Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Martha Composer(s): Paul Kantner Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
Martha she listens for the ticking of my footsteps, patiently She sifts the hairy air that's worn and wood-swept, pleasantly She does as she pleases, she listens for me
Martha she calls to me from a feather in the meadow, "Fly to me" You can dance and sing and walk with me And dreams will fade and shadows grow in weed She does as she pleases, she waits there for me She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me
My love she talks to winking windows as she murmurs to her feet, thoughtly She separates in laughter to my side, caught for me She does as she pleases, she waits there for me She does as she pleases, her heels rise for me
Martha she keeps her heart in a broken clock and it's waiting there for me She weeds apart through a token lock What a great thing to be free She weeps time, starts unspoken, but when the gate swings there she'll be There she'll be: in green sun, on blue earth under warm running shower
Marta Composer(s): L. Wolfe Gilbert; Moisés Simóns Performer(s): David Whitfield and various other artists
Marta, Rambling rose of the wildwood Marta, with your fragrance divine Rosebud, of the days of my childhood Watched you bloom in the wild wood and I hoped you'd be mine. Marta, though your eyes beam at twilight sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn Marta, when I look for your love light I awake with a sigh and I find you are gone Marta, Rambling rose of the wildwood Marta, with your fragrance divine Rosebud of the days of my childhood Watched you bloom in the wildwood and I hoped you'd be mine Marta, now your eyes beam at twilight sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn Marta, when I look for your love light I awake with a sigh, and I find you are gone
Oh, What A Night Composer(s): Johnny Funches; Marvin Junior Performer(s): The Dells
Oh, what a night (to love you dear) Oh, what a night (to hold you near) Oh, what a night (to squeeze you dear) That's why I love you so
Oh, what a night (to love you dear) Oh, what a night (to hold you dear) Oh what a night (to kiss you dear) That's why I love you so
I won't forget all those things you have told to me The craze in my heart won't let me forget your love Oh, what a night (to love you dear) Oh, what a night (to hold you near) Oh, what a night (to squeeze you dear) That's why I love you so
[Instrumental Interlude]
Oh, what a night (to love you dear) Oh, what a night (to want you dear) Oh, what a night (to kiss you dear) That's why I love you so
Mary Me A Little Composer(s): Stephen Sondheim Performer(s): Barry Manilow
"Marry me a little Love me just enough Cry, but not too often Play, but not too rough Keep a tender distance So we'll both be free That's the way it ought to be I'm ready! Marry me a little Do it with a will Make a few demands I'm able to fulfill Want me more than others, not Exclusively That's the way it ought to be I'm ready! I'm ready now!"
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning Composer(s): Richard Rogers; Oscar Hammerstein Performer(s): Frank Sinatra; and various other artists
Theres a bright golden haze on the meadow Theres a bright golden haze on the meadow The corn is as high as an elephants eye An it looks like its climbing clear up in the sky
Oh, What a beautiful mornin Oh, What a beautiful day I got a beautiful feelin Everythings goin my way
All the cattle are standin like statues All the cattle are standin like statues They dont turn their heads as they see me ride by But a little brown mavrick is winkin her eye
Oh, What a beautiful mornin Oh, What a beautiful day I got a beautiful feelin Everythings goin my way
All the sounds of the earth are like music All the sounds of the earth are like music The breeze is so busy it dont miss a tree And an old weepin willer is laughin at me
Oh, What a beautiful mornin Oh, What a beautiful day I got a beautiful feelin Everythings goin my way
Married Man Blues Composer(s): Ernest Tubb Performer(s): Ernest Tubb
Listen all you rounders take a tip from me Listen all you rounders take a tip from me Dont you ever marry if you love your liberty
Dont do it boy
A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please A woman will tell you, you can do just as you please But when she gets you shell find an ace up her sleeve
Once I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time I had lots of money and I rattled it all the time But now all I hear rattlin is this ball and chain of mine
When I was a singer I had girls by the score When I was a singer I had girls by the score But now Im married and they dont love me no more
My Mama says marry my Papa says use your head Mama told me to marry my Papa says use your head Because being married is just like being dead
Oh, Sweet Temptation Composer(s): Wayne Carson Performer(s): Gary Stewart
