Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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L'impasse Composer(s): Françoise Hardy - Pierre Papadiamondis Performer(s): Françoise Hardy
Quoi que tu me dises quoi que tu me fasses et même si par moment je sais me mettre à ta place toutes les choses que je comprends sont celles qui me cassent et je ne peux rien vraiment je suis dans l'impasse c'est bien un enfer c'est bien une impasse chaque fois que je te perds en allant chercher ta trace dans tes longs, désespérants silences de glace et je ne peux rien vraiment je suis dans l'impasse comment sortir de là? c'est une drôle d'angoisse d'être dans l'impasse alors j'aime tomber au fond d'un Chivas car je me mets à rêver que c'est toi qui me ramasses que tu veux bien me parler et que tu m'embrasses pour m'aider à supporter d'être dans l'impasse comment sortir de là? c'est une drôle d'angoisse d'être dans l'impasse
What Did I Ever See In Him? Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Chita Rivera
Rosie: Eight years, eight years That's how long I've wasted on him! That's all, I'm through Albert dear, to put it sweetly To hell with you! What did I ever see in him? How did I ever get evolved that way? Now that it's over I can smile and say What did I ever see in him? Boy, I was way out on the limb Now that my feet are on the ground again Now that my senses have been found again What did I ever see in him? Is he tender? No, he's not! Is he thoughtful? No, he's not! Am I crazy? What's he's got that I found so damned appealing? What did he ever do for me? Well, to be honest he was sometimes nice But still it wasn't worth that awful price It was rough from the start Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart How did I ever? Why did I ever? What did I ever?
Rosie and Kim: Do we need them? No, we don't! Do we want them? No, we don't! Will we leave them? No, we won't! Tell me what did I say that for? What did we ever see in them? How could we ever think that they were nice? Take it from us we pay an awful price It was rough from the start Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart What did I ever see in him
Limosnero De Amor Composer(s): Alberto Videz Performer(s): Javier Solís and multiple other artists
Limosnero de amor me llaman limosnero de amor yo soy fuiste muy canalla al abandonarme y tus labios mintieron cuando a mí me dijeron sólo soy para ti
Implorando tu amor me dejas ya no puedo vivir sin ti te llevaste todo me dejaste solo desde entonces me llaman desde entonces me llaman limosnero de amor
Te llevaste todo me dejaste solo desde entonces me llaman desde entonces me llaman limosnero de amor
Rosie Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell
Albert: I was never crazy for flowers I confess that nothing left me colder I could watch a daisy for hours And all I'd feel was sev'ral hours older! Lilacs and lilies, any bloom you please All what they did was make me shrug or sneeze But now I love each blossom that I see For a lovely little rose loves me Now my life is rosy, when I'm my Rosie With a girl like Rosie How could I be blue? Hand in hand we'll mosey Me and little Rosie We will be so cozy By a fire built for two Oh! I once heard a poem that goes "A rose is a rose is a rose" Well I don't agree Take it from me There's one rose sweeter than any that grows! That's my Rosie, I'm so glad she chose me Life is one sweet beautiful song to me Now my life is rosy (Oh, we'll be happy, I know) Since I found my Rosie (Off to the preacher we'll go) With a girl like Rosie (So how could we be blue?) How could I be blue?
Rosie: Oh we'll have us a home out west A nice little split-level nest And in ev'ry room roses in bloom...
Albert: But there's on rose sweeter than all of the rest! Then that's my Rosie
Rosie: I'm so glad you chose me!
Both: Life is one sweet beautiful song to me When love is right then What can be wrong? Life is one sweet beautiful song To me!
Kids Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton, Dick Van Dyke, Bryan Russell
Kids! I don't know what's wrong with these kids today! Kids! Who can understand anything they say? Kids! They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs! Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers! While we're on the subject Kids! You can talk and talk till your face is blue! Kids! But they still just do what they want to do! Why can't they be like we were Perfect in every way? What's the matter with kids today? Kids! I've tried to raise him the best I could Kids! Kids! Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons! And while we're on the subject! Kids! They are just impossible to control! Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll! Why can't they dance like we did What's wrong with Sammy Caine? What's the matter with kids today!
