Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Truckin' Composer(s): James Griffin - Robb Royer Performer(s): Bread
Truckin' down the highway Get outta my way Always in a hurry Always in between That's where you can find me Truckin' down the highway Sittin' in the cab of A ten ton machine
Gettin' pretty tired of stoppin' In old run down cafes Some day I'm gonna find me a woman Rich enough to pay my way
Gonna make some inroads Drivin' home a payload Truckin' down the highway Like you never seen
Gettin' pretty tired of lookin' In truck stop cabarets Some day I'm gonna find me a woman Rich enough to pay my way
Then you're gonna find me Truckin' down the highway Sittin' in the back of A long limousine
Kiss Them For Me From the film "Kiss Them For Me" (1957) Composer(s): Lionel Newman; Carroll Coates Performer(s): The McGuire Sisters
Kiss them, kiss them, kiss them for me
Goodbye my honey though you gotta go now Least I know now I'm the one whose won So if the losers need some sympathy You can kiss them, kiss them for me
It sounds kinda funny but I won't be jealous When you fellas, find you're far from home If you need a little femininity You can kiss them, kiss them for me
There's safety in numbers, so it's quite okay Kiss the darling day, kiss the blues away It'd sure be the biggest thrill they'd ever had But I won't get mad, 'cause I won't be there to see
Make hay while it's sunny so you love me Oh, please if you're lonely I will understand And you'll thank my lips for waiting faithfully When you kiss them, kiss them, kiss them for me Kiss them for me
Edith And The Kingpin Composer(s): Joni Mitchell
First release by: Joni Mitchell - 1975
Covered by multiple other artists
The big man arrives Disco dancers greet him Plainclothes cops greet him Big man, small town, fresh lipstick glistening Sophomore jive From victims of typewriters The band sounds like typewriters The big man he's not listening His eyes hold Edith His left hand holds his right What does that hand desire That he grips it so tight
Edith in the ring The passed-over girls are conferring The man with the diamond ring is purring All claws for now withdrawn One by one they bring His renegade stories to her His crimes and his glories to her In challenge they look on Women he has wanted grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon
Edith in his bed A plane in the rain is humming The wires in the walls are humming Some song-some mysterious song Bars in her head Beating frantic and snowblind Romantic and snowblind She says-his crime belongs Edith and the Kingpin Each with charm to sway Are staring eye to eye They dare not look away You know they dare not look away
Truckin' Composer(s): Rube Bloom - Ted Koehler Performer(s): Billy Cotton & His Band
We had to get something new A dance to do up here in Harlem So someone started truckin' ???? as soon as the news got round Well the folks down town came up to Harlem And what they see, boy Everybody was truckin' It didn't take long before The highbrows were doin' it Park Avenue-in' it, all over town You'll see them shufflin', shufflin' Truckin' along Boy, it's spreadin' like a forest blaze It became a craze, thanks to Harlem nights Now, everybody's truckin'
I Shot The Sheriff Composer(s): Bob Marley First release by: Bob Marley & The Wailers - 1973 Covered by multiple other artists
(I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Ooh, oo-ooh) All around in my home town They tryin' to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the life of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I say, yeah
(I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defence) I swear it was in selfdefence, yea-ea-eah! It was I who shot the sheriff (And they say it is a) capital offence (Oo-ooh)
Sheriff John Brown always hates me For what, I don't know Every time I plant a seed He say, "Kill them before they grow" He say, "Kill them before they grow", now And so, yeah - and so
I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy (Oh no! Oh!) It was I shot the sheriff But I (didn't shoot no deputy) I didn't shoot no deputy (Oo-ooh) No-no-no-no-no!
Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah! Then all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown He was aiming to shoot I down So I shot, yes, I shot - shot him down and I say, yeah
By-by-by - I shot the sheriff Love, I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no! Oh!) It was I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy (Oo-ooh)
Reflexes had the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket goes to the well I say, one day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom will drop out
And so - and so, read it! (I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Oh no, oh! I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Oo-ooh)
Edge Of Seventeen Composer(s): Stevie Nicks
First release by: Stevie Nicks - 1981
Covered by multiple other artists
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... whoo... whoo... whoo
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo... baby... ooo... said ooo
And the days go by... like a strand in the wind
In the web that is my own... I begin again
Said to my friend, baby...
Nothin' else mattered
He was no more... than a baby then
Well he... seemed broken hearted... something within him
But the moment... that I first laid...
Eyes... on... him... all alone...
On the edge of... seventeen
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... whoo... whoo... whoo
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo... baby... ooo... said ooo
I went today... maybe I will go again... tomorrow
And the music there it was hauntingly... familiar
And I see you doing... what I try to do for me
With the words from a poet... and the voice from a choir
And a melody... nothing else mattered
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... whoo... whoo... whoo
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo... baby... ooo... said ooo
The clouds... never expect it... when it rains
But the sea changes colours... but the sea...
