Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Last Orders Please Composer(s): Ronnie Lane Performer(s): Faces
Well, well, hello and how are you? Fancy seeing you here Don`t let it show No look, no one must know Why! They`re playing "Tracks Of My Tears"
Just pretend its all over Like you have for so long I thought time was a healer But i guess I was wrong I am to blame But we were so young Oh, how was I to know?
But you said you still want me You opened up an old wound Then you left me here bleeding And my minds black and blue Now you got yours, and I got mine And theres no debts or dues Oh, what can we do?
Before My Time Is Up Composer(s): Gerard McMahon; David Katz Performer(s): Roger Daltrey
Before the gods read my lifelong sentence Before I get my share Before I walk alone Before they take away my last temptation Before my hearts deprived Before they call my name
On the back fences of my dream line I never lost my mind I gave it all I had To get away with the whole damn big bang For the right reasons For what you cant take back
Until the drums stop beating Until the crossroads burn out I aint a man until Ive done it all
Before my time is up Ill hang my name On every trial Im due for And even if I cant get justice Ill take you down to hell Before my time is up Ill leave no stone unturned I wont regret my actions And even if my last words fail me Ill be a better man Before my time is up
I believe that the road goes somewhere Beyond the empty eyes Beyond the wasted land When it all fades away to nothing I wanna know I tried To take a real hard stand
I gotta laugh at the whole damn big bang Ive got to cry sometimes Got to love somebody Before they read my lifelong sentence Before I get my share Before I go alone Until the drums stop beating To where the crossroads burn out I aint a man until Ive done it all
Before my time is up Ill hang my name On every trial Im due for And even if I cant get justice Ill take you down to hell Before my time is up Ill leave no stone unturned I wont regret my actions Even if my last words fail me Ill be a better man Before my time is Time is Time is up
Even if my last words fail me Ill be a better man Before my time is
Last One Singin' The Blues Composer(s): Pete McCann Performer(s): Karen Carpenter
I've always tried to level with you eye to eye I finally found the devil in you by and by But I don't really want to be the Last one singing the blues When it comes to fiction you're the best I've met But all those little lies are gonna get you yet But I don't really want to be the Last one singin' the blues You say that you love me But if you really love me Then why do you treat me this way Your game is that you're gone again It's off and then it's on again Well someday I won't play If all I do is catch you in the same old lies I'll just have to look at you with different eyes 'Cause I don't really want to be The last one singin' the blues You say that you love me But if you really love me Then why do you treat me this way Your game is that you're gone again It's off and then it's on again Well someday I won't play (Don't forget the break) Well fate will soon determine you're the one to lose I'll be the one who's handin' you your walkin' shoes 'Cause I don't really want to be The last one singin' the blues Yeah, I don't really want to be The last one singing the blues
Beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer A long time ago, way back in history When all there was to drink was nothing but cups o'tea Along came a man by the name of Charlie Mopps And he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops
He might have been an admiral, a sultan, or a king And to his praises we shall always sing Ah, look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer Our Lord bless Charlie Mopps, the man who invented beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer
The Jury's Pub, the Clancy's Bar, the hole in the wall as well One thing you can be sure of, it's Charlie's beer they sell So come on all ye lucky lads, 11 o'clock she stops 5 short seconds, remember Charlie Mopps One, two, three, four, five
He might have been an admiral, a sultan, or a king And to his praises we shall always sing Ah, look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer Our Lord bless Charlie Mopps, the man who invented beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer
A bushel of hops, a barrel of malt, you stir it around with a stick The sort of lubrication that makes your engine tick 40 pints of wallop a day will keep away the packs It's only 8 and 1/8 a pint, and one-and-6 in tax One, two, three, four, five
He might have been an admiral, a sultan, or a king And to his praises we shall always sing Ah, look what he has done for us, he's filled us up with cheer Our Lord bless Charlie Mopps, the man who invented beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer beer, beer, beer, tiddly beer, beer, beer
Beer Run Composer(s): Kim Williams; Amanda Williams; Keith Anderson; George Ducas; Kent Blazy Performer(s): Garth Brooks; Scott Ferguson; Hit Crew
B-double E-double are you in?
Twenty-five minutes past quittin' time Seven of us crammed into that truck of mine Paying no attention to them highway signs Doing ninety miles an hour t'ward the county line Quick sack, twelve pack, back again It's a B-double E-double are you in?
My buddies and their babies letting down their hair As long as we're together it don't matter where Ain't got a lot of money but we just don't care Knowing half the fun is getting there Aztec, long-necks, paychecks spent Oh, it's a B-double E-double are you in?
I can't stop thinkin' What the hell they were drinkin' When they made this county dry I got a week long thirst And to make it worse Lord, it's my turn to drive
Oh laughin' and a-braggin' and a-carryin' on We loaded up the wagons and we headed home I guess a half a dozen cases doesn't last that long Come tomorrow morning it'll be all gone Then, it's turn around, leave town, sounds agian Like a B-double E-double are you in?
