Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Last Letter Home Composer(s): David "Butch" McDade - James H. Brown Jr. First release by: The Amazing Rhythm Aces - 1977 Covered by multiple other artists
I have heard the cannons thundering at night And I cannot help but wondering why the rebel's cause is right And the morphine seems to do no good at all I would run all the way if I would not fall
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden And I kissed you as I placed it in your hair If I'm ever on my feet again I will I will run all the way just to meet you there
Joined the southern cavalry for fun I have rode a thousand horses, always I had a way with a gun Now I'm among the horseless riders lying still Swallowed up by the cause on Widow's Hill
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden And I kissed you as I placed it in your hair If I'm ever on my feet again I will And I will run all the way just to meet you there
And I dreamed of a rose in a Spanish garden And I kissed you as I placed it in your hair If I'm ever on my feet again I will And I will run all the way just to meet you there
Bedtime Stories Composer(s): Colin Still Performer(s): Justin Hayward
Lay along side me beautiful lady Dark as the blackest hour of night Deep in my body warm and lazy Under the sheets and out of sight Won't you tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Oh let me close my eyes and drift away Tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Tell me in a very special way
Rolling and tumbling Sweet sensation doing the things we both do best Making the most of a situation, yeah I can't stop this pounding in my chest When you tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Oh let me close my eyes and drift away Tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Tell me in a very special way
Won't you tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Oh let me close my eyes and drift away Tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Tell me in a very special way
Watching the night lights through the window Sounds of the city on the run Shadows of lovers in the moon glow I feel like my life has just begun When you tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Oh let me close my eyes and drift away Tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Tell me in a very special way
Won't you tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Oh let me close my eyes and drift away Tell me, tell me, tell me bedtime stories Tell me in a very special way
(doo, doo, doo bedtime stories) repeat
Tell me, tell me, tell me (bedtime stories) Oh won't you tell me, tell me, tell me (bedtime stories) Tell me, tell me, tell me (bedtime stories) Oh won't you tell me, tell me, tell me (bedtime stories) Tell me, tell me, tell me (bedtime stories)
Last Kiss Composer(s): Wayne Cochran First release by: Wayne Cochran - 1961 Covered by multiple other artists
Well, where oh where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car We hadn't driven very far There in the road, straight ahead ... The car was stalled, the engine was dead I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right Never forget the sound that night ... The cryin' tires, the bustin' glass The painful scream that I heard last
Well, where oh where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Well, when I woke up, the rain was pourin' down There were people standing all around Something warm running in my eyes but I found my baby somehow that night I raised her head, and when she smiled, and said "Hold me darling for a little while" I held her close. I kissed her our last kiss I found the love that I knew I would miss But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight I lost my love ... my life, that night
Well, where oh where can my baby be? The Lord took her away from me She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Bedsitterland Composer(s): Leo Sayer; Frank Farrell Performer(s): Leo Sayer
Im thinking of taking The easy way out Open the window Ill fall to the ground I could do it -- wouldnt be much too it
I gotta little place here in the city Its kind of small and dirty, its a bedsitter And theres a lot of us living here Wall to wall in one big house
And when the night comes round I can see a lot of lonely lights There are people in there breathing But it dont seem right In the streets way down below me Im listening for just a sound But nobody comes around In bedsitterland
And theres a man below me on the balcony Crying to be heard Screaming to be heard Im haunted by his words And the people in the street just shrug their shoulders Saying hes disturbed Hes in another world Screaming at the birds Crying to be heard I hear his every word
Ive slept in the gutter on a summers day Oh Ive bummed cigarettes in the night cafes Ive joined the breadline Believe I got a deadline
I gotta little place here in the city Its kind of small and dirty, its a bedsitter And theres a lot of us living here Wall to wall in one big house
And when the night comes round I can see a lot of lonely lights There are people in there breathing But it dont seem right In the streets way down below me Im listening for just a sound But nobody comes around The lights are going down Nobody comes around In bedsitterland
Last Farewell Composer(s): Randy Sparks Performer(s): The New Christy Mintrels
Im gon way at even tide Across the wide and the rollin sea I bid you stay stay here by my side And share a last farewell with me
Through snowclad mountains proud and tall For a thousand miles cross the burning sand Our last farewell then will I recall When Im alone in a far off land
A wanderin song is all I know Yet I love more more than words can tell I hear the call and Im bound to go I leave you now with a last farewell I leave you now with a last farewell