Does not change
And so... with the slow... graceful flow... of age
I went forth... with an age old... desire... to please
On the edge of... seventeen
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... whoo... whoo... whoo
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo... baby... ooo... said ooo
Well then suddenly... there was no one...left standing
In the hall... yeah, yeah...
In a flood of tears
That no one really ever heard fall at all
Oh I went searchin' for an answer...
Up the stairs... and down the hall
Not to find an answer... just to hear the call
Of a nightbird... singing... come away... come away...
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... whoo... whoo... whoo
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo... baby... ooo... said ooo
Well I hear you in the morning... and I hear you...
At nightfall... sometime to be near you...
Is to be unable... to hear you... my love...
I'm a few years older than you... are (I'm a few years older than you) my love
Just like the white winged dove... sings a song...
Sounds like she's singing... ooo baby... ooo... said ...
Trucker's Paradise Composer(s): Jerry I. Allison Performer(s): Del Reeves
There's a place called Trucker's Paradise just south of San Berdo And the drivers all stop in there for a laugh and a cup or two There's a woman waitin' tables and I'll tell you boys, she's nice They call her the fallen angel at the Trucker's Paradise
She knows about the roads and the overloads And fillin' out those phoney logs And the story 'bout the time when a tire caught fire And burned up a truckload o' hogs If coffee goes up to a dollar a cup I suppose we'll pay the price Just to be with the fallen angel at Trucker's Paradise
No need to ask her what her name is, she won't say But she's better off than most of us in tips and take home pay She used to be Miss Washington, almost Miss USA Then a big producer from Hollywood led her astray It turned out he was married and her heart turned cold as ice And that's why they call her the fallen angel of Trucker's Paradise
No need to ask her what her name is, she won't say She's better off than most of us in tips and take home pay She used to be Miss Washington, almost Miss USA Then a big producer from Hollywood led her astray It turned out he was married and her heart turned cold as ice And that's why they call her the fallen angel of Trucker's Paradise
And that's why they call her the fallen angel of Trucker's Paradise
I Shall Sing
((French Version: À Chacun Sa Chanson (by Joe Dassin))
Composer(s): Van Morrison
First release by: Art Garfunkel - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists
I shall sing, sing my song Be it right, be it wrong In the night, in the day Anyhow, anyway, I shall sing
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
With my heart, with my soul For the young, for the old When I'm high, when I'm low When I'm first, when I'm slow, I shall sing
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
I shall sing, sing my song Be it right, be it wrong In the night, in the day Anyhow, anyway, I shall sing
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la
Edge Of Reality Composer(s): Bill Giant - Bernie Baum - Florence Kaye
First recording/First release by: Elvis Presley - 1968
I walk along a thin line, darling (Darling) Dark shadows follow me (Follow Me) Here's where life's dream lies disillusioned (Disillusioned) The edge of reality
Oh, I can hear strange voices echo (Echo) Laughing with mockery (Mockery) The border line of doom I'm facing (I'm facing) The edge of reality
On the edge of reality, she sits there tormenting me The girl with the nameless face On the edge of reality, where she overpowers me With fears that I can't explain
She drove me to the point of madness (Madness The brink of misery (Misery) If she's not real, then I'm condemned to (Condemned to) The edge of reality
On the edge of reality, she sits there tormenting me The girl with the nameless face On the edge of reality, where she overpowers me With fears that I can't explain
She drove me to the point of madness (Madness) The brink of misery (Misery) If she's not real then I'm condemned to (Condemned to) The edge of reality
Trucker's Lament (aka I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore) Composer(s): Sheb Wooley - Dick Feller Performer(s): Sheb Wooley and multiple other artists
I stepped outta the shower and I gotta good look at myself Pot belly, bald head, man, I thought I was somebody else I caught my reflection in the mirror on the back of my bathroom door I just don't look good naked anymore
So, I'm goin' upstairs and turn the bedroom mirror to the wall I hung it there when I was trim and tall I'd stand there and smile, and strut and flex until my arms got sore But I just don't look good naked anymore
Well, I used to go out with the girls I loved them one and all Now they don't get very close to me They're afraid that I might fall