Last Of The Singing Cowboys Composer(s): George McCorkle Performer(s): The Marshall Tucker Band
In the corner of a dark barroom Sat an old cowboy singing western tunes Singing songs that he learned as a child All about the West back when it was wild He said he came from down Texas way The cowboys were tough the women the same way Said he was a star back in '31 When Hollywood liked him For some songs that he had done He's the last of the singing cowboys Singing songs of desperation and joy Yippie-I-Oh......Yippie-I-Ay.......Yippie-I-Ay He took a break just to chug him down some beer C'mon folks now holler out The songs you'd like to hear And if I know one I know a million or two I'm not just up here playing for me This is all done for you And then he bragged of the stetson hat that he wore Said it was the finest made since the war And I won this silver buckle ridin' on a cow As he laughed he said I bet you're wonderin' how 'Cause I'm the last of the singing cowboys Singing songs of desperation and joy Yippie-I-Oh......Yippie-I-Ay.......Yippie-I-Ay And after three hours or maybe more A lady grabbed his arm and showed him to the door The bartender said he's blind you see Don't tell him the only audience He had was you and me 'Cause he's the last of the singing cowboys Singing songs of desperation and joy Yippie-I-Oh......Yippie-I-Ay.......Yippie-I-Ay Yippie-I-Ay
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Composer(s): Frank Beard; Billy Gibbons; Dusty Hill Performer(s): ZZ Top
If you see me walkin' down the line with my fav'rite honky tonk in mind well, I'll be here around suppertime with my can of dinner and a bunch of fine
Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah Uh-huh-huh, baby, don't you wanna come with me?
The crowd gets loud when the band gets right steel guitar cryin' through the night Yeah, try'n to cover up the corner fight but ev'rything's cool 'cause they's just tight
Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah Huh, baby, don't you wanna come with me? Ah, play it boy
The joint was jumpin' like a cat on hot tin Lord, I thought the floor was gonna give in Soundin' a lot like a House Congressional 'cause we're experimental and professional
Beer drinkers, hell raisers, yeah Well, baby, don't you wanna come with me?
Last Night's Gardenias Composer(s): Sam Coslow Performer(s): Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. and multiple other artists
Last night's gardenias have wilted and lost their bloom But somehow their faint perfume Is lingering in my room For last night's gardenias are lonely and so am I
Tonight I can hear them sigh They echo your last goodbye Their lovely fragrance follows me ev'rywhere I close my eyes and suddenly you are there darling
Last night's gardenias will never be tossed away I'll keep them in my bouquet of dreams
Beer Barrel Polka French Title: Frida Oum Papa Composer(s): Lew Brown; Wladimir Timm; Vasek Zeman; Jaromir Vejvoda Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters and various other artists
There's a garden, what a garden Only happy faces bloom there And there's never any room there For a worry or a gloom there
Oh there's music and there's dancing And a lot of sweet romancing When they play the polka They all get in the swing
Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa Everybody feels so tra-la-la They want to throw their cares away They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay
Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor It's the big surprise they're waiting for And all the couples form a ring For miles around you'll hear them sing...
Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run Sing boom tararra, ring out a song of good cheer Now's the time to roll the barrel, for the gang's all here
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or It's the big surprise they're waiting for And all the couples they form a ring For miles around you'll hear them sing
Drree mopado theedo da-da-da-da
Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel Da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da-da-da Sing a song of good cheer 'Cause the whole gang is here Roll it out, roll it out Let's do the beer barrel polka
Last Night When We Were Young Composer(s): E. Yip Harburg - Harold Arlen First recording: Lawrence Tibbett & Virginia Bruce Covered by multiple other artists
Last night when we were young Love was a star, a song unsung Life was so new, so real so right Ages ago last night
Today the world is old You flew away and time grew cold Where is that star that shone so bright Ages ago last night?
To think that spring had depended On merely this: a look, a kiss To think that something so splendid Could slip away in one little daybreak
So now, let's reminisce And recollect the sighs and the kisses The arms that clung
Beep Beep Composer(s): Carl Cicchetti; Donald Claps Performer(s): The Playmates
(very slowly) Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep While riding in my Cadillac What to my surprise A little Nash Rambler was following me About one third my size The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep
(slowly) I pushed my foot down to the floor To give the guy the shake But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind He still had on his brake He musta thought his car had more guts As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep) I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep
(normal speed) My car went into passing gear And we took off with gust (whoosh) Soon we were going ninety Musta left him in the dust When I peeked in the mirror of my car I couldn't believe my eyes The little Nash Rambler was right behind You'd think that guy could fly Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep
(quickly) Now we were doing a hundred and ten This certainly was a race For a Rambler to pass a Caddy Would be a big disgrace The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn (beep beep) I'll show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep
(very quickly) Now we're going a hundred twenty As fast as I can go The Rambler pulled along side of me As if we were going slow The fella rolled down his window And yelled for me to hear "Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear?"
