Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Ambulance Blues
Composer(s): Neil Young
First release by: Neil Young - 1974
Back in the old folky days
The air was magic when we played
The riverboat was rockin' in the rain
Midnight was the time for the raid
Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela
They tore you down and plowed you under
You're only real with your make-up on
How could I see you and stay too long?
All along the Navajo Trail
Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails
Waitresses are cryin' in the rain
Will their boyfriends pass this way again?
Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids
Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids
She needs someone that she can scream at
And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad
I guess I'll call it sickness gone
It's hard to say the meaning of this song
An ambulance can only go so fast
It's easy to get buried in the past
When you try to make a good thing last
I saw today in the entertainment section
There's room at the top for private detection
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter
But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper
So all you critics sit alone
You're no better than me for what you've shown
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
We could get together for some scenes
I never knew a man could tell so many lies
He had a different story for every set of eyes
How can he remember who he's talkin' to?
'Cause I know it ain't me, and I hope it isn't you
Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive
And out on the corner it's half past five
But the subways are empty
And so are the cafes
Except for the Farmer's Market
And I still can hear him say
You're all just pissin' in the wind
You don't know it but you are
And there ain't nothin' like a friend
Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind
I never knew a man could tell so many lies
He had a different story for every set of eyes
How can he remember who he's talking to?
Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you
Words are easy to be spoken I know that and so do you But when I said "I love you, Darling" Every word of it was true
Fancy words, I've never used them Since I met you from the start Plain old simple words are better They come directly from the heart
When I take your hand forever All the chapel bells will chime Woh-oh-oh-oh, we will say I do together And with these words, I'll make you mine (With these words)
Ambitious Composer(s): Nile Rodgers Performer(s): Jeff Beck
Here is a rich boy, a bit of a brat To him life's just a fling Phi Beta Kappa and first in his class He's treated just like a king And he says, "I'm not sure what it is I must have so I guess I'll just take everything"
He's just ambitious He's not a bad man He's just ambitious He's not a bad man Just ambitious Whooah, yeah! Just ambitious
Here is a young girl, born down and out Locked up in jail when she was ten Now in the courtroom, she's got a bit of doubt Sits on the judge side of the bench
She's just ambitious She's not a bad girl She's just ambitious She's not a bad girl Just ambitious Whooah, yeah! Just ambitious
Here is a wild man who thirsts for a fight And his cool streak gets him by All these four-letter words in his mind Here is a man who'll survive
He's just ambitious He's just a wild man He's just ambitious He's just a wild man Just ambitious Whooah, yeah! Just ambitious
Here is a wild man who thirsts for a fight Just ambitious Always a four-letter word in his mind Just ambitious
Don't you know, I'm just ambitious I'm not a bad man, just ambitious I'm not a bad man, just ambitious Whooah, yeah! Just ambitious I'm not a bad man, just ambitious I'm not a bad man, just ambitious I'm not a bad man, just ambitious
Words Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb Originally performed by: Bee Gees Covered by various other artists
Smile an everlasting smile A smile could bring you near to me Don't ever let me find you gone 'Cause that would bring a tear to me This world has lost its glory Let's start a brand new story Now my love right now there'll be No other time and I can show you How my love Talk in everlasting words And dedicate them all to me And I will give you all my life I'm here if you should call to me You think that I don't even mean A single word I say It's only words, and words are all I have to take your heart away You think that I don't even mean A single word I say It's only words, and words are all I have to take your heart away It's only words, and words are all I have to take your heart away
Wop She 'Ad It-Io (Traditional) Performer(s): The Copper Family
Now once I courted a pretty girl I courted her quite well Her name was Kitty-mariga Maria and mine was Bobby Wells One night when I was courting Kit when her father was at home He said, If I catch you here again I'll tickle your bot-tum With a wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io O wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io
Now Kit and I we did agree a ladder for to bring We placed it under the window and by gum, it was just the thing We laughed and chattered and chattered and talked when all at once, by gum My foot slipped through the ladder and I fell and cut my bot-tum With a wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io O wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io
They wheeled me home in a wheelbarrow they wheeled me home with care And when I got to the farmyard gate, oh, didn't the old folks stare My brother Jim came running out and said what have you done I've been a-courting Kit, said I, and fell and cut my bot-tum With a wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io O wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io
They took me to the doctor's and there I showed my case And didn't they do a grin when I showed 'em my Sunday face They thought I was making a fool of them, but a fool of them, by gum I thought they were making a fool of me when they turpentined my bum With a wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io O wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io