One Boy Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Ann-Margret and various other artists
Kim: One boy One special boy One boy to go with And talk with And walk with
Kim and Girls: One boy That's the way it should be Yeah, yeah! That's the way it should be One boy One certain boy One boy to laugh with To jump with Have Coke with One boy Not two or three
Kim: One day you'll find out This is what life is all about You'll need someone who Is living just for you
Kim and Girls: One boy One steady boy One boy to be with Forever and ever One boy That's the way it should be That's the way it should be That's the way it should be
Rosie: When will he find out This is what life is all about? Will he ever see I need him and he needs me? One guy One special guy One guy to live for To care for, be there for One guy That's the way it should be That's the way it should be...
Honestly Sincere Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Jesse Pearson and various other artists
Girl: Speak to us, oh beautiful one, tell us how you make that glorious sound, that even now an anticipation of it has reduced me to a snarling, raging, panting, jungle beast!
Birdie: You gotta be sincere! You gotta be sincere! You gotta feel it here 'Cause if you feel it here Well, then you're gonna be honestly sincere! If what you feel is true You really feel it you Make them feel it too Write this down now You gotta be sincere Honestly sincere! Man, you've got to be sincere! If you're really sincere If you're really sincere If you feel it in here Then it's gotta be right! Oh, baby! Oh, honey! Hug me! Suffer! In ev'rything I do My sincerity shows thro' I looked you in the eye Don't even have to try It's automatic! I'm sincere! When I sing about a tree I really feel that tree! When I sing about a girl I really feel that girl I mean I really feel sincere! If you're really sincere! If you're really sincere! If you feel it in here Then it's gotta be right! Oh, baby! Oh, honey! Hug me! Suffer! You gotta be sincere! Oh oh, you gotta feel it here! Oh, my baby, oh, my baby, oh yeah! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Well, you gotta be sincere! Well, you gotta be sincere! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Oh, my baby, oh yeah! Yeah, Yeah!
Limehouse Blues Composer(s): Philip Braham - Douglas Furber First performance by: Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan - 1921 Covered by multiple other artists
And those weird China blues Never go away Sad, mad blues For all the while they seem to say
Oh, Limehouse kid Oh, oh, Limehouse kid Goin' the way That the rest of them did Poor broken blossom And nobody's child Haunting and taunting You're just kind of wild
Oh, Limehouse blues I've the real Limehouse blues Can't seem to shake off Those real China blues Rings on your fingers And tears for your crown That is the story Of old Chinatown
Rings on your fingers And tears for your crown That is the story Of old Chinatown
How Lovely To Be A Woman Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Ann-Margret and various other artists
When you're a skinny child of fourteen Wide with braces from ear to ear You doubt that you will ever be appealing Then Hallelujah! You are fifteen And the braces disappear And your skin is smooth and clear And you have that happy grown-up female feeling How lovely to be a woman The wait was well worth while How lovely to wear mascara And smile a woman's smile How lovely to have a figure That's round instead of flat Whenever you hear boys whistle You're what they're whistling at It's wonderful to feel The way a woman feels It gives you such a glow just to know You're wearing lipstick and heels! How lovely to be a woman And have one job to do To pick out a boy and train him And then when you are through You've made him the man you want him to be! Life's lovely when you're a woman like me! How wonderful to know The things a woman knows How marvelous to wait for a date In simply beautiful clothes! How lovely to be a woman And change from boys to men To go to a fancy nightclub And stay out after ten How lovely to be so grown-up and free! Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
Lime Street Blues Composer(s): Gary Brooker - Keith Reid Performer(s): Procol Harum
Lime street in the afternoon Everybody crazy as a coon Im running round in my underpants Trying to find some kinda romance
Quarter past three [sic] on lime street I got whipped right offa my feet Didnt realize that Id been caught Till I found myself in the county court
Mr judge, I said, wont you please be kind Have pity on me, a poor orphan child? Mr judge he says with a long mean frown orphan or not, youre going down!
