Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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How Sad Venice Can Be ((aka Venice In Blue (Bobby Darin) - 1965))
((Adapted from: Que C'est Triste Venise (Charles Aznavour) - 1964))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Françoise Dorin
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour - 1965
Versions In Other Languages:
1965 - Venedig In Grau (Corry Brokken)
1965 - Venecia Sin Ti (Charles Aznavour)
1965 - É Tão Triste Veneza (Agnaldo Timóteo)
1970 - Com'è Triste Venezia (Charles Aznavour)
How sad Venice can be When you return alone A fond memory In every paving stone
I walk among the birds That fill San Marco's Square With echoes of her words Around me in the air
How sad Venice can be When mandolins play A song she sung for me One unforgotten day
Like images of sleep The gondoliers go by But when I try to weep I find my tears are dry
How sad Venice can be When mist is in your eyes And you can hardly see As pigeons fill the skies
I find the little street And then the old cafe Where we would always meet To dream away the day
How sad Venice can be Beneath the silent moon That rises from the sea And silvers the lagoon
I hear the vespers chime And cross the Bridge of Sighs I know that it is time To bid my last goodbye
There's nothing more to say I pass beneath the light And then I turn away From Venice in the night
How sad Venice can be It's too lonely to bear When you have lost the love That you discovered there
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Composer(s): Carole King - Gerald Wexler - Gerry Goffin First release by: Aretha Franklin - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Looking out on the morning rain I used to feel uninspired And when I knew I had to face another day Lord, it made me feel so tired Before the day I met you, life was so unkind But your love was the key to peace my mind
'Cause you make me feel, you make me feel, you make me feel like A natural woman
When my soul was in the lost-and-found You came along to claim it I didn't know just what was wrong with me Till your kiss helped me name it Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for 'Cause if I make you happy I don't need no more
Oh, baby, what you've done to me You make me feel so good inside And I just want to be close to you You make me feel so alive
How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night?) Composer(s): Steve Goodman; John Prine Performer(s): Steve Goodman
How much tequila did I drink last night? It's really anybody's guess I poured them so fast, I couldn't keep them in the glass But this morning I sure am a mess My head is four or five times its normal size And I got this big old cactus stuck between my eyes I can't recall a single thing I did or said Or the names of all these people sleeping in this bed Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how, tell me how Tell me how much tequila did I drink last night?
How did I get these cuts and bruises all over my body? I must have fallen down somehow I believe it had something to do with karate It's all coming back to me now I was standing in a bar with King Kong's cousin He must have been seven foot three His elbow gave me a bump, and so I said "Hey, chump Would you like to step outside with me?" Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how, tell me how Tell me how much tequila did I drink last night?
My mouth is filled with cotton and my brain is sore I left last night's dinner on this morning's floor My stomach is swollen and my eyeballs shrunk I drank so much that my hair got drunk
I see a big old worm about ten feet long Hallucinating purple cows Somebody moved the furniture while I was gone Uh oh, this is not my house I could call us a taxi on the telephone If I only knew where we are I guess I'm gonna have to drive myself back home As soon as I can find the car Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how, tell me how Tell me how much tequila did I drink last night?
A Natural Man Composer(s): Sandy Baron - Bobby Hebb Performer(s): Lou Rawls
You know, there was a time when, if someone told you to do somethin', you did it Bam! Right on! No questions asked It was "Yes, sir" and "Yes, mam" You never said no You know? Huh But, you know, things are changing nowadays It's a new day, babies Folks want to take their own lives into their hands and make their own choices No longer do they wanna go along with the program 'cause everybody say it's right You know what I mean? Let me tell ya what I'm talkin' about, ya see, 'cause...
