Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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It Takes Too Long To Learn To Live Alone Composer(s): Robert Allen; Leon Carr Performer(s): Peggy Lee and multiple other artists
I leave the house I catch the bus and go to work The way I did before The same routine Most everyday except I guess I see my folks much more
A year has passed I thought by now that I could make A new life of my own But habits are So hard to break I think of you And I still ache It takes too long to learn to live alone
It's really bad When Friday comes because I know The weekend lies ahead The walks we took The football games And when it rained How late we stayed in bed
I've done so much to change the house The attic's full memories I know And yet the night Turned out the light I wait for you to say goodnight It takes too long to learn to live alone
I go on dates but when I do I'd always find Before the night is thru The same routine Behind my smile I'm sitting there Comparing them to you
And in the end it's always you I'm feeling even more when I get home I thought that I was free of you But I was wrong I never knew It takes too long to learn to live alone
Angels, From The Realms Of Glory
Composer(s): James Montgomery; H. Smart
Performer(s): Fred Waring
and multiple other artists
Angels, from the realms of glory
Wing your flight o'er all the earth
Ye, who sang creation's story
Now proclaim Messiah's birth
Come and worship
Come and worship
Worship Christ, the new-born King
Shepherds in the field abiding
Watching o'er your flocks by night
God with man is now residing
Yonder shines the infant Light
Come and worship
Come and worship
Worship Christ, the new-born King
Sages, leave your contemplations
Brighter visions beam afar
Seek the great Desire of nations
Ye have seen his natal star
Come and worship
Come and worship
Worship Christ, the new-born King
Saints before the altar bending
Watching long in hope and fear
Suddenly the Lord, descending
In his temple shall appear
Come and worship
Come and worship
Worship Christ, the new-born King
Angels, from the realms of glory Wing your flight o'er all the earth Ye, who sang creation's story Now proclaim Messiah's birth
Refrain: Come and worship Come and worship Worship Christ, the new-born King
Shepherds in the field abiding Watching o'er your flocks by night God with man is now residing Yonder shines the infant Light
Refrain
Sages, leave your contemplations Brighter visions beam afar Seek the great Desire of nations Ye have seen his natal star
Refrain
Saints before the altar bending Watching long in hope and fear Suddenly the Lord, descending In his temple shall appear
It Takes Time Composer(s): Arthur Korb Performer(s): Doris Day
It takes time To get your gal to see the light It takes time It isn't always love at sight From the first little glance 'Til she's ready for romance Remember, little man, it takes time
It takes time To make the coffee percolate It takes time To get your gal to set the date From the first moonlight walk 'Til you get the baby talk Remember, little man, it takes time
Now, Rome wasn't built in a day, they say Not to mention the Pyramids and Sphinx It took old Rip Van Winkle all of twenty years To squeeze the livin' daylights out of forty winks
It takes time To turn the Winter into Spring It takes time To get the dough to get the ring From the first little smile 'Til you're walkin' down the aisle Remember, little man, it takes time
It takes time To make the coffee percolate It takes time To get your gal to set the date From the first moonlight walk 'Til you get the baby talk Remember, little man, it takes time
Now, Rome wasn't built in a day, they say Not to mention the Pyramids and Sphinx It took old Rip Van Winkle all of twenty years To squeeze the livin' daylights out of forty winks
It takes time To turn the Winter into Spring It takes time To get the dough to get the ring From the first little smile 'Til you're walkin' down the aisle Remember, little man ........... it takes time
Angels We Have Heard On High (Traditional) Performer(s): Andy Williams; and various other artists
Angels we have heard on high Singing sweetly through the night And the mountains in reply Echoing their brave delight Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis Deo
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why these songs of happy cheer? What great brightness did you see? What glad tiding did you hear? Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis Deo
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing Come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the new-born King Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis Deo
See him in a manger laid Whom the angels praise above Mary, Joseph, lend your aid While we raise our hearts in love Gloria in excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis Deo
It Takes So Long (To Say Goodbye) Composer(s): Haven Gillespie; Larry Shay Performer(s): Dean Martin
It takes so long to say goodbye Goodbye is a long, long time Tonight my love the moonbeams shine Upon your dream and mine
So take my kiss to sleep with you This kiss of love divine Oh it takes so long to say goodbye Goodbye is a long, long time
(So take my kiss to sleep with you This kiss of love divine) Oh it takes so long to say goodbye Goodbye is a long, long time Goodbye is a long, long time
All This Is That Composer(s): Al Jardine - Carl Wilson - Mike Love Performer(s): The Beach Boys
I am that, thou art that, and all this is that I am that, thou art that, all this is that I am that, thou art that, all this is that This is that
Oooo
Daybreak and I take a glide Into the pool of peace inside (Two waves travel by) To waves and I both travel by (And that makes all the difference to me)
Life supporting waves of bliss Mother Divine's precious kiss Brings with love the light of wisdom And the gift of eternal freedom
To waves and I both travel by (... and the nature of man...) And that makes all the difference to me (Krishna...)