Well I screamed on my knees in the witness box lord have mercy on my golden locks The judge I could see that he was snide He says, the only kind of blonde you ares a peroxide!
Oh Lime street, Lime street Lime street, thats where we meet
Limbo Rock Composer(s): Jon Sheldon - Billy Strange First release by: The Champs - 1961 Covered by multiple other artists
Every limbo boy and girl All around the limbo world Gonna do the limbo rock All around the limbo clock Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Limbo lower now Limbo lower now How low can you go
First you spread your limbo feet Then you move to limbo beat Limbo ankolimboneee, Bend back like a limbo tree Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
la la la ...
Get yourself a limbo girl Give that chic a limbo whirl There's a limbo moon above You will fall in limbo love Jack be limbo, Jack be quick Jack go unda limbo stick All around the limbo clock Hey, let's do the limbo rock
Don't move that limbo bar You'll be a limbo star How low can you go
Bye Bye Birdie Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams Performer(s): Ann-Margret and various other artists
[Opening] Kim: Bye Bye Birdie I'm gonna miss you so Bye Bye Birdie Why'd you have to go? No more sunshine It's followed you away I'll cry Birdie Till you're home to stay I'll miss the way you smile As tho' it's just for me And each and ev'ry night I'll write you faithfully! Bye Bye Birdie It's awful hard to bear Bye Bye Birdie Think I'll always care Guess I'll always care Guess I'll always care!
[Finale] Bye Bye Birdie The Army's taken you now I'll try Birdie To forget some how No more sighing Each time you moved your lips No more crying When you twist those hips Your swivel and your sway Your super trooper There's nothing left to say But Conrad you're a jet Bye Bye Birdie
Lily The Pink (Traditional) Performer(s): The Scaffold
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Mr. Frears had sticky-out ears and it made him awful shy and so they gave him medicinal compound and now he's learning how to fly
Brother Tony Was notably bony He would never eat his meals And so they gave him medicinal compound Now they move him round on wheels
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Old Ebeneezer Thought he was Julius Caesar And so they put him in a Home where they gave him medicinal compound and now he's Emperor of Rome
Johnny Hammer Had a terrible stammer He could hardly say a word And so they gave him medicinal compound Now he's seen (but never heard)!
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Auntie Millie Ran willy-nilly When her legs, they did recede And so they rubbed on medicinal compound And now they call her Millipede
Jennifer Eccles had terrible freckles and the boys all called her names but she changed with medicinal compound and now he joins in all their games
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Lily the Pink, she Turned to drink, she Filled up with paraffin inside and despite her medicinal compound Sadly Picca-Lily died
Up to Heaven Her soul ascended All the church bells they did ring She took with her medicinal compound Hark the herald angels sing.
Oooooooooooooooo Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'lll...
We'll drink a drink a drink To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink The saviour of the human race For she invented medicinal compound Most efficacious in every case
Lily Of The Valley Composer(s): Freddie Mercury First release by: Queen - 1974
I am forever searching high and low But why does ev'ryone tell me no Neptune of the seas an answer for me please The lily of the valley doesn't know
I lie in wait with open eyes I carry on thru' stormy skies I follow ev'ry course my kingdom for a horse But each time I grow old Serpent of the Nile relieve me for a while And cast me from your spell and let me go
Messenger from seven seas has flown To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne Wars will never cease Is there time enough for peace? The lily of the valley doesn't know
Bye Bye Johnny Composer(s): Chuck Berry Originally performed by: Chuck Berry Covered by various other artists
She drew out all her money out of the Southern Trust And put her little boy aboard a Greyhound Bus Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West Down came the tears from her happiness Her own little son name 'o Johnny B. Goode Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood
Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode
She remembered taking money out from gathering crop And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop As long as he would play it by the railroad side And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied But never thought that there would come a day like this When she would have to give her son a goodby kiss
Going Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love As soon as he was married he would bring her back And build a mansion for 'em by the railroad track So every time they heard the locomotive roar They'd be a' standin', a' wavin' by the kitchen door
Howling Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye, bye, bye, bye Bye bye Johnny Good bye Johnny B. Goode