a day, all day long And once a night, from dusk 'til dawn The ony time, I wish you weren't gone Is once a day, everyday, all day long
I'm so glad that I'm not like a friend I knew one time He(she)lost the one he(she)loved, then slowly lost her mind He(she) sat around and cried his (her) life away Lucky me, I'm only crying once a day
Once a day, all day long And once a night, from dusk 'til dawn The only time, I wish you weren't gone Is once a day, every day, all day long
The only time, I wish you weren't gone Is once a day, everyday, all day long
1,000 Times Blind Composer(s): Henry Rollins Performer(s): Rollins Band
1000 times blind see me fallin' see me hit the floor 1000 times blind see me fallin' see me lose my mind
Don't touch me you'll touch yourself Don't find me you'll lose yourself Don't love me you'll hate yourself Don't hold me you'll drop yourself Yeah!
1000 times blind, see me throw myself to the floor 1000 faces lookin' back at you 1000 times blind I reach inside I can't feel myself I open my eyes I can't see myself I scream out loud I can't hear myself I try to recognize I don't know myself Yeah! 1000 times blind, I get cutoff from myself Smashed up, cut up, 1000 pieces 1000 times blind...
A Christmas Love Song
Composer(s): Alan Bergman - Marilyn Bergman - Johnny Mandel
Performer(s): Blossom Dearie & Mike Rienzi
and multiple other artists
All I want for Christmas is you You're the gift that's made my dreams all come true All I need for Christmas is here Finding every sweet surprise wrapped up in your eyes Waiting there for me Underneath the tree
We'll spend the day Exchanging kisses Smile and say "What a Christmas this is"
Long before the snowflakes appear Without bells and mistletoe Or the tinsel's silver glow You just look at me and oh - Christmas is here
Long before the snowflakes appear Without bells and mistletoe Or the tinsel's silver glow You just look at me and oh - Christmas is here
Meet The Family From the Show: The Crooked Mile, 1959 Composer(s): Greenwell; Wildeblood Performer(s): Millicent Martin & Elisabeth Welch
If a man gets the idea that youre flippety-jibbedy And starts gettin ready to take a diabolical liberty If he gives you a line youre not keen on swallowing Give him an old-fashioned look And repeat the following
(Chorus) Ta, ever so, ever so ta That was a lovely compliment But please remember, Im a lady And youre supposed to be a gent No, we cannot make it a date Im too young to stop out late But please, tomorrow come to tea And meet the family
Dear ol dads an all-in wrestler Weighing-in at nineteen stones Brother Bills a bonnie builder And his hobbys breaking bones Sister Mona tears a phone book Into little tiny shreds Come along and meet em Come along and greet em Theyre a family of thoroughbreds
(Chorus)
Theres a bloodhound in the kitchen Hasnt had a bite all day Uncle Arthurs back in Dartmoor Aunties with the I.R.A Grandmas digging in the cellar No-one knows where grandpa is Theyre a lot of smasher Bruisers, boozers, bashers Theyre a family of savages
(Chorus)
Come along and meet em Come along and greet em Meet the family
A Christmas Prayer
Composer(s): Marty Robbins
Performer(s): Marty Robbins
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Dear Lord, I want to thank you For what you've done for me For all these many blessings In a world that's caught in grief and misery No matter where I wander I'm always in your sight And so, my friends, to you my love Upon this Christmas night
If all my prayers aren't answered Then, Lord, I'll understand There's others more deserving Others, Lord, who need a helping hand I pray you'll guide and keep me Ever near the light And so my deepest thanks, my Lord Upon this Christmas night
Meet Me Where They Play The Blues Composer(s): Steve Allen; Sandy Gallop Performer(s): Andy Williams and various other artists
I got a heart thats broken hearted, how do I mend it? I got a cryin jack you started, how do I end it? But if youre feelin gloomy Come a-runnin to me Meet me where they play the blues
Hey, people have said theyve seen you dance in hideaway places Say, people have said you find romance in others embraces But if your mood is dreamy And you care to see me Meet me where they play the blues
Either flirt with a tear, are common round here And misery loves company, they say So I hang around till dawn While that saxophone wails on Hopin youll happen this way
Im getting tired of sippin wine, and watchin bubbles Why did I dream, get outa line, and wind up in trouble Mmm, but Honey, if youre learnin Theres a flame still burnin Meet me where they play the blues Blee beep, blee beep, blee bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, bee, Meet me where they play ... The blues