I don't want no gold watch for workin' fifty years from nine till five A-while the boss is guzzling champagne and I'm beltin' beer in some dive
'Cause I want to be happy and free Livin' and loving for me I want to be happy and free Livin' and lovin' for me Like a natural man (like a natural man) A natural man (like a natural man)
Well now, I refuse to listen to people's thinkin' that I live too high I'm gonna taste it now before my one life streaks on by
'Cause I want to be happy and free Livin' and lovin' for me I want to be happy and free Livin' and lovin' for me Just like a natural man (like a natural man) I said a natural man (just like a natural man)
Well now, I tried to do what others say that I should do They say that I should fit in, fool 'em, fake it, well Those kinda dues just make me crazy and blue Man, I just can't take it
So when ya see me walkin', won't ya notice that proud look in my eyes My feet are on the ground and my soul is searchin' for the sky
'Cause I want to be happy and free Livin' and lovin' for me I want to be happy and free Livin' and lovin' for me Just like a natural man (just like a natural man) A natural man (just like a natural man) Just like a natural man (just like a natural man) My feet are on the ground (just like a natural man) My soul is searchin' for the sky (just like a natural man) Like a natural man (just like a natural man) No more "Yes, sir" (just like a natural man) No more "Yes, mam" (just like a natural man) Huh, 'cause I'm a natural man (just like a natural man) I'm a natural man (just like a natural man)
How Much I've Lied Composer(s): Gram Parsons; Pam Rifkin Performer(s): Elvis Costello; and various other artists
Darling, there is one thing I must tell you, you must know It's so hard to say the words I feel This fancy that I'm on's been going on too long It's time to stop pretending things are real 'Cause I've been living deep in sin, I've been living blind And I just don't know what's right or wrong To take a chance on losing you is such a silly thing to do A chance I might wake up and find you gone
Blue, so blue, my love is burning blue Any private flame could be a lie Blue, so blue, my love still burns for you But I know I'll only make you cry
A thief can only steal from you He cannot break your heart He can never touch the precious things inside Someone like you should surely be Miles and miles away from me Then you'd never care how much I've lied So try to understand the pain It takes so long when I explain Please don't you forget how much I've lied How much I've lied
A National Acrobat ((Latin Version: Funambulus Domesticus (by Rondellus) - 2002)) Composer(s): Tony Iommi - Ozzy Osbourne - Geezer Butler - Bill Ward First release by: Black Sabbath - 1973
I am the world that hides The universal secret of all time Destruction of the empty spaces Is my one and only crime I've lived a thousand times I found out what it means to be believed The thoughts and images The unborn child that never was conceived
When little worlds collide I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell And flashing memories Are cast into the never ending well The name that scorns the face The child that never sees the cause of man The deathly darkness that Belies the fate of those who never ran
Well I know its hard for you To know the reason why And I know you'll understand More when it's time to die Don't believe the life you have Will be the only one You have to let your body sleep To let your soul live on
Love has given life to you And now it's your concern Unseen eyes of inner life Will make your soul return Still I look but not to touch The seeds of life are sown Curtain of the future falls The secret stays unknown
Just remember love is life And hate is living death Treat your life for what it's worth And live for every breath Looking back I've lived and learned But now I'm wondering Here I wait and only guess What this next life will bring
(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window? Composer(s): Bob Merrill Performer(s): Patti Page
How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) The one with the waggley tail How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) I do hope that doggie's for sale
I must take a trip to California And leave my poor sweetheart alone If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome And the doggie will have a good home
How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) The one with the waggley tail How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) I do hope that doggie's for sale
I read in the paper there are robbers (woof! woof!) With flashlights that shine in the dark My love needs a doggie to protect him And scare them away with one bark
I don't want a bunny or a kitty I don't want a parrot that talks I don't want a bowl of little fishies He can't take a goldfish for a walk
How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) The one with the waggley tail How much is that doggie in the window? (arf! arf!) I do hope that doggie's for sale I do hope that doggie's for sale
How Much I Feel
Composer(s): David Pack
First release by: Ambrosia - 1978
Covered by multiple other artists
Well I don't know how this whole business started
Of you thinkin' that I have been untrue
But if you think that we'd be better parted
It's gonna hurt me, but I'll break away from you
Well just give me the sign and I will be gone
Yeah....
That's how much I feel (Feel for you baby)
How much I need (I need your touch)
How much I live (I live for your lovin')
That's how much
That's how much
That's how much
That's how much
Ooh
Sleep alone and late at night I'm dreamin'
Of the togetherness that seems to be leavin' me
Oh no!
I'd give it all and then I'd give some more
If you would only love me like you had before
Oh, take hold of my hand
And all will be forgiven
That's how much I feel (Feel for you baby)
How much I need (I need your touch)
How much I live (I live for your lovin')
That's how much
That's how much
That's how much
That's how much
So you try (Try to stay in the middle)
And then you cry (Well you cry just a little)
Then we both realise (Just how foolish you may have been)
Ooh, and you try to make amends
But your better off as friends
'Cause that's how much
That's how much
That's how much
That's how much
Ooh...
How's your life been goin' on?
I got a wife now, years we've been going strong
Oh no!
There's just something that I got to say
Sometimes when we make love
I still see your face
Ooh...
Just try to recall when we were as one
Yeah...
