Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Vivre Composer(s): Alain Morisod; Pierre Alain First performance by: Carole Vinci - 1978
Pourquoi ne pas croire à la belle histoire Qui fait chanter le cur et les saisons? Je veux tout oublier dans tes bras Et tout recommencer avec toi Partager les couleurs et les chansons
Pourquoi ne pas suivre cette belle histoire? Pourquoi ne pas sourire au nouveau jour? Nous nous évaderons, mon amour Et nous retrouverons la chanson Que nous vivrons enfin à l'unisson
Vivre, nous allons vivre un million de bonheurs Pour traverser les heures comme des oiseaux libres Vivre, je veux le vivre, ce rêve musical Pour cueillir les étoiles de l'amour
Pourquoi ne pas croire à la belle histoire Qui fait chanter le cur et le printemps? Ma vie a commencé avec toi Le soleil s'est levé dans la joie Tu m'as fait retrouver mon cur d'enfant
Vivre, je veux le vivre, ce rêve musical Pour cueillir les étoiles de l'amour Vivre, nous allons vivre Et renverser les heures Pour cueillir les étoiles du bonheur
Pop A Top Composer(s): Nat Stuckey Performer(s): Jim Ed Brown; and various other artists
Pop a top again I just got time for one more round Sit em up my friends Then I'll be gone Then you can let some other fool sit down
I'd like for you'd to listen to a joke I heard today From a woman who said she was through and calmly walked away I'd tried to smile and did a while it felt so outta place Did you ever hear of a clown with tears drops streaming down his face
Pop a top again I think I'll have another round Sit em up my friend Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down
Home for me is misery and here I am wasting time Cause a row of fools on a row of stools is not what's on my mind But then you see her leaving me it's not what I perfer So it's either here just drinking beer or at home remembering her
Pop a top again I think I'll have another round Sit em up my friend Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down Pop a top again
Snowblind Friend Composer(s): Hoyt Axton First release by: Hoyt Axton - 1969 Covered by multiple other artists
You say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend Lyin' on the pavement with a misery on his brain Stoned on some new potion he found upon the wall Of some unholy bathroom in some ungodly hall He only had a dollar to live on 'til next Monday But he spent it on some comfort for his mind Did you say you think he's blind?
Someone should call his parents, a sister or a brother And they'll come to take him back home on a bus But he'll always be a problem to his poor and puzzled mother Yeah he'll always be another one of us He said he wanted Heaven but prayin' was too slow So he bought a one way ticket on an airline made of snow Did you say you saw your good friend flyin' low
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Composer(s): Warren Zevon Performer(s): Warren Zevon; and various other artists
I'd lay my head on the railroad tracks And wait for the Double E But the railroad don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me
Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood I ain't naming names She really worked me over good She was just like Jesse James She really worked me over good She was a credit to her gender She put me through some changes, Lord Sort of like a Waring blender
Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me
Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar She asked me if I'd beat her She took me back to the Hyatt House I don't want to talk about it
Poor, poor pitiful me Poor, poor pitiful me These young girls won't let me be Lord have mercy on me Woe is me
Bad Old Days
Composer(s): Stephanie de Sykes - Stuart Slater
First performance by: Coco - 1978
Remember me? I was tossed and turnin' like a ship without a sea I was lost for learnin' like a song without a key Remember when I was all alone without a soul to call my friend? Who'd have thought those days would ever end?
Those were the bad old days Before I had your love to guide me Sad old days You set me free from all those bad old days You put all the good inside of me
Those were the bad old days (Those were the sad old days) Before I had you there besides me Sad old days And can't you see? - you took the bad old days And you put all the good inside of me
Remember who Walked into my life and put their foot inside my shoe Now what was just a place for one is home for two Remember why I'm gonna stay with you until the day I die We can watch the good old days go by
Those were the bad old days Before I had your love to guide me Sad old days You set me free from all those bad old days You put all the good inside of me
Oh dooby-doo... Dooby-dooby-dooby-doo... Aah...
Those were the bad old days (Those were the sad old days) Before I had you there beside me Sad old days (Those were the sad old days) And can't you see you took the bad old days And you put all the good inside of me?
(Those were the bad old days) (Those were the bad old days) You put all the good inside of me (Those were the bad old days) Ah... (Those were the bad old days) You put all the good inside of me
You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly Composer(s): Lola Jean Dillon; L.E. White Performer(s): Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty and multiple other artists
Conway: Well, you're the reason I'm ridin' around on big-capped tires
Loretta: And you're the reason I'm hangin' our clothes outside on wires
Both: And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin' Oh, but looks ain't everything And money ain't everything But I love you just the same
Conway: Well, you're the reason I changed to beer from soda pop
Loretta: And you're the reason I never get to go to the beauty shop
Both: And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin' Oh, but looks ain't everything And money ain't everything But I love you just the same
Both: I guess that we won't ever have everything we need 'Cause when we get ahead, it's got a double mouth to feed
Loretta: And that's the reason my good looks, and my figure is gone
Conway: And that's the reason that I ain't got no hair to comb
Both: And you're the reason our kids are ugly, little darlin' Oh, but looks ain't everything And money ain't everything But I love you just the same
Loretta: Conway, why in the devil don't you go and shave, and put on a clean pair of pants?
