Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Like Animals From the musical "Doctor Dolittle" Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse - Samantha Eggar Performer(s): Rex Harrison
I do not understand the human race
It has so little love for creatures with a different face Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace I do not understand the human race
I wonder Why do we treat animals like animals? Animals treat us so very well The devoted ways they serve us And protect us when were nervous Oh, they really dont deserve us All we give them is hell!
Tell me how else man repays them Do we ever think to praise them? No we dont, and this dismays them You can tell
Were riddled with ingratitude We give no love or latitude In every way our attitude Is, well, like animals
No, no thats not what I mean
I mean Why do we treat animals like animals? How can people be so inhumane? Cows and chickens work to feed us Dogs and horses show they need us And though cats dont always heed us Their affection is plain
What do we do? We neglect them We do nothing to protect them We reject them, dont expect them To complain We ignore them or we beat them When were hungry then we eat them Its appalling how we treat them Its insane! Like animals!
We humiliate and murder and confine them We create their wretched status Then we use it to malign them
I mean Why should we say, treated like a dog Why should we say, working like a horse Why should we say, eating like a hog When what we mean is eating like a man? Dont we? Of course!
A man of ill repute is called a weasel or a rat A woman you dislike becomes a vixen or a cat A family that is blessed With healthy reproductive habits Occasions the remark, "Well you know them, they breed like rabbits!
Hes as stubborn as a mule! Hes as stupid as an ox! Hes as slimy as a snake! Hes as crafty as a fox!
Remarks like that really get my goat!
Why dont we say, noble as a frog? Or, why cant we say, wealthy as a hen? True, we say, devoted as a dog But what we should say is Chic as a giraffe, Pretty as a pig, eh? Thatll be the big day Wont it? But when? But when? But when?
When will we stop treating them like animals? Is the human race entirely mad? Women see a baby goatskin Or a lambskin or a stoatskin And to them its just a coatskin Oh, its terribly sad!
When you dress in suede or leather Or some fancy fur or feather Do you stop and wonder whether For a fad You have killed some beast or other And youre wearing someones brother Or perhaps its someones mother In which youre clad?
Like animals! Like animals! Like animals
Well, its true, we do not live in a zoo But man is an animal too So why cant you Like me Like animals? ... animals
When theres pink champagne by candlelight We will bring champagne by candlelight While the bubbles rise, a violin will improvise And well drink a toast by candlelight
Then well talk, but not for very long Then well dance, but not for very long For when I hold you, not a word will wake the night And youll understand, by candlelight
While the bubbles rise, a violin will improvise And well drink a toast by candlelight
Then well talk, but not for very long Then well dance, but not for very long For when I hold you, not a word will wake the night And youll understand, by candlelight
Like An Old Time Movie Composer(s): John Phillips Performer(s): Scott McKenzie
Every time I see you It's just because you're blue You don't really need me The way that I need you Don't come on so groovy You do better mean You're like an old time movie One that I already seen
Baby, yes I need your love But I'm not gonna get this low Don't you think that I can tell When you've no place else to go Could it be you misunderstood When you tried to read my mind Cause this time you will find I'm gonna let you go Every time I see you
You're like an old time movie Baby, yes I need your love But I'm not gonna get this low Don't you think that I can tell When you've got no place else to go Could it be you understood When you tried to read my mind Cause this time you will find I'm gonna let you go Every time I see you
By A Waterfall Composer(s): Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain Performer(s): Dick Powell and various other artists
I appreciate the simple things 'Cause I'm awf'lly fond of getting Love in a natural setting This is what I call the simple things Just a winding stream Where I can drift and dream And now I'm waiting for you
By a waterfall, I'm calling you-oo-oo-oo We can share it all beneath a ceiling of blue We'll spend a heavenly day Here where the whispering waters play There's a whippoorwill that's calling you-oo-oo-oo By a waterfall, he's dreaming too There's a magic melody Mother Nature sings to me Beside a waterfall with you