Bed Of Roses Composer(s): H. Reid Performer(s): The Statler Brothers
She was called a scarlet woman by the people Who would go to church but left me in the street With no parents of my own, I never had a home And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat
She found me outside one Sunday morning Taking money from a man I didn't know She took me in and wiped away my childhood A woman of the streets this Lady Rose
This bed of roses that I lay on Where I was taught to be a man This bed of roses where I'm living Is the only kind of love I understand
She was a handsome woman just thirty-four Who was spoken to in town by very few She managed a late evening business Like most of the town wished they could do
And I learned all the things that a man should know From a woman not approved of I suppose But she died knowing that I really loved her Off life's bramble bush, I picked a rose
The Last Farewell ((Dutch Version: 'K Heb Je Lief (Bart Kaëll) - 1998)) Composer(s): Ron Webster - Roger Whittaker First release by: Roger Whittaker - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1975 - Du Warst Mein Schönster Traum (Roger Whittaker) 1998 - 'K Heb Je Lief (Bart Kaëll)
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor Tomorrow for old England she sails Far away from your land of endless sunshine To my land full of rainy skies and gales And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing And the taste of war I know so very well Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising Their guns on fire as we sail into hell I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow But how bitter will be this last farewell
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Though death and darkness gather all about me My ship be torn apart upon the seas I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee And should I return home safe again to England I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Bed Of Nails Composer(s): Desmond Child; Alice Cooper; Diane Warren Performer(s): Alice Cooper; Children of Bodom
Yeah, we're gonna fight We do it every night Baby, when you scratch You know I'm gonna bite You can make me die I can make you cry Opposites attract That's the reason why No one else could make you feel Like I do, I do, I do No one ever gets as deep inside you As I do, baby Our love is a bed of nails Love hurts good on a bed of nails I'll lay you down and when all else fails I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails First we're gonna kiss then we're gonna say Dirty little words Only lovers say Rockin' through the night Rollin' on the floor When they hear us screamin' They'll be breakin' down the door No one else could make you feel Like I do, I do, I do No one ever gets as deep inside you As I do, baby Our love is a bed of nails Love hurts good on a bed on nails I'll lay you down and when all else fails I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails Bed of nails, bed of nails I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow Gonna drive you like a hammer Baby, put me in your slammer, oh yeah No one else could make you feel Like I do, I do, I do No one ever gets as deep inside you As I do, baby Our love is a bed of nails Love hurts good on a bed of nails I'll lay you down and when all else fails I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails Bed of nails, get on my bed of nails I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow Gonna drive you like a hammer Baby, put me in your slammer, oh yeah I'll drive you like a hammer on a bed of nails
'k Heb Je Lief ((Adapted from: The Last Farewell (Roger Whittaker - 1971)) ((German Version: Du Warst Mein Schönster Traum (Roger Whittaker - 1975)) Composer(s): Ron Webster - Roger Whittaker - Johan Verminnen Performer(s): Bart Kaëll - 1998
Ja, het schip wordt geladen in de haven We vertrekken morgen, gaan onder zeil Weg van jou, je wuift vanop de kade Ver van jouw land, vol zonneschijn
En waar ik morgen ben dat weet toch niemand De zee beslist wel waar ik dan zal zijn Maar jij bent zo mooi en lief M'n hart wil bij je blijven en ik zal jou schrijven Ik heb je lief Maar jij bent zo mooi en lief Mijn hart wil bij je blijven en ik zal jou schrijven 'k Heb je lief
Ik hoor berichten van een verre oorlog De wereld en de zee in vuur en vlam Wie weet wat ons nog wacht daar aan de einder Ik denk aan jou en voel me klein en bang
Zie ik jou ooit nog terug m'n lief, ik hoop het Hoe bitter is ons afscheid, 't valt me zwaar Want jij bent zo mooi en lief M'n hart wil bij je blijven, ja dit wil ik schrijven 'k Heb je lief Want jij bent zo mooi en lief Mijn hart wil bij jou blijven, ja dit wil ik schrijven Ik heb je lief
Nu duisternis en oorlog mij omarmen De dood wacht na een ongelijke strijd Denk ik aan jou en ongerepte stranden Verlang ik terug naar die mooie tijd
En mocht ik ook de dans kunnen ontspringen Dan beloof ik jou, dan vaar ik nooit meer uit Want jij bent zo mooi en lief M'n hart wil bij je blijven, ja dit wil ik schrijven 'k Heb je lief Want jij bent zo mooi en lief Mijn hart wil bij jou blijven, ja dit wil ik schrijven Ik heb je lief
Last Day Of Dawn Composer(s): Jim Capaldi Performer(s): Jim Capaldi
Can't stop this aching inside my heart Can't stop this feeling that's tearing me apart It's been with me ever since the day I was born And it'll be with me on the last day of dawn
Can't stop the sun from setting in the west Can't stop the this pressure inside my chest It's been with me ever since the day I was born And it'll be with me on the last day of dawn
On the last day of dawn when the world is no more And the last tiny pigeon's been swept off the floor And nobody's calling out loud in their sleep Cause the midnight entanglers thrown 'em all in a heap