Conway: But Loretta, look at yourself I wish you'd take them curlers outta your hair and go put on a little make-up and get outta that housecoat before supper
Loretta: Well let me tell you somethin' Conway Considering everything that I went through today, I look like a movie star
Conway: Yeah, Ruth Buzzi
Loretta: Thank you
Conway: Besides that, all of our kids took after your part of the family anyways
Loretta: Oh, they did, huh? What about the ones that's bald?
Conway: Well, I guess you might say they took after me
I've Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman Composer(s): Royal C. Bannon Performer(s): Bobby Bare
I've served my time losing track of the wine Looking through red eyes at the blues Holding on 'til the very last song Trying to make up my mind who to choose Chasing a dream in a whisky world Down the neon avenue
Ah, I've never gone to bed with an ugly women But I've sure woke up with a few Ain't it funny how liquor and the flicker Of a candle make you see it from a different view Oh, I've never gone to bed with an ugly women But I've sure woke up with a few
I've met more than one morning lying there Groaning, crying "Lord, what did I do" Hangin' my head as I slipped from her bed Trying hard not to leave any clues When I start out the evening I'm being selective But I'll take anything after two
No, I've never gone to bed with an ugly women But I've sure woke up with a few Ain't it funny how liquor and the flicker Of a candle make you see it from a different view Oh, I've never gone to bed with an ugly women But I've sure woke up with a few No, I've never gone to bed with an ugly woman But I sure woke up with a few
How can you tell me how much you miss me When the last time I saw you, you wouldn't even kiss me That rich guy you've been seein' Must have put you down So welcome back baby To the poor side of town
To him you were nothin' but a little plaything Not much more than an overnight fling To me you were the greatest thing this boy had ever found And girl it's hard to find nice things On the poor side of town
I can't blame you for tryin' I'm tryin' to make it too I've got one little hang up baby I just can't make it without you
So tell me, are you gonna stay now Will you stand by me girl all the way now With you by my side They can't keep us down Together we can make it baby From the poor side of town
(So tell me how much you love me) (Come be near to me and say you need me now)
Oh, with you by my side This world can't keep us down Together we can make it baby From the poor side of town
Snowblind Composer(s): Dennis DeYoung; James Young Performer(s): Styx
Mirror, mirror on the wall The face you've shown me scares me so I thought that I could call your bluff But now the lines are clear enough Life's not pretty even though I've tried so hard to make it so Mornings are such cold distress How did I ever get into this mess
I'm snowblind, can't live without you So fine I just can't get away Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Harmless and innocent you devil in white You stole my will without a fight You filled me with confidence, but you blinded my eyes You tricked me with visions of Paradise Now I realize I'm
Snowblind, can't live without you So fine I just can't get away Now I'm snowblind, snowblind, snowblind
Mirror, mirror I confess I can't escape this emptiness No more reason to pretend Here comes that same old feeling again
Snowblind, can't live without you So fine I just can't get away Won't you throw me a lifeline I'm going down for the third time I'm snowblind, and I can't get away
Bailemos Un Vals First performance by: José Vélez - 1978
Oh Michel donde estas? yo no sé si tu recordarás el verano que juntos pasamos los dos y que nunca podré yo olvidar Oh Michel te perdi nunca mas he sabido de ti solo espero que un dia regreses a mi y de nuevo te pueda pedir Voulez vous danser avec moi quieres que bailemos un vals na na na na nai na na na na na na na nai na na na Voulez vous danser avec moi quieres que bailemos un vals na na na nai na na na bailemos un vals bailemos un vals Oh Michel donde estas? yo no sé si tu recordarás el verano que juntos pasamos los dos y que nunca podre yo olvidar oh Michel te perdi nunca mas he sabido de ti solo espero que un dia regreses a mi y de nuevo te pueda pedir voulez vous dancer avec moi Quieres que bailemos un vals na na na na nai na na na na na na na nai na na na voulez vous dancer avec moi quieres que bailemos un vals na na na nai na na na bailemos un vals ....... bailemos un vals voulez vous dancer avec moi quieres que bailemos un vals na na na na nai na na na na na na nai na na na Voulez vous dancer avec moi quieres que bailemos un vals na na na na nai na na na bailemos un vals ....... bailemos un vals bailemos un vals
'Tis just one year ago today That I remember well I sat down by poor Nelly's side And a story she did tell 'Twas 'bout a poor unhappy slave That lived for many a year But now he's dead, and in his grave No master does he fear
