L'ivrogne
((Dutch Version: De Drinker (by Frank Cools) - 1995))
Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Gérard Jouannest - François Rauber
First release by: Jacques Brel - 1961



Ami remplis mon verre
Encore un et je vas
Encore un et je vais
Non je ne pleure pas
Je chante et je suis gai
Mais j'ai mal d'être moi
Ami remplis mon verre
Ami remplis mon verre

Buvons à ta santé
Toi qui sais si bien dire
Que tout peut s'arranger
Qu'elle va revenir
Tant pis si tu es menteur
Tavernier sans tendresse
Je serai saoul dans une heure
Je serai sans tristesse

Buvons à la santé
Des amis et des rires
Que je vais retrouver
Qui vont me revenir
Tant pis si ces seigneurs
Me laissent à terre
Je serai saoul dans une heure
Je serai sans colère

Ami remplis mon verre
Encore un et je vas
Encore un et je vais
Non je ne pleure pas
Je chante et je suis gai
Mais j'ai mal d'être moi
Ami remplis mon verre
Ami remplis mon verre

Buvons à ma santé
Que l'on boive avec moi
Que l'on vienne danser
Qu'on partage ma joie
Tant pis si les danseurs
Me laissent sous la lune
Je serai saoul dans une heure
Je serai sans rancune

Buvons aux jeunes filles
Qu'il me reste à aimer
Buvons déjà aux filles
Que je vais faire pleurer
Et tant pis pour les fleurs
Qu'elles me refuseront
Je serai saoul dans une heure
Je serai sans passion

Ami remplis mon verre
Encore un et je vas
Encore un et je vais
Non je ne pleure pas
Je chante et je suis gai
Mais j'ai mal d'être moi
Ami remplis mon verre
Ami remplis mon verre

Buvons à la putain
Qui m'a tordu le cœur
Buvons à plein chagrin
Buvons à pleines pleurs
Et tant pis pour les pleurs
Qui me pleuvent ce soir
Je serai saoul dans une heure
Je serai sans mémoire

Buvons nuit après nuit
Puisque je serai trop laid
Pour la moindre Sylvie
Pour le moindre regret
Buvons puisqu'il est l'heure
Buvons rien que pour boire
Je serai bien dans une heure
Je serai sans espoir

Ami remplis mon verre
Encore un et je vas
Encore un et je vais
Non je ne pleure pas
Je chante et je suis gai
Tout s'arrange déjà
Ami remplis mon verre
Ami remplis mon verre
Ami remplis mon verre

Moonshine Sally
Composer(s): Mike Chapman; Nicky Chinn
Performer(s): Mud



Sweet little Moonshine Sally I got your picture on my wall
You live in Tukalo Valley beside the fire waterfall
And ev'ry night I hear you call from beneath the waterfall

Hey hey hey
I wanna take you don't wanna make you
Live with me in Tukalo Valley
Hey hey hey
Hear me calling magic's falling
All around Moonshine Sally
Moonshine Sally from Tukalo Valley

They talk of voices in the valley they say the evil moon is high
They say they hear no more of Sally where the magic waterfall runs dry
So ev'ry night I hear you call from the magic waterfall

Hey hey hey
I wanna take you don't wanna make you

De Drinker
((Adapted from: L'ivrogne (by Jacques Brel) - 1961))
Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Gérard Jouannest - François Rauber - Ernst van Altena
Performer(s): Frank Cools - 1995



M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas
Nog een en ik vertrek
Nog een en ik verrek
Het is het vijfde pas
Welnee, ik huil toch niet
Mezelf-zijn doet me pijn
Dus wil ik vrolijk zijn
M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas

Ik drink dit glas op jou
Jij brave leugenaar
Die zegt: "'t Komt voor elkaar
Ze komt wel terug, die vrouw"
Zeg op, hoe weet je dat?
Jij kille kastelein
Nog een, dan ben ik zat
Wie zat is voelt geen pijn
Sante! Op elke vrind
Die mij verlaten heeft
Op wie mij heeft bemind
En niets meer om me geeft
Vooruit, schenk nog eens wat
Al kom ik naakt op straat!
Over 'n uur ben ik zat
Wie zat is voelt geen kwaad