Last Night In Soho Composer(s): Alan Blaikley - Ken Howard Performer(s): Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich; Eleanor Rigby
You came into my life like rain upon a barren desert one smile and I was born again I felt sure, it wasn't too late I'd find strength to make me go straight I had love, and threw it away Why did they lead me astray? For, last night in Soho I let my life go
I never told you of some things, I've done, I'm so ashamed of I thought my foolish past was over and done I was sure, I'd make a new start I'd try with all of my heart I had dreams and broke them in two I'm just not worthy of you! For, last night in Soho I let my life go
Well, hi, there, kid you ain't been around for quite some little while you got yourself a real cute doll you're living life in style But boy, don't get above your station if you don't want aggravation got a little job for you this is what you gotta do, boy! That's how last night in Soho I let my life go
Don't cry my baby as they lead me where no love can help me don't stay around to watch me go Just forget there once was a time you were proud to call yourself mine I had love right here in my hand Why could I not understand? For, last night in Soho I let my life go For, last night in Soho I let my life go
Been To Canaan Composer(s): Carole King Performer(s): Carole King; Alice Babs; Peter Duchin; Spectrum
Green fields and rolling hills Room enough to do what we will Sweet dreams of yestertime are running though my mind Of a place I left behind, been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I'm living till then Cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again Though I'm content with myself Sometimes I long to be somewhere else I try to do what I can, but with our day to day demands We all need a promised land
Been so long,I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then 'cause I've been to Canaan and I won't rest until I go back again. Oh I want to be there in the wintertime With a fireplace burning to warm me And you to hold me when it's stormy
Been so long, I can't remember when I've been to Canaan and I want to go back again Been so long, I'm living till then
I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep ((aka (Last Night) I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep (by Roy Orbison) - 1970)) Composer(s): Hank Williams First release by: Hank Williams - 1947
I know you tried your best to love me You smiled when your heart told you to weep You tried to pretend that you were happy Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
You gave the best years of your life, dear And each precious vow you tried to keep I love you so much I want you happy Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
Your heart is yearnin' for an old love With new love it's useless to compete It hurts me to know you are unhappy Last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
You know that you are free to go, dear And don't mind me if I start to weep I know I can never make you happy 'Cause last night I heard you cryin' in your sleep
Been There Composer(s): Clint Black; Steve Wariner Performer(s): Steve Wariner; Clint Black; The Countdown Singers
Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night And wonder where you were You need the one and only that can hold you tight And reach for her, but shes not with you You just wish this trip would end You know Ive been there and I dont wanna go back again
Did you ever wake up in the middle of the day And wonder who you are You suddenly discover theres a price you pay For gettin this far, its the part of you That you really didnt have to spend You know Ive been there and I dont wanna go back again
So many moments Ive left incomplete Those are the moments that Im not gonna repeat
Did you ever wake up in the middle of a dream That didnt come true You think youve gotta give up on on makin that scene And seeing it through, you feel like breaking When you really just need to bend You know Ive been there and I dont want to go back again
Theres so many moments Ive left incomplete Those are the moments that Im not gonna repeat
Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night Did you ever wake up in the middle of the day Did you ever wake up in the middle of a dream
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream Composer(s): Ed McCurdy First release by: The Chad Mitchell Trio - 1962 Covered by multiple other artists
Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room The room was filled with men And the paper they were signing said They'd never fight again
And when the papers all were signed And a million copies made They all joined hands and bowed their heads And grateful prayers were prayed And the people in the streets below Were dancing round and round And guns and swords and uniforms Were scattered on the ground
Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war
Been Down So Long Composer(s): John Densmore; Robbie Krieger; Ray Manzarek; Jim Morrison Performer(s): The Doors; Dr. Feelgood
Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people C'mon and set me free
I said, warden, warden, warden Won't you break your lock and key I said, warden, warden, warden Won't ya break your lock and key Yeah, come along here, mister C'mon and let the poor boy be
Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees Baby, baby, baby Won't you get down on your knees C'mon little darlin' C'mon and give your love to me, oh yeah
Well, I've been down so Goddamn long That it looks like up to me Well, I've been down so very damn long That it looks like up to me Yeah, why don't one you people C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free
Beechwood Park Composer(s): Chris White) Originally performed by: The Zombies Covered by: Colin Blunstone; Chrysanthemums
Do you remember summer days Just after summer rain When all the air was damp and warm In the green of country lanes? And the breeze would touch your hair Kiss your face and make you care About your world Your summer world And we would count the evening stars As the day grew dark In Beechwood Park...
Do you remember golden days and golden summer sun The sound of laughter in our ears In the breeze as we would run? And the breeze would touch your hair Kiss your face and make you care About your world Your summer world And we would count the evening stars As the day grew dark In Beechwood Park...
Oh roads in my mind Take me back in my mind And I can't forget you Won't forget you Won't forget those days And Beechwood Park...
And the breeze would touch your hair Kiss your face and make you care About your world Your summer world And we would count the evening stars As the day grew dark In Beechwood Park...
Oh roads in my mind Take me back in my mind And I can't forget you Won't forget you Won't forget those days And Beechwood Park...