Well, I went to the Doctor for my annual medical exam Stood there in the buff, suddenly he said "Man" I said "What is it Doc, some fatal disease, I just gotta know the score" He said "No, you just don't look good naked anymore
Well, me and my wife had a dance routine Everybody said it was unique Now it's only when we're back to back That we're dancing cheek to cheek
Well, I went to a nudie beech to have some seaside fun Stretched out in my birthday suit, soakin' up the sun Somebody yelled, "Hey, there's an old white whale washed up on the shore I just don't look good naked anymore
Yeah, my arches fell, my chest went to hell And my butt's a-draggin' the floor An' I just don't look good naked anymore No, I just don't look good naked anymore
I Shall Be Released Composer(s): Bob Dylan First recording by: Bob Dylan - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages: 1995 - Nous Serons Libres 2006 - Jag Ska Bli Fri
They say ev'rything can be replaced Yet ev'ry distance is not near So I remember ev'ry face Of ev'ry man who put me here I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released
They say ev'ry man needs protection They say ev'ry man must fall Yet I swear I see my reflection Some place so high above this wall I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released
Standing next to me in this lonely crowd Is a man who swears he's not to blame All day long I hear him shout so loud Crying out that he was framed I see my light come shining From the west unto the east Any day now, any day now I shall be released
Eden Blues Composer(s): Georges Moustaki
Performer(s): Georges Moustaki; Edith Piaf
En descendant le fleuve argent Qui roule jusqu'au Névada On voit la plaine qui s'étend A l'est de Santa Lucia Les villes s'appellent Natividad San Miguel ou San Lorenzo Les filles s'appellent Soledad Les garçons gardent les troupeaux
C'est là que Jim a rencontré Sur une route un soir de pluie Catherine la fille d'un fermier Et qu'ils s'aimèrent toute la nuit Le soleil fait briller son or Dans quelques rares flaques d'eau Le cactus forme le décor Le chardon couvre les coteaux
C'est là qu'Adam le sénateur Est venu finir ses vieux jours Puis il est mort d'un coup au cur On prétend que c'est du mal d'amour Mais les fleurs couchées par le vent Semblent prier pour son repos La lune verse une larme d'argent Sur la croix blanche du tombeau
En descendant le fleuve argent Qui roule jusqu'au Névada On voit la plaine qui s'étend A l'est de Santa Lucia Les villes s'appellent Natividad San Miguel ou San Lorenzo Les filles s'appellent Soledad Les garçons gardent les troupeaux
Hoy a mi puerta un pájaro trinó pero abrí y una sombra se echó a volar Hoy recordé a Edgardo,aquel señor fumador de ampolas, que era juglar
Hoy haré una página celeste trovadicta, trovardiente Hoy, cantando sólo con la luna ya que se hizo puta la fortuna Hoy me trovaré para alegrarme como Edgardo, sin alarde
Hoy recordé a Edgardo,aquel señor fumador de ampolas, que era juglar Hoy a mi puerta un pájaro trinó pero abrí y una sombra se echó a volar
I Shall Be Free, No. 10 Composer(s): Bob Dylan Performer(s): Bob Dylan
I'm just average, common too I'm just like him, the same as you I'm everybody's brother and son I ain't different from anyone It ain't no use a-talking to me It's just the same as talking to you
I was shadow-boxing earlier in the day I figured I was ready for Cassius Clay I said "Fee, fie, fo, fum, Cassius Clay, here I come 26, 27, 28, 29, I'm gonna make your face look just like mine Five, four, three, two, one, Cassius Clay you'd better run 99, 100, 101, 102, your ma won't even recognize you 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, gonna knock him clean right out of his spleen
Well, I don't know, but I've been told The streets in heaven are lined with gold I ask you how things could get much worse If the Russians happen to get up there first Wowee' pretty scary!
Now, I'm liberal, but to a degree I want ev'rybody to be free But if you think that I'll let Barry Goldwater Move in next door and marry my daughter You must think I'm crazy! I wouldn't let him do it for all the farms in Cuba
Well, I set my monkey on the log And ordered him to do the Dog He wagged his tail and shook his head And he went and did the Cat instead He's a weird monkey, very funky
I sat with my high-heeled sneakers on Waiting to play tennis in the noonday sun I had my white shorts rolled up past my waist And my wig-hat was falling in my face But they wouldn't let me on the tennis court
I gotta woman, she's so mean She sticks my boots in the washing machine Sticks me with buckshot when I'm nude Puts bubblegum in my food She's funny, wants my money, calls me "honey"
Now I gotta friend who spends his life Stabbing my picture with a bowie-knife Dreams of strangling me with a scarf When my name comes up he pretends to barf I've got a million friends!