Oh, sweet temptation It's hard to turn away I look into your begging eyes And Lord I wanna stay
But I'll hate myself in the morning And you will hate me too 'Cause after the fire of the night's desire I'll have to say goodbye to you
Must be the wine And the way the candle shines That makes me wanna take you through the night
One of us must be strong For we both been wrong And your waiting ban ??? keeps saying: it's not right
Oh, sweet temptation It's hard to turn away I look into your begging eyes And Lord I wanna stay
But I'll hate myself in the morning And you will hate me too 'Cause after the fire of the night's desire I'll have to say goodbye to you
I can feel the trembling hands Until you really need a man And I could satisfy the need in you Well, it's not that I'm so smart I just don't wanna break your heart Go on home and love the one you're married to
Oh, sweet temptation It's hard to turn away I look into your begging eyes And Lord I wanna stay
But I'll hate myself in the morning And you will hate me too 'Cause after the fire of the night's desire I'll have to say goodbye to you
Marrakesh Express Composer(s): David Crosby; Stephen Stills; Graham Nash Performer(s): Crosby, Stills & Nash
Looking at the world Trough the sunset in your eyes Trying to make the train To clear Moroccan skies Bugs and pigs and chickens call Animal carpet wall to wall American man is five foot tall and you Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind Had to get away to see what we could find Hope the days that lie ahead Bring us back to where they've led Listen up to what's been said to you Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express All on board that train I've been saving all my money just to take you there I smell the garden in your hair Take a train to Casablanca going south Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my m,m,m,m,mouth Cold coffins hang in the square Charming corporals in the square Don't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express Don't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express They're taking me to Marrakesh Express Don't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express Don't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express They're taking me to Marrakesh All on board that train All on board that train All on board that train
Oh, Susannah (Dust Off That Old Pianna) Composer(s): Irving Caesar; Sammy Lerner; Gerald Marks Performer(s): Fats Waller; and various other artists
A chord in C is beautiful I heard somebody say it A chord in G is wonderful According to the way you play it
Oh, Suzannah, dust of that old piana My hands are itchin for them keys Our troubles will go wingin The moment we start singin All our favourite melodies Lets get the gang around That used to hang around Its time we had that parlour newly painted Time for us to get reacquainted Oh, Suzannah, Ill let you sing soprano Dust off that old piana tonight
Marquee Moon Composer(s): Tom Verlaine Originally performed by: Television Covered by various other artists
I remember how the darkness doubled I recall lightning struck itself I was listening listening to the rain I was hearing hearing something else
Life in the hive puckered up my night the kiss of death, the embrace of life There I stand neath the Marquee Moon Just waiting Hesitating... I ain't waiting
I spoke to a man down at the tracks I asked him how he don't go mad He said "Look here junior, don't you be so happy And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad"
Well a Cadillac it pulled out of the graveyard Pulled up to me all they said get in Then the Cadillac it puttered back into the graveyard And me I got out again
Oh Sherrie Composer(s): Bill Cuomo; Randy Goodrum; Craig Krampf; Steve Perry Performer(s): Steve Perry; B'Four; Paul London; Thomas
You should've been gone Knowing how I made you feel And I should've been gone After all your words of steel Oh, I must've been a dreamer And I must've been someone else And we should've been over
Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on
Oh, I want to let go You'll go on hurtin' me You'd be better off alone If I'm not who you thought I'd be
But you know that there's a fever Oh, that you'll never find nowhere else Can't you feel it burnin' On-and-on
Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on Oh, Sherrie
(Instrumental Interlude)
Oh, Sherrie
But I should've been gone Long ago, far away And you should've been gone Now I know you'd lie You'll stay
Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on Oh, Sherrie, our love Holds on, holds on
Oh, Pretty Woman Composer(s): Roy Orbison; Bill Dees Performer(s): Roy Orbison; and various other artists
Pretty woman, walkin' down the street, pretty woman The kind I like to meet, pretty woman I don't believe you, you're not the truth No one could look as good as you Mercy!