Chorus: The poor old slave has gone to rest We know that he is free Disturb him not but let him rest 'Way down in Tennessee
She took my arm, we walk'd along Into an open field And there she passed to breathe awhile Then to his grave did steal She sat down by that little mound And softly whisper'd there Come to me, father, 'tis thy child Then gently dropp'd a tear
(Chorus)
But since that time how things have changed Poor Nelly that was my bride Is laid beneath the cold grave sod With her father by her side I planted there upon her grave The weeping willow tree I bathed its roots with many a tear That it might shelter me
Snowbird
((Dutch Versions: Zeemeeuw (Lize Marke) - 1970; Die Laaielichter - (Gerard Cox) - 1987))
Composer(s): Gene MacLellan
First release by: Anne Murray - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green The snowbird sings the song he always sings And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then, too Anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do But now I feel such emptiness within For the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I can't win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away And take the snow back with you Where it came from on that day The one I love forever is untrue And if I could you know that I would Fly away with you
The breeze along the river seems to say That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay So, little snowbird, take me with you when you go To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow
Spread your tiny wings and fly away And take the snow back with you Where it came from on that day The one I love forever is untrue And if I could you know that I would Fly away with you
Yeah, if I could I know that I would fl-y-y-y-y away with you
Eighteen-hundred and 78 was the year I remember so well hey put my father in an early grave
and slung my mother in gaol now I don't know what's right or wrong but they hung Christ on nails 6 kids at home and 2 still on the breast they wouldn't even give us bail
Chorus:
Poor Ned, you're better off dead at least you'll get some peace of mind you're out on the track they're right on your back boy they're gonna hang you high
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek so they would understand that I might be a bushranger but I'm not a murdering man I didn't want to shoot Kennedy or that copper Lonnigan he alone could have saved his life by throwing down his gun
Chorus
You know they took Ned Kelly and they hung him in the Melbourne gaol he fought so very bravely dressed in iron mail and no man single handed can hope to break the bars there's a thousand like Ned Kelly who'll hoist the flag of stars
Toen jij me zei "ik hou niet meer van jou Jij bent om mee te leven veel te moeilijk voor een vrouw Ik ga hier weg, ik stik in deze hel" Toen brak je weliswaar m'n hart maar ik begreep het wel
'k Zei tot mezelf "vooruit laat 'r maar gaan" Ik mag haar toch niet dwingen tot zo'n uitzichtloos bestaan Maar ik zag je gisteravond lopen in de stad En ik schrok toch even van de hufter die je bij je had
Die laaielichter waar je nou mee gaat Dat is tuig van de richel, dat is gajes van de straat Een laaielichter is dat wat je wou En dan te denken dat ik nog steeds in lichterlaaie sta voor jou
Ik ben wat ouder en ik word wat grijs Maar ach m'n hart is jong dus dat brengt mij niet van de wijs En hij is jonger, ja dat scheelt een jaar of tien Maar aan de kringen om z'n ogen is het zuipen al te zien
Ik ben dan misschien moeders mooiste niet Maar schat, kijk eens naar hem, hij heeft een kop als een vergeiet 'k Ben niet zo slank meer, ach denk niet dat ik dat niet zie Maar liefje, als hij hardloopt breekt z'n been af bij z'n knie
Die laaielichter waar je nou mee gaat Dat is tuig van de richel, dat is gajes van de straat Een laaielichter is dat wat je wou En dan te denken dat ik nog steeds in lichterlaaie sta voor jou
Je wilt geen schulden heb je mij zo vaak verteld Maar ach, van deze jongen krijgt de halve stad nog geld Je vroeg erom en dus liet ik je vrij Maar als je toch de goot in wilt, waarom dan niet met mij
Die laaielichter waar je nou mee gaat Dat is tuig van de richel, dat is gajes van de straat Een laaielichter is dat wat je wou En dan te denken dat ik nog steeds in lichterlaaie sta voor jou
Ja, weet dat ik nog steeds in lichterlaaie sta voor jou...
Poor Mister Chisholm Composer(s): Bernie Hanighen; Johnny Mercer Performer(s): Fred Astaire
Poor Mr. Chisholm Played on the mandolin But he couldn't win 'Cause he tried to swing And he broke a string every time
Poor Mr. Chisholm Just couldn't dig the jive When he did arrive at the proper note He arrived by boat every time
He tried to jazz up his mandolin But never could quite control it He always brought Bach and Handel in When it took a lick, he always broke a pick
Poor Mr. Chisholm You're quite a gay old blade With your serenade, but you're corny, Jack Better truck on back to Dubuque Get a Uke You disgrace your kin On the mandolin every time