Like Always Composer(s): Larry Ramos - Bob Alcivar - Tony Ortega Performer(s): The Association
Stepping off a stone, while I'm walking alone Walking all alone, like always Got me a new car, it doesn't get me too far I'm all out of gas, like always
Got to pay the rent, but all my money's spent All my money's spent, like always I wonder where my pay went Missed another payment I'm all out of bread, like always
Girl, let the world have my money I don't care Girl, make my troubles seem funny and small In no time at all
Things have got to move, I've been to long in this groove Hung up in this groove, like always Things are getting better, ever since I met her Oh, oh, there she goes, like always Like always, like always
Bwana Dort Composer(s): Claude Lemesle; Michel Fugain Performer(s): Michel Fugain
Mon frère éléphant s'endort tranquille Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là Ouwéyé Bwana L'animal cruel est dans la ville La savane est calme au vent qui va Iléyé Laba
Le chant de la nuit s'élève à peine Wowo Bwana La saison des pluies n'est plus lointaine Ne Reviens Pas
Venez frères et dansez Bwana dort Bwana dort
Ma sur antilope court son rêve Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là Ouwéyé Bwana Dans la plaine quand le jour se lève va couler un fleuve d'impalas Iléyé Laba
Le rhinocéros, blanc de poussière Wowo Bwana sait que le ciel porte des rivières Ne Reviens Pas
Venez frères et dansez Bwana dort Bwana dort Mon frère éléphant s'endort tranquille Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là Ouwéyé Bwana L'animal cruel est dans la ville La savane est calme au vent qui va Iléyé Laba
Les 4X4 ont filé comme des hyènes Wowo Bwana Laissant des carcasses par centaines Ne Reviens Pas
Like A Virgin ((aka Like A Surgeon (by "Weird Al" Yankovic) - 1985)) Composer(s): Billy Steinberg - Tom Kelly First release by: Madonna - 1984 Covered by multiple other artists
I made it through the wilderness Somehow I made it through Didn't know how lost I was Until I found you
I was beat incomplete I'd been had, I was sad and blue But you made me feel Yeah, you made me feel Shiny and new
Like a virgin Touched for the very first time Like a virgin When your heart beats Next to mine
Gonna give you all my love, boy My fear is fading fast Been saving it all for you 'Cause only love can last
You're so fine and you're mine Make me strong, yeah you make me bold Oh your love thawed out Yeah, your love thawed out What was scared and cold
Like a virgin Touched for the very first time Like a virgin When your heart beats Next to mine
Oooh, oooh, oooh
You're so fine and you're mine I'll be yours 'till the end of time 'Cause you made me feel Yeah, you made me feel I've nothing to hide
Like a virgin Touched for the very first time Like a virgin When your heart beats Next to mine
Like a virgin, ooh, ooh Like a virgin Feels so good inside When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Ooh, baby Can't you hear my heart beat For the very first time?
Buzzin' Fly Composer(s): Tim Buckley Originally performed by: Tim Buckley Covered by: Dredd Foole; Keith Sykes; Kathryn Williams
Just like a buzzin' fly I come into your life Now I float away Like honey in the sun Was it right or wrong I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin' Now I remember How the sun shown down And how it warmed your prayin' smile When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home That's how I know I found a home
Oh, hear the mountains singing Lord, I can hear them ringing, darlin' Out your name And tell me if you know Just how the river flows Down to the sea
Now I wanna know Everything about you I wanna know Everything about you
What makes ya smile What makes ya wild What makes ya love me this way Darlin' I wanna know Darlin' I wanna know
You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home That's how I know I found a home
A-walkin' hand in hand And all along the sand A seabird knew your name He knew your love was growin' Lord, I think it knows it's flowin' Thru you and me
Ah, tell me darlin' When I should leave you, Ah, tell me darlin' I don't want to grieve you....
Just like a buzzin' fly I come into your life Now I float away Like honey in the sun Was it right or wrong I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin' Now I remember How the sun shown down And how it warmed your prayin' smile When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about You're the one I think about Everywhere I go And sometimes honey In the mornin' Lord, I miss you so....