Now Kit and I we did agree for to get wed She made me a sling to put my bum in and through it I cocked my leg As we were walking down the street the kids did shout, by gum There goes the man with his bum in a sling that fell and cut his bot-tum With a wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io O wop she 'ad it I tell you I 'ad it O wop she 'ad it-io
Amber Cascades Composer(s): Dewey Bunnell Performer(s): America
Amber cascades all over today Then we walk on a crooked catwalk Only to be delayed Bubbles of blue burst into two Eaten up by the incoming tide Of the new
Then we call to the man who walks on the water We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view It's in view
Granite charades are played in the rain Till we fall through a sand castle window To avoid the pain Summer canoe paddles up to you 'cause it's time for another beer run Or something that's equally true
Then we call to the man who walks on the water We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view
Then we call to the man who walks on the water We talk of a plan to stop all the slaughter in view It's in view
Wooly Bully French Title: Bouli Bouli Composer(s): Domingo Samudio Originally performed by: Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs Covered by various other artists
One, two, three, four All right Watch it, watch it Say man
Hattie told Mattie About a thing she saw Had two big horns And a wooly jaw
Woody's Rag/Hard Work Composer(s): Woody Guthrie Performer(s): Arlo Guthrie
While we're on the subject of hard work I just wanted to say that I always was a man to work
I was born working and I worked my way up by hard work I ain't never got nowhere yet but I got there by hard work
Work of the hardest kind I been down and I been out and I've been busted, disgusted and couldn't be trusted
I worked my way up and I worked my way down I've been drunk and I've been sober I've had hard times and I got hijacked and been robbed for cash and robbed on credit
Worked my way into jail and outta jail and I woke up a lotta mornings and I didn't even know where I was at
But the hardest work I ever done is when I was trying to get myself a worried woman to ease my worried mind
Now I'm gonna tell you just about how much hard work I had to do to get this here woman that I'm a-tellin' you about
I shook hands with 97 of her kinfolks and her blood relatives and I done the same with 86 people that was just her friends and her neighbors
Kissed 73 babies and put dry pants on 34 of 'em, as well as others, and done the When thing several times, as well as a lot of other things just about like this
I held 125 head of wild horses, put saddles and bridles on more than that, harnessed some of the craziest wildest teams in the whole country. I rode 14 loco broncos to a dead standstill and let 42 hound dogs lick me all over
7 times I was bit by hungry dogs and I was chewed all to pieces by water moccasins and rattlesnakes on 2 separate river bottoms
I chopped and I carried 314 arm loads of stoved wood 100 buckets of coal, and I carried a gallon of kerosene 18 miles and lost a good pair of shoes in a mud hole
And I chopped and I weeded 48 rows of short cotton 13 acres of bad corn and cut the sticker weeds out of 11 back yards, all on account a 'cause I wanted to show her that I was a man and I liked to work
I cleaned out 9 barnloads, and cranked 31 automobiles all makes and models, pulled 3 cars out of mud holes and 4 out of snowdrifts
I dug 5 cisterns of water for some of her friends and neighbors and run all kinds of errands
I played the fiddle for 9 church meetings and I joined 11 separate denominations. I signed up and joined up for 7 of the best trade unions I could find and paid my dues about 6 weeks ahead of time, waded 40 miles of swamps, 60 big rivers, walked across 2 mountain ranges and crossed 3 deserts
I got the fever and I got the sun stroke and I got the malaria and I got the flu and I got moonstruck and skeeter bit, the poison ivy and the 7 year itch and the blind staggers
I was given up for lost and dead about 2 dozen times Struck by lightning, struck by Congress, struck by friends and kinfolks, as well as by 3 cars on the highways and a lotta times in peoples' henhouses
I been hit and run down and run over and walked on and knocked around and I'm just settin' here now trying to study up what else I can do to show that woman that I still ain't afraid of hard work
Woodstock Composer(s): Joni Mitchell Originally performed by: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Covered by various other artists
I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, where are you going And this he told me I´m going on down to Yasgur´s farm I´m going to join in a rock ´n´ roll band I´m going to camp out on the land And try and get my soul free We are stardust We are golden And we´ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog in something turning Well maybe it is just the time of year Or maybe it´s the time of man I don´t know who l am But life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And we´ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation We are stardust We are golden And we´ve got to get ourselves Back to the garden
Woodman! Spare That Tree! Composer(s): Henry Russell Performer(s): Douglas Jimerson; Americus Brass Band
Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me And I'll protect it now 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot There, woodman, let it stand Thy axe shall harm it not!
That old familiar tree Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea And wouldst thou hew it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies!
When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played My mother kissed me here My father pressed my hand Forgive this foolish tear But let that old oak stand!