Can't stop this aching in my heart Can't stop this feeling that's tearing me apart It's been with me since the day I was born And it'll be with me on the last day of dawn
Can't stop the sun from setting in the west Can't stop this pressure inside my chest And just like the singer when the curtain's been drawn I'll fade in the shadows on the last day of dawn
Beco Dos Baleiros Composer(s): Petrúcio Maia; Brandão Performer(s): Raimundo Fagner
Em minha rua Não há noite nem há dia Não há vida nem há morte Não há pranto nem cantar A minha rua Não é cheia nem vazia Não tem destino nem sorte Nem norte nem viajar
Em minha rua Não há chuva nem há frio Não há calor nem estio Não há rio não há mar Nenhuma lua Nenhum sol nenhum segredo Não há gloria não há medo Não há cor nem há olhar
Em qualquer parte Na calçada ou no batente Eu me deito eu me sento E pego o meu violão Em qualquer parte Talvez não seja direito Eu me sento eu me deito Preparo meu coração
Deixo que o vento Traga estampas coloridas Em papéis de chocolate Prá cobrir minha canção
Deixo que o vento Traga a morte que eu não tive Traga a noite que não vive Dentro do meu coração
The Last Dance Composer(s): Jimmy Van Heusen - Sammy Cahn First recording/First release by: Frank Sinatra - 1958/1959
It's the last dance, we've come to the last dance They're dimming the lights down, they're hoping we'll go It's obvious they're aware of us, the pair of us, alone on the floor Still I want to hold you like this forever and more
It the last song, they're playing the last song The orchestra's yawning, they're sleepy I know They're wondering just when will we leave, but till we leave, keep holding me tight Through the last dance, each beat of the last dance Save me the first dance in your dreams tonight
They're wondering just when will we leave, but till we leave, keep holding me tight Through the last dance, each beat of the last dance And save me the first dance in your dreams tonight
Last Call For Alcohol Composer(s): Don Rollins Performer(s): Charlie Walker
There's no blonde at the bar making eyes at me So I don't suppose that I'd be cheerful company Anyhow it's too late to even hope tonight They just switched off the jukebox and turned on the lights
And it's last call for alcohol, oh, that's the worst of all When the drinks are gone, the table's cleared and they tell me to go home To a house where lives the pieces of my broken heart Last call for alcohol and time for tears to start
'Cause there once was somebody in this life of mine One to take her place I don't expect to find But it might be a long long time before She's back and the lights go on in my life once more
And it's last call for alcohol, oh, that's the worst of all When the drinks are gone, the table's cleared and they tell me to go home Waitress, tell 'em fix one more and pour it tall I'll drink it fast, I know that it's last call for alcohol
Because You Love Me Composer(s): Sonny Curtis Performer(s): Buddy Holly
Because you love me
the stars are shining from the heavens above From the heavens above Because you love me the moon is beaming its light of love Its light of love
If you should cease to care the world would stop And oh the sun would turn cold And the moon would drop, the waves in the ocean would cease to play And night'd never turn to day The birds and bees keep mating, the world keeps rotating Because you love me because you're mine
Because you love me my heart is singin' Each day's a thrill well every day's a new thrill Old troubles behind me till the blues can't find me Because you love me because you're mine
If you should cease to care the world would stop And oh the sun would turn cold And the moon would drop, the waves in the ocean would cease to play And night'd never turn to day The birds and bees keep mating, the world keeps rotating Because you love me because you're mine
One still night among the silent hills I learned a secret that I will share with you In the hush, I heard the whippoorwills reveal The Secret of the Silent Hills
Not a secret men scheme and plot for Only true words, we should not forget "Love can cure the world of all its ills" And that's the Secret of the Silent Hills
Because we're young, we want to live And we must teach our heart strings How to bend and give Because we're young, when life is green If your heart should be broken Hold on to your dreams While we're coming of age, dear Heartaches it may bring Soon we'll be passed that stage dear Let's go out and have our frees Because we're young, when love is new As we search for tomorrow Hold me close to you So come what may, let's live each day Songs are song, life is singin' Because we're young
Because We Both Are Young Composer(s): Tom Bahler; Harry Shannon Performer(s): The DeFranco Family
Because we both are young, they say we're not in love But what do they know of this feeling that we share I wish that I could find a way to tell them we're so much more than friends And how much we really care for one another
Because we both are young, they just don't understand They say the things we've planned are only foolish dreams But, girl, they just don't know the way we feel when we're all alone Or just talkin' on the telephone, so close together
I don't know what they're thinkin' of Do they think that love is just for them all alone? No matter what they say, we're gonna stay together, and whatever, we'll do fine on our own
So, let them say that we'll grow up and leave this all behind But, girl, they must be blind to the light in your eyes
But we don't need to prove a thing to anyone, for we have just begun And the best part of our lives is now and all because, because we both are young