Like A Sunday Morning Composer(s): Joel Diamond - Allan Kenneth Performer(s): Maureen McGovern
You're just like a Sunday morning Quiet and warm and moving slow Put your hand in my hand Let me dream while I can Oh, how I love you so
Life is made of milk and honey I always thought that line was a lie But it turns out it's true 'Cause the sweetness of you is so real That it makes me want to cry
Oh, you're a holiday weekend The key that unlocks the door You're my friend and my lover The dream I've been looking for And you're much more, you're so much more
You're just like a Sunday morning Feeling so comfortable and right Be the wind, be the sea Be whatever you please, but Just be here on Sunday night
Buzz Buzz Buzz Composer(s): Robert Byrd; John Gray Originally performed by: The Hollywood Flames Covered by various other artists
Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee Tweedley, deedley dee goes the bird But the sound of your little voice darling Is the sweetest sound I've ever heard
I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose Seen the beauty when the skies are blue Seen the beauty of the evening sunset But the beauty of you-ooo
Sweet is the honey from the honey comb Sweet are the grapes from the vine But there's nothing as sweet as you darling And I hope someday you'll be mine
Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee Tweedley, deedley dee goes the bird But the sound of your little voice darling Is the sweetest sound I've ever heard
I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose Seen the beauty when the skies are blue Seen the beauty of the evening sunset But the beauty of you-ooo
Sweet is the honey from the honey comb Sweet are the grapes from the vine But there's nothing as sweet as you darling And I hope that some day you'll be mine Hope someday you'll be mine
Hope someday you'll be mine Hope someday you'll be mine Hope someday you'll be mine
Like A Sad Song Composer(s): John Denver Performer(s): John Denver and multiple other artists
Usually in the morning I'm filled with sweet belonging And everything is beautiful to see Even when it's raining, the sound of heaven singing Is simply joyful music to me
Sometimes I feel like a sad song Like I'm all alone without you
So many different places, a million smiling faces Life is so incredible to me Especially to be near you and how it is to touch you Oh paradise was made for you and me
I know that life goes on just perfectly And everything is just the way that it should be Still there are times when my heart feels like breaking And anywhere is where I'd rather be
Oh and in the night time I know that it's the right time To hold you close and say I love you so To have someone to share with And someone I can care with And that is why I wanted you to know
Sometimes I feel like a sad song Like I'm all alone without you, without you
Buy Me A Rose Composer(s): Jim Funk; Erik Hickenlooper Performer(s): Kenny Rogers and various other artists
He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants A three car garage, her own credit cards He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night If he could only read her mind, she'd say
Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hurt Show me you love me by the look in your eyes These are the little things I need the most in my life
Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone And she can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong 'Cause lately she'd try anything to turn his head Would it make a difference if she said
Buy me a rose, call me from work Open a door for me, what would it hurt Show me you love me by the look in your eyes These are the little things I need the most in my life
And the more that he lives the less that he tries To show her the love that he hold inside And the more that she gives the more that he sees This is a story of you and me
So I bought you a rose on the way home from work Opened the door to a heart that I hurt And I hope you notice this look in my eyes Cause I'm gonna make things right I'm gonna hold you tonight Do all those little things For the rest of your life
Like A Rolling Stone Composer(s): Bob Dylan First release by: Bob Dylan - 1965 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1966 - Come Una Pietra Che Rotola (by Gianni Pettenati & The Juniors) 1995 - Comme Ces Pierres Qui Roulent (by Hugues Aufray) 1998 - Come Una Pietra Scalciata (by Articolo 31)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out Now you don't talk so loud Now you don't seem so proud About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel How does it feel To be without a home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it You said you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realize He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns When they all come down and did tricks for you You never understood that it ain't no good You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat Ain't it hard when you discover that He really wasn't where it's at After he took from you everything he could steal
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe You used to be so amused At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel How does it feel To be on your own With no direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone?
Buttons And Bows Composer(s): Jay Livingston; Ray Evans Performer(s): Bob Hope and various other artists
East is east and west is west And the wrong one I have chose Let's go where they keep on wearin' Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows Rings and things and buttons and bows.
Don't bury me in this prairie Take me where the cement grows Let's move down to some big town Where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes And you'll stand out, in buttons and bows
I'll love you in buckskin Or skirts that you've homespun But I'll love ya' longer, stronger Where yer friends don't tote a gun
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce And the cactus hurts my toes Let's vamoose where gals keep a-usin' Those silks and satins and linen that shows And I'm all yours in buttons and bows
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes And French perfume that rocks the room And I'm all yours in buttons and bows.
Like A Rock ((French Version: Comme Un Roc (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1996)) Composer(s): Bob Seger First release by: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - 1986 Covered by multiple other artists
Stood there boldly Sweatin' in the sun Felt like a million Felt like number one The height of summer I'd never felt that strong Like a rock
I was eighteen Didn't have a care Working for peanuts Not a dime to spare But I was lean and Solid everywhere Like a rock
My hands were steady My eyes were clear and bright My walk had purpose My steps were quick and light And I held firmly To what I felt was right Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me Like a rock, I was something to see Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight Unencumbered by the weight Of all these hustlers and their schemes I stood proud, I stood tall High above it all I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now Where'd they go? twenty years I don't know sit and I wonder sometimes Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night When I'm bathed in the firelight The moon comes callin' a ghostly white And I recall recall
Like a rock. standin' arrow straight Like a rock, chargin' from the gate Like a rock, carryin' the weight Like a rock
Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin Like a rock, hard against the wind Like a rock, I see myself again Like a rock
Button Up Your Overcoat Composer(s): Buddy DeSylva; Lew Brown; Ray Henderson Originally performed by: Jack Haley & Zelma O'Neal Made famous by: Helen Kane Covered by various other artists
Listen, big boy Now that you got me made Goodness, but I'm afraid Somethin's gonna happen to you! Listen, big boy You gotta be hooked, and how I would die if I should lose you now!