My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend! Here shall the wild-bird sing And still thy branches bend Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot While I've a hand to save Thy axe shall harm it not
Amazona Composer(s): Bryan Ferry - Phil Manzanera Performer(s): Roxy Music
Amazona Is a zone where There is no doubt No more fall-out Why don´t you step Through the mirror and see? From Arizona To Eldorado Sure is a mighty long way Hey little girl Is something wrong? I know it´s hard For you to get along The bell-tower rings It tolls a hollow sound But your castles in Spain Still may be realised And longings more profound You see - every cloud Has a silver lining And sometimes paradise Around your corner lies In Amazona everything is nice Little one - come take my hand? I´ll try to help you there I´ll take you there. Amazona´s Getting closer Oh soon you´ll see Journeys over Were almost there
Wooden Ships Composer(s): David Crosby; Stephen Stills; Paul Kantner Originally performed and made famous by: Crosby, Stills & Nash Covered by various other artists
Stills: If you smile at me, I will understand 'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language Crosby: I can see by your coat, my friend you're from the other side There's just one thing I got to know Can you tell me please, who won? Stills: Say, can I have some of your purple berries? Crosby: Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now haven't got sick once Stills: Probably keep us both alive
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin' 'bout very free and easy... Horror grips us as we watch you die All we can do is echo your anguished cries Stare as all human feelings die We are leaving - you don't need us
Go, take your sister then, by the hand lead her away from this foreign land Far away, where we might laugh again We are leaving - you don't need us
And it's a fair wind, blowin' warm Out of the south over my shoulder Guess I'll set a course and go...
Amazing Love Composer(s): John Schweers Performer(s): Conway Twitty; Ronnie Milsap; Charley Pride
When she wakes up this morning and turns to kiss me She'll find I let her sleep cause we talked so late last night She'll know I kissed her face gently till my returning And when she finds the rose on my pillow I know she'll smile Her amazing love unending is so much more than I am worthy of If the rose could speak my feelings she'd know I cherrished her amazing love
If I call her a little late she forgives me Her voice does not betray she's spent another day alone She softly thanks me for the rose and says I miss you And then I can feel her smiling on the phone Her amazing love...
Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) Originally performed and made famous by: Elvis Presley Covered by various other artists
Can't you see I love you Please don't break my heart in two That's not hard to do 'Cause I don't have a wooden heart And if you say goodbye Then I know that I would cry Maybe I would die 'Cause I don't have a wooden heart There's no strings upon this love of mine It was always you from the start Treat me nice Treat me good Treat me like you really should 'Cause I'm not made of wood And I don't have a wooden heart
Muss i denn, muss i denn Zum Stadtele hinaus Stadtele hinaus Und du, mein schat, bleibst hier?
There's no strings upon this love of mine It was always you from the start Sei mir gut Sei mir gut Sei mir wie du wirklich sollst Wie du wirklich sollst 'Cause I don't have a wooden heart
Ekino homu de mikaketa Anata wa mukashi no koibito sono, natsukashi yokogao Omowazu koe o kaketa watashi Anata wa odoroita yo o ni Tabako o otoshite shimatta Kudake chitta honoo no hibi ga Tsuka no mani, yomigaeri Mitsume au doo shiteru ima wa Arekara kimi wa Genki ni shiteru wa Itsu datte watashi Ocha demo nomou Sukoshi no jikan Densha wa Toori sungite yuku
Anata wa koohi kappu ni Kakkusatoo futatsu irete Ima no boku wa konna mono sato Warai nagara Kami o kaki ageta Soo dakedo fushigi ne Anohi wakareta koto mo Tada amari ni wakasugita dakedato futari Tagai ni yurushi aeru
Aishitawa, watashi Anata no koto o ima wa betsu betsu no Yume o ou kedo Meguri aiwa Sutekina koto ne Amayodori suru yoo ni futari
Aishitawa, watashi Anata no koto o ima wa betsu betsu no Yume o ou kedo Meguri aiwa Sutekina koto ne Amayodori suru yoo ni futari
What would make this shell of house I live in seem like home Wood would, you could too if you would and wanted too What would make this rickety shack more solid than stone Wood would, you could too if you would and wanted too
You could make the paint worth peeling Stop that creepy leaky old ceiling You could take the bow out of the rafters And fill this empty house with happy laughter
What would make this shack of mine fine as a mansion on a hill Wood would, you could too if you would and say you will
What would keep that shivery quivery wind from blowing through Wood would, you could too if you would and wanted too What would give these dreary old walls a homier brighter hue Wood would, you could too if you would and wanted too
You could make the paint worth peeling Stop that creepy leaky old ceiling You could take the bow out of the rafters And fill this empty house with happy laughter
What would make this shack of mine fine as a mansion on a hill Wood would, you could too if you would and say you will