All this is that I am that, thou art that, all this is that I am that, thou art that, all this is that This is that This is that
Dusk time the shadows fall Into the timeless time of all
To waves and I both travel by
Golden auras glow around you Omnipresent love surrounds you Wisdom warming as the sun You and I are truly one
To waves and I both travel by And that makes all the difference to me
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It Takes Diff'rent Strokes From the TV shoe "Diff'rent Strokes" Composer(s): Alan Thicke; Gloria Loring; Al Burton Performer(s): Gene Morford
Now, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum What might be right for you May not be right for some A man is born, he's a man of means Then along come two They got nothing but their jeans
But they got, Diff'rent Strokes It takes, Diff'rent Strokes It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
Eve rybody's got a special kind of story Everybody finds a way to shine It don't matter that you got not alot So what, they'll have theirs And you'll have yours, and I'll have mine And together we'll be fine . . .
Because it takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world Yes it does It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
Angel In The Christmas Play Performer(s): Spike Jones
Poured the goldfish bowl into daddy's hat Then I painted stripes down the family cat Broke two teeth only yesterday I'm the angel in the Christmas play
In department stores, 'do it just because Pull the whiskers off of the San-tee Claus Bite his leg, then I get away I'm the angel in the Chrismas play
Daddy laughs, he bends in half When I wear angel hair But wait until he takes a spill On halos on the stairs
Well I gotta go before the mailman stops And he feels that glue in the letter box See you all when its Christmas day I'm the angel in the Christmas play
I put on my angel gown And oh did momma laugh She didn't guess it was her best dress... The one I tore in half
On the roof today, gave 'em all a scare I put on my wings, tried to fly thru air Hope that lump's gonna go away I'm the angel in the Christmas play I'm the angel in the Christmas play
It Takes a Woman Composer(s): Jerry Herman Performer(s): Horace Vandergelder; David Burns; Instant Glee Club
Vandergelder: It takes a woman all powdered and pink To joyously clean out the drain in the sink And it takes an angel with long golden lashes And soft dresden fingers For dumping the ashes
Cornelius, Barnaby, and 2 customers: Yes it takes a woman A dainty woman A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife O yes it takes a woman A fragile woman To bring you the sweet things in life
Vandergelder: The frail young maiden who's constantly there For washing and blueing and shoeing the mare And it takes a female for setting the table And weaving the Guernsey And cleaning the stable
All: O yes it takes a woman A dainty woman A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife O yes it takes a woman A fragile woman To bring you the sweet things in life And so she'll work until infinity Three cheers for femininity Rah Rah Rah...Rah Rah Rah F. E. M. - I. T. Y
Vandergelder: F. E. M. I. T. Y? Get out of here! And in the winter she'll shovel the ice And lovingly set out the traps for the mice She's a joy and treasure for practically speaking To whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking?
Vandergelder, Cornelius, and Barnaby: To That dainty woman That fragile woman That sweetheart, that mistress, that wife O yes it takes a woman
Vandergelder: A husky woman Vandergelder, Cornelius, & Barnaby To bring you the sweet things in life!
All: O Yes it takes a woman A dainty woman A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife O yes it takes a woman, a fragile woman To bring you the sweet things in life
An Old-Fashioned Christmas Composer(s): John Bettis; Richard Carpenter Performer(s): The Carpenters
How I miss that Old Fashioned Christmas! Carols being sung by the tree, Window's candlelight shining bright For the whole world to see
Children's eyes of sweet expectations Wondering what each present will hold Lying in their beds and impatient On long Christmas Eves of old
It used to be that all the family Would gather for this one night It used to be that special feeling shared together Knowing Christmas was here one night a year
How I miss that Old Fashioned Christmas! Memories that last through the years Call me sentimental; Don't mind if you do I wish an Old Fashioned Christmas to you!