That's how much I feel (Feel for you baby)
How much I need (I need your touch)
How much I live (I live for your lovin')
That's how much
That's how much...
A Nation Once Again Composer(s): Thomas Osbourne Davis Performer(s): The Irish Tenors
When Boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen When Greece and Rome who Bravely stood Three hundred men and three men And then I prayed I might yet see Our fetters rent in twain And Ireland long a province be A Nation Once Again
A Nation Once Again A Nation Once Again And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
And from that time through wildest woe That hope has shone a far light Nor could love's brightest glow Outshine that solemn starlight It seemed to watch above my head in forum, field and fane It's angels voice sang `round my bed A Nation Once Again
A Nation Once Again A Nation Once Again And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
It whispered too that freedom's ark And service high and holy Would be profane by feeling dark For passions vane or lowly But freedom comes from God's right hand And needs a Godly train And rightous men must make our land A Nation Once Again
A Nation Once Again A Nation Once Again And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
So as I grew from boy to man I bent me to that bidding My spirit of each selfish plan And cruel passion ridding For thus, I hoped one day to aid Oh can such hope be vain? When my dear country shall be made A Nation Once Again
A Nation Once Again A Nation Once Again And Ireland long a province be a nation once again
How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You? Composer(s): Harold Adamson; Jimmy McHugh Performer(s): Dick Haymes
How many times do I have to tell you That youre the person that I adore? How many times do I have to tell you And not repeat what I have said before?
How many ways can I say I miss you And skip the ever familiar rhymes? How many times do I have to kiss you? Dont make it less than a million times
Ive said over and over and over and over again That you are my one obsession But Id be willing to say it again and again If I thought it would make an impression
How many dreams do I have to sell you To make the one in my heart come true? How many times do I have to tell you Before you know Im in love with you?
How many dreams do I have to sell you To make the one in my heart come true? How many times do I have to tell you Before you know Im in love with you?
A Must To Avoid Composer(s): Steve Barri - P.F. Sloan First release by: Herman's Hermits - 1966 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1966 - Les Petites Choses (by Claude François) 1966 - Uno Solo Di Noi (by I Camaleonti)
She's a must to avoid A complete impossibility She's a must to avoid Better take it from me
You'll think she's a prize at the start But take my advice, play it smart She's nothin' but trouble Better cut out on the double Before she gets into your heart
She's a must to avoid A complete impossibility She's a must to avoid Better take it from me
When you stare into her pretty blue eyes There's no way to see through her disguise But don't try to love her 'cause you'll quickly discover You're trapped in the web of her lies
She's a must to avoid A complete impossibility She's a must to avoid Better take it from me
Her lips look inviting it's true But lots of other guys have felt like you do She'll build up your hopes and when you need her the most That's when she'll say goodbye to you
She's a must to avoid A complete impossibility She's a must to avoid Better take it from me
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye Composer(s): Steve Goodman Performer(s): Luther Vandross; Dionne Warwick
Here we are so close to the end now Still holding on and trying to pretend now Clinging to love we both know is dying We've tried and tried to find the solution But Darling All our dreams have been played out Still we go on hopelessly trying
How many times can we say good-bye How many times can we see love die How many times can we give it one more try Before we really say good-bye Good-bye
We're so in love but wrong for each other Each hurt that heals brings on another Both of us abusing Both of us using Darling It's time to stop pretending There's just no way to rewrite our ending We're caught in this game And we both know we're losing, but
How many times can we say good-bye How many times can we see love die How many times can we give it one more try Before we really say good-bye Good-bye Good-bye
How many times can we breakup and makeup Both of our hearts refusing to wake up Just can't go on and on Living a lie Though I'll always love you
How many times can we say good-bye How many times can we watch love die How many times can we give it one more try Before we really say good-bye Good-bye Bye-bye Good-bye Bye-bye
A Mulher De Cada Porto Composer(s): Chico Buarque - Edú Lobo Performer(s): Edú Lobo
Ele: Quem me dera ficar meu amor, de uma vez Mas escuta o que dizem as ondas do mar Se eu me deixo amarrar por um mês Na amada de um porto Noutro porto outra amada é capaz De outro amor amarrar, ah Minha vida, querida, não é nenhum mar de rosas Chora não, vou voltar
Ela: Quem me dera amarrar meu amor quase um mês Mas escuta o que dizem as pedras do cais Se eu deixasse juntar de uma vez meus amores num porto Transbordava a baía com todas as forças navais Minha vida, querido, não é nenhum mar de rosas Volta não, segue em paz