Now they asked me to read a poem At the sorority sister's home I got knocked down and my head was swimmin' I wound up with the Dean of Women Yippee! I'm a poet, and I know it Hope I don't blow it
I'm gonna grow my hair down to my feet so strange So I look like a walking mountain range And I'm gonna ride into Omaha on a horse Out to the country club and the golf course Carry the New York Times, shoot a few holes, blow their minds
Now you're probably wondering by now Just what this song is all about What's probably got you baffled more Is what this thing here is for It's nothing It's something I learned over in England
Edelweiss ((Adapted from: Edelweiss (English Version) (Theodore Bikel and Mary Martin) - 1959))
((Danish Version: Edelweiss (Danish Version) - 1966))
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein
Edelweiss, Edelweiss Sois toujours notre emblème Fleur si blanche, tu te penches Pour saluer ceux qui t'aiment Contre l'assaut des vents et des neiges Le ciel te protège Edelweiss, Edelweiss Veilles sur nos montagnes
Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and white clean and bright You look happy to meet me Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow Bloom and grow forever Edelweiss, Edelweiss Bless my homeland forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss Toi l'amie des nuages Fleur de neige ou de ciel Tu vis libre et sauvage Veill' sur le pays de mes amours Tout au long des âges Edelweiss, Edelweiss Veille sur mon village
Edelweiss, Edelweiss Quand le ciel fait naufrage Tu attends le soleil Dans la nuit des alpages Car tu sais bien qu'il revient toujours Après les orages Edelweiss, Edelweiss Veille sur mon village
Appartiene A Me ((Adapted from: She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan) - 1965)) Composer(s): Bob Dylan - Tito Schipa Jr. Performer(s): Tito Schipa Jr. - 1987
Versions In Other Languages: 1978 - Sie G'hört Zu Mir (Wolfgang Ambros) 1996 - Alo! Ea-I A Mea! (Pasarea Colibri) 2008 - Elle M'appartient (C'est Une Artiste)
Lei sa bene quel che vuole è un'artista - non bada in giro Lei si ruba il buio della notte e tinge il giorno in nero
Tu prova a star su in piedi forte e fiero rubale ogni sensazione Ma finirai a spiare dalla chiave chino a pecorone
Lei mica inciampa chi non sta su non cade E' apolide è enne enne la Legge lei manco la vede
Porta un anello assiro se splende ti parlerà E' un'ipnocollezionista e tu sei una bioantichità
La domenica un inchino il compleanno un'ovazione A carnevale una trombetta e a Natale un bel torrone
Edelweiss Composer(s): Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein First performance/First release by: Theodore Bikel and Mary Martin - 1959 Covered by multiple other artists
Edelweiss, Edelweiss Every morning you greet me Small and White Clean and bright You look happy to meet me...
Blossoms of snow may you bloom and grow Bloom and grow forever
Sie G'hört Zu Mir ((Adapted from: She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan) - 1965)) Composer(s): Bob Dylan - Wolfgang Ambros Performer(s): Wolfgang Ambros - 1978
Versions In Other Languages: 1987 - Appartiene A Me (Tito Schipa Jr.) 1996 - Alo! Ea-I A Mea! (Pasarea Colibri) 2008 - Elle M'appartient (C'est Une Artiste)
Sie hod ollas wos ma braucht sie kann wos und sie hod's zu wos brocht Sie hod ollas wos ma braucht sie kann wos und sie hod's zu wos brocht Sie mocht de Nocht zum Tog und ihre Tog san schwoaz wie de Nocht
Am Anfang bist no stolz drauf dass sa si beschäftigt mit dia Am Anfang bist no stolz drauf dass sa si beschäftigt mit dia Zum Schluss is' dann so weit dass das anbet'st auf de Knia
Sie mocht nie an Bledsinn weu sa si des ned leist'n kann Sie mocht nie an Bledsinn weu sa si des ned leist'n kann Sie is niemand'n verpflichtet und niemand'n geht's wos an
Sie hod an magisch'n Ring der aufleuch't, befua sie wos sogt Sie hod an magisch'n Ring der aufleuch't, befua sie wos sogt Sie mocht an Wurscht'l aus an' so sehr ma si a mit ihr plogt
Sei liab zu ihr am Sunndog knia nieda wann's Geburtsdog hod Sei liab zu ihr am Sunndog knia nieda wann's Geburtsdog hod Schenk ihr zu Weihnacht'n a Tromme und an Grobsta fia ihr Grob
I See Your Face Before Me Composer(s): Howard Dietz; Arthur Schwartz First performance by: Jack Buchanan, Evelyn Laye, Adele Dixon - 1937 Covered by multiple other artists
I see your face before me Crowding my every dream There is your face before me You are my only theme It doesn't matter where you are I can see how fair you are I close my eyes and there you are Always If you could share the magic If you could see me too There would be nothing tragic In all my dreams of you Would that my love could haunt you so Knowing I want you so I can't erase Your beautiful face before me
Would that my love could haunt you so Knowing I want you so I can't erase Your beautiful face before me