Pretty woman Won't you pardon me? Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be Are you lonely just like me? Wow! Pretty woman, stop awhile Pretty woman, talk awhile Pretty woman, give your smile to me Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah Pretty woman, look my way Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right Come with me baby, be mine tonight Pretty woman, don't walk on by Pretty woman, don't make me cry Pretty woman, don't walk away Hey, O.K. If that's the way it must be, O.K. I guess I'll go on home It's late There'll be tomorrow night, but wait! What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah, she's walking back to me Oh, oh, pretty woman
Marlena Composer(s): Bob Gaudio Performer(s): Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons; The Red Squares
Marlena, Marlena
Marlena, don't go oh no whoa whoa 'Cause I love you so whoa whoa Never gonna let you go Marlena, come on girl won't you give in Can't you see that you can't win Never gonna let you go
Flirtin' with the guys on the corner You're such a bad girl Tellin' me you're out with your Mama That's a lie but I still love my
Marlena, don't go oh no whoa whoa 'Cause I love you so whoa whoa Never gonna let you go
Flirtin' with the guys on the corner You're such a bad girl Tellin' me you're out with your Mama That's a lie but I still love my
Marlena, come on girl won't you give in Can't you see that you can't win Never gonna let you go
Oh, Pretty Woman Composer(s): A.C. Williams Performer(s): John Mayall; and various other artists
Oh pretty woman she's the rising sun Says all your cheap paint and powder ain't gonna help you none She's a pretty woman right down to the bone So you just might as well still leave your skin alone
Pretty woman What's the matter with you Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
Oh pretty woman what you trying to do You kept on foolin' around till I got stuck on you So you just drop that mess and come down off your throne Stop using my poor heart as a stepping stone
Pretty woman What's the matter with you Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
Oh pretty woman that's all right for you Now you just go on doing what you want to do But someday when you thing you've got it made You get in water deep enough so you can't wade
Pretty woman What's the matter with you Can't make you love me, no matter what I do
Oh, People Composer(s): Andy Goldmark; Bruce Roberts Performer(s): Patti Labelle
If we are one big happy family no one would have to beg to eat If we live in a world of dignity, no man would have to live on the street If I tell you you're a part of me, there's no need for disbelief Here is my hand, to let you know that what we dream we all can hold Apart we are weak ... together we're strong
Chorus: Oh, people....we are writing this song We're all living these words together forever There's no reason we can't live and be one... Build the world that we want together For as long as you stand here by me..... we'll live on
Think of all the possibilities that the eyes of a child can see Think of all the opportunities that float right by you and me Take my hand, and we will know all that we dream...we, our own Apart we are weak... together we're strong
Market Square Heroes Composer(s): Derek Dick; Mark Kelly; Steve Rothery; Peter Trewavas; Michael Pointer; Brian Jellyman; Diz Minnett Performer(s): Marillion; Fish
I found smog at the end of my rainbow I found my thoughts shift slowly into phase Declared the constitution of the walkway I realise it's time to plan the day, the day
I'm a Market Square Hero gathering the storms to troop 'Cause I'm a Market Square Hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse Are you following me, are you following me? Well suffer my pretty warriors and follow me
I got a golden handshake that nearly broke my arm I left the ranks of shuffling graveyard people I got rust upon my hands from the padlocked factory gates Silent chimneys provide the silent steeples
'Cause I'm a Market Square Hero gathering the storms to troop 'Cause I'm a Market Square Hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse, the streetpulse Are you following me? are you following me? Well suffer my pretty children and follow me, follow me
Change, change, change! Change, change, change!
I am your Antichrist show me allegiance Are you following me I am your Antichrist pledge to me defiance Are you following me Suffer my pretty warriors Suffer my fallen child Are you following me The time has come to conquer and I'll provide your end Suffer! We March!
I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco I'm the warrior in the ultra violet haze Armed with antisocial insecurity I plan the path of destiny from this maze
'Cause I'm a Market Square Hero gathering the storms to troop 'Cause I'm a Market Square Hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse, the streetpulse Are you following me? are you following me? Well suffer my fallen angels and follow me
I'm the Market Square Hero I'm the Market Square Hero We're Market Square Heroes We're the Market Square Heroes Are you following me?