Os Dois: Minha vida querido (querida) não é nenhum mar de rosas
How Many Tears Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Carole King Performer(s): Bobby Vee; Carole King
(Yum diddy dum diddy um)
How many tears can you cry when you're sad and lonely? And how many tears can you cry when someone makes you blue? That's a question I'm still unable to answer 'Cause I can't stop my cryin' over you
(Yum diddy dum diddy um)
How many lies can you can you count when you just can't sleep at night? And how many lies can you count before your heart is free? That's a question I'm still unable to answer 'Cause I'm still countin' the lies you told to me
(Yum diddy dum diddy um)
There's just no end to all the broken promises that I recall I was a fool to fall for you It hurts to know you played a game and went and had yourself a ball And through it all made me blue
(Yum diddy dum diddy um)
How many tears can you cry when it all is over? And how many tears can you cry when you want someone new? That's a question I'm still unable to answer 'Cause I can't stop my love for you
(Yum diddy dum diddy um) (Yum diddy dum diddy um) That's a question I'm still unable to answer 'Cause I can't stop my love for you
A Moving Story Composer(s): Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Performer(s): Squeeze
She moved from Clapham And didn't look back Her life was changed in an instant The van was filled up And tied to the rack Her home that now seemed so distant Kissing goodbye To her friends on the stairs She felt a loss deep within her Sat in the front seat with stuff everywhere The neighbours said they would ring her They moved to the sea front And loved their new view Of tides coming in on the shingle She and her daughter Found new things to do At last it was good to be single And in the summer The place came alive Lights on the pier in the evening The fresh sea air And could cut with a knife Such a wonderful feeling
She worked in a pub Where bands would appear On a tiny stage in the corner She watched them load in With tattered old gear The place would get like a sauna London had gone now Her new life was strong She found herself a new karma She fell for a man Who played with a band And took her life from it's drama
She moved from Clapham And didn't look back The past was neatly extinguished He was much younger But she lived with that He struggled hard with his english She felt his loving And proudly reclaimed All of the warmth she'd been lacking They lay in bed Looking out at the rain No more moving or packing
She moved from Clapham And didn't look back Her life had changed in an instant
How Many Teardrops Composer(s): Rick Rodell Performer(s): Lou Christie
How many teardrops must I cry till you believe in me? And how many teardrops must I dry to end this misery?
I wanna know: how many teardrops must I cry yi yi yi yi Must I cry, have to fall To say you're mine (you're mine) only mine (you're mine) Mi yi yi yi yi yine
I wish I knew the reason why you've gone & made me blue You didn't even tell me that you and I were through I wanna know: how many teardrops must I cry Must I cry, have to fall To say you're mine (you're mine) only mine
It's all a part of a little game that you had cooked up for me Tryin' to find out just how much you really mean to me If that's the reason for leavin', there's no reason to explain 'Cause baby, I really need you like the roses need the rain
I wanna know: how many teardrops must I cry yi yi yi yi Must I cry, have to fall To say you're mine (how many teardrops) Oh must I cry (how many teardrops) Oh must I cry (how many teardrops)
How Many More Times Composer(s): John Bonham; John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page Performer(s): Led Zeppelin; and various other artists
How many more times, treat me the way you wanna do How many more times, treat me the way you wanna do When I give you all my love, please, please be true
I'll give you all I've got to give, rings, pearls, and all I'll give you all I've got to give, rings, pearls, and all I got to get you together, baby I'm sure, sure you're gonna call Oh, wanna love some other man too
Ooh I was a young man, I couldn't resist Started thinkin' it over just what I had missed Got me a girl and I kissed her, and then, and then whoops, oh, no, yeah, well I did it again Now Iv'e got ten children of my own I got another child on the way that makes eleven But I'm in constant Heaven
I know it's alright in my mind 'cause I got a little schoolgirl and she's all mine I can't get through to her 'cause it doesn't permit but I'm gonna give her everything I've got to give
Oh, Rosie, oh, girl Oh, Rosie, oh, girl Steal away, now, steal away Steal away, baby, steal away Little Robert Anthony wants to come and play A-why don'tcha come with me, baby, steal away Alright, alright
Well, they call me the Hunter, that's my name Call me the Hunter, that's how I got my fame Ain't no need to hide, Ain't no need to run 'cause I've got you in the sights of my gun
How many more times, barrelhouse all night long, alright How many more times, barrelhouse all night long Well, I've got to get to you, baby So-whoa-whoa-whoa please come home Why don't you listen to me, babe Why don't you please come home Why don't you please come home Why don't you please come, oh