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Romanian Version: E-Atît De Greu Sa Rîzi, E-Asa Usor Sa Plîngi - 1999) Composer(s): Bob Dylan First release by: Bob Dylan - 1965 Covered by multiple other artists
Well I ride on a mailtrain baby, can't buy a thrill Well I been up all night baby leanin' on the window sill
If I die on top of the hill or if I don't make it, you know my baby will
Don't the moon look good shining through the trees Don't the breakmen look good ma, flaggin' down the 'Double-E'
Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea but don't my gal look fine when she's coming after me
Well the wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost I tried to tell everybody but I could not get across
Well I wanna be your lover babe, I don't wanna be your boss Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost
I've just been to the baggage car where the bags been tossed I snap out forty compasses, sure don't know what they cost
I wanna be your lover babe, I don't wanna be your boss Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost
It Takes A Little Rain With The Sunshine To Make The World Go Round
It Takes A Little Rain With The Sunshine To Make The World Go Round Composer(s): Ballard MacDonald; Harry Carroll
A dear little girl and a dear little boy looked out at the drizzling rain and tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks, like the drops on the window pane so he said: "Don't you cry, you will see bye and bye that a rainbow bright will shine on high there are always rain clouds in the sky, and I'll tell you sweetheart why"
The dear little girl and the dear little boy grew up as most children do and one summer day they went wandering away, on the road that makes one of two she was sweet he was good, and they loved as they should till a dark cloud came, do what they could but she said she'd make up if he would, for she always understood
'Cause it takes a little rain with the sunshine like the tear drops come with the smiles but the troubles never come all at one time just wait a little while, remember, flowers couldn't grow without rain, dear happiness we share with the pain, dear 'cause it takes a little rain with the sunshine to make the world go around
Oakie Boogie Composer(s): Johnny Tyler Performer(s): Jack Guthrie; Ella Mae Morse; Johnny Tyler; Don Walser; Speedy West
Now listen here friends, I wanna tell you About a brand new dance that you gotta learn to do It's called the oakie boogie, you do it oakie style That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild Well it's gotta be fast, now you can't go slow When you hear that rhythm, Lord you gotta do-si-do When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild
Now ol' man Mose on a cane and a crutch Tried to do the oakie boogie just a little too much He tried to overdo it, Oklahoma style That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild When you get started it's hard to stop If you don't look out, you're gonna blow your top When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild
Well it's gotta be fast, now you can't go slow When you hear that rhythm, Lord you gotta do-si-do When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild When you get started it's hard to stop If you don't look out, you're gonna blow your top When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style That mean ol' oakie boogie and let her drive you wild
Now you got the beat, I'll tell you what to do Grab your partner and follow on through Let's do the oakie boogie, Oklahoma style That mean ol' oakie boogie drives everybody wild
Under a sky of azure, where balmy breezes blow Kissed by the golden sunshine, is Nuevo Mejico Land of the Montezuma, with firey hearts aglow Land of the deeds historic, is Nuevo Mejico
Chorus:
Oh! Fair New Mexico, we love, we love you so Our hearts with pride o're flow No matter where we go Oh! Fair New Mexico, we love, we love you so The grandest state we know NEW MEXICO!
It Started With A Kiss (Danish Version: Started' Med Et Kys - 1984) Composer(s): Errol Brown First release by: Hot Chocolate - 1982
It started with a kiss in the back row of a classroom How could I resist the aroma of your perfume You and I were inseparable, it was love at first sight You made me promise to marry you, I made you promise to be my wife But then you were only eight years old and I had just about turned nine I thought that life was always good, I thought you always would be mine
It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this
I remember ev'ry little thing like fighting in the playground As some good looking boy had started to hang around That boy hurt me so bad, but I was happy 'cause you cried - still I couldn't help but notice that new distant look in your eyes And then when you were sixteen and I had just turned seventeen I couldn't hold on to your love, I couldn't hold on to my dreams
It started with a kiss, never thought is would come to this It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you?
Walking down the street came the star of my love story And my heart began to beat so fast, so clear was my memory I heard my voice cry out her name and as she looked and looked away I felt so hurt, I felt so small, and it was all that I could say You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you?
It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this
It Sparkles! Composer(s): Stephen Duffy Performer(s): Stephen Duffy
And she sparkles her surprise The marvels of the milky way Are but a candle to her I kissed but she did not kiss back Temptations of the saints And though the leaves are falling fast She still thinks she ain't And she's going to blow my mind This time So we set out for the sun A generation on the run The ones who hid by moving trains Pretending destinations Now fighting everyone she knows And some imaginary foes My campus bride for whom truth slips Beyond her finger tips And she's going to blow my mind This time I've been sitting on the corner of my street waiting for her waiting for her And I don't know if she sparkles when she speaks If I could love her any more I won't deny that we had fun More than I can say for some With just so many years to live In which nothing gives Two courting birds wheeled away Against the opalescent grey My campus bride and I just sit Certain this is it And she's going to blow my mind This time And she's going to blow her mind If she can find the time And she's going to blow my mind This time
O Vinho Composer(s): Raimundo Fagner; Fausto Nilo Performer(s): Raimundo Fagner
Quando você chegar Veja o tempo passando Pelas Flores do Mal Só o tempo não vê Que eu estou esquecido Esperando você
A noite já passou E eu detesto revelar que andei sofrendo Mas há um resto de saudade em seu olhar E uma promessa de prazeres ciumentos Meu amor
Não devemos tentar Enganar o amor Nem duvidar do vinho Uma frase vulgar Pode surpreender Num imenso carinho
Pra que dizer que não Verdades são banais e mesmo assim Por caprichos vãos Mentiras levarão você de mim
Perdidos na escuridão Seus olhos na minha saudade Seu vestido está em minha mãos Sua voz por toda a cidade Nessas canções que eu faço Permanece o meu destino De adormecer em seus braços E sonhar como um menino
Quero só pensar em ti Em seu colo adormecer E acordar com mais vontade de viver