Button up your overcoat When the wind is free Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Eat an apple every day Get to bed by three Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Be careful crossing streets, ooh-ooh Cut out sweets, ooh-ooh Lay off meat, ooh-ooh You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!
Wear your flannel underwear When you climb a tree Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Button up your overcoat When the wind is free Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
When you sass a traffic cop Use diplomacy Just take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Beware of frozen funds, ooh-ooh Stocks and bonds, ooh-ooh Dockside thugs, ooh-ooh You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll!
Keep the spoon out of your cup When you're drinking tea Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh-ooh! Or on nails, ooh-ooh! Or third rails, ooh-ooh! You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!
Keep away from bootleg hooch When you're on a spree Oh, take good care of yourself You belong to me!
Comme Un Roc ((Adapted from: Like A Rock (by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band) - 1986)) Composer(s): Bob Seger - Philippe Labro Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday - 1996
J'étais jeune J'avais pas 20 ans J'étais increvable J'avais tout mon temps J'avais toute ma force On ne pouvait pas me bouger Comme un roc
J'avais 20 ans Les choses étaient claires J'ai trouvé une femme Une femme que j'aimais Y avait pas de mystère Un amour très fort Comme roc
Les deux mains valides Tranquilles et solides J'avais tout construit Dans ma vie Y avait toi et moi Je me tenais tout droit Comme un roc
Comme un roc J'avais confiance en la vie Comme un roc Il pouvait rien m'arriver Comme un roc C'était parti pour durer Comme un roc
Et je criais mon espoir de réussir Ne pas mentir ni tromper ni blesser J'étais fier j'étais fort Je défiais la mort Comme un roc Oh, je croyais à tous mes rêves
Comme un roc
J'avais 20 ans Les choses étaient claires J'ai trouvé une femme Une femme que j'aimais Y avait pas de mystère Un amour très fort Comme un roc
Comme un roc J'avais confiance en la vie Comme un roc Il pouvait rien m'arriver Comme un roc C'était parti pour durer Comme un roc
Comme un roc Je criais mon espoir Comme un roc Je défiais la mort Oh, comme un roc Je croyais à tous mes rêves Comme un roc
Comme un roc J'avais confiance en la vie Comme un roc Il pouvait rien m'arriver Comme un roc C'était parti pour durer Comme un roc
Butterscotch Candy And Strawberry Pie Composer(s): Roberts Performer(s): Jack Lewis & The Americans
Butterscotch candy and strawberry pie Gonna love my baby till the day that I die 'Cause of butterscotch candy and strawberry pie Well I met my baby in a goodies shop Sellin' butterscotch candy and soda pop and strawberry pie Now I said, pretty baby I love your eyes But in the back of my mind were those strawberry pies So I said, pretty baby won't you please be mine Butterscotch candy and strawberry pie Gonna love my baby till the day that I die 'Cause of butterscotch candy and strawberry pie Now she said yes and we were wed In a butterscotch church on a strawberry bed In the middle of May on the sunniest day of all Now I'll eat my fill of strawberry pie And butterscotch candy till the day that I die My baby and I gonna have ourselves a ball
Like A Prayer Composer(s): Madonna - Patrick Leonard First release by: Madonna - 1989 Covered by multiple other artists
Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone I hear you call my name And it feels like home
When you call my name it's like a little prayer I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there In the midnight hour I can feel your power Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing I have no choice, I hear your voice Feels like flying I close my eyes, Oh God I think I'm falling Out of the sky, I close my eyes Heaven help me
When you call my name it's like a little prayer I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there In the midnight hour I can feel your power Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Like a child you whisper softly to me You're in control just like a child Now I'm dancing It's like a dream, no end and no beginning You're here with me, it's like a dream Let the choir sing
When you call my name it's like a little prayer I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there In the midnight hour I can feel your power Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there
Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery Just like a dream, you are not what you seem Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there
Just like a prayer, I'll take you there It's like a dream to me