M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas
Nog een en ik vertrek
Nog een en ik verrek:
Het is het achtste pas
Welnee, ik huil toch niet
Mezelf-zijn doet me pijn
Dus wil ik vrolijk zijn
M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas

Kom, drink dit glas op mij
Wie drinkt er met mij mee?
Ik drink toch al voor twee
Wie danst er eens met mij?
Oh niemand zegt er wat?
Akkoord, ik hou me koest
Binnen 't uur ben ik zat
Wie zat is wordt niet woest
Ik drink op elke vrouw
Die'k ooit nog krijgen zal
Ik drink op elke vrouw
Die mij ooit weig'ren zal
Akkoord, dan gooit zo'n kat
Mij krijsend uit haar nest
Binnen 't uur ben ik zat
Dan is me alles best

M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas
Nog een en ik vertrek
Nog een en ik verrek
Het is het tiende pas
Welnee, ik huil toch niet
Mezelf-zijn doet me pijn
Dus wil ik vrolijk zijn
M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas

Ik drink dit op de slet
Die mijn hart heeft gekloofd
En leger dan mijn bed
Is nu mijn trieste hoofd
Jaja, ik huil alweer
Mijn hoofd van tranen nat
Binnen 't uur ben ik zat
Wie zat is weet niet meer
Zo drink ik nacht aan dag
Op eigen lelijkheid
Te lelijk voor een lach
Van zelfs de minste meid!
Ik drink verdrink mijn pijn
Wijn is m'n rooie dope
Binnen 't uur ben ik fijn
Dan ben ik zonder hoop!

M'n vrind, schenk mij een glas
Nog een en ik vertrek
Nog een en ik verrek
Het is het twaalfde pas
Welnee, ik huil toch niet
Het doet al niet meer pijn
M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas
M'n vriend, schenk mij een glas

Moonshine (Friend Of Mine)
Composer(s): Les Emmerson
Originally performed by: Five Man Electrical Band
Covered by: John Kay



Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed

I said I'd never do a town again
But here I go, I'm paintin' it red
Forgetting all the easy words I said
Now I'm walkin' out the door
I just got to get some more of that...

Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed

Now they say that it's closin' time again
And I'm lookin' around for my new best friend
I gotta find a place to lay my head
'Cause I think I'm gonna cry
I believe I'm gonna die
Or maybe just fall down by the road side

Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed
Help me to find my bed

Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed

Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed

Moonshine, Tennessee wine
Running around my head
Moonshine, friend of mine
Help me to find my bed

Livingston Saturday Night
Composer(s): Jimmy Buffett
Performer(s): Jimmy Buffett; Drew's Famous



You got your Tony Lama's on your jeans pressed tight 
You take a few tokes make you feel alright 
Rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday Night 

Pickup's washed and you just got paid 
With any luck at all you might even get laid 
'Cause they're pickin' and a kickin' on a Livingston Saturday night 

So won't you listen to the sound of the hot country band 
Boot heels a' shufflin' on the dance floor sound 
Sing a song, play some pong, shoot a little pool 
Hittin' on the honeys right outta high school 
Fifteen may get ya twenty, that's all right 
'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night 

(alright Timmy ...) 

Whoa listen to the sound of the hot country band 
Boot heels a shufflin' on the dance floor sound 
Hum a song, play some pong, eat a deviled egg 
Temperature is risin' better pop another keg 
Fifteen may get ya twenty, that's all right 
'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night 

(where's that harpoon man ...) 

Whoa ya gotta listen to the sound of the hot country band 
Boot heels a shufflin' on the dance floor sound 
Sing some songs, play some pong, eat a deviled egg 
Temperature is risin' better pop another keg 
Fifteen may get ya twenty, that's all right 
'Cause they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night 
Yeah I say they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night 
One more time they'll be rockin' and a rollin' on a Livingston Saturday night 

Moonraker 
Composer(s): John Barry; Hal David
Performer(s): Shirley Bassey



Where are you? 
Why do you hide?
Where is that moonlight trail that leads to your side?
Just like the Moonraker goes in search of his dream of gold
I search for love, for someone to have and hold...

I`ve seen your smile in a thousand dreams
Felt your touch and it always seems
You love me! ...
You...love...me

Where are you? 
When will we meet?
Take my unfinished life and make it complete
Just like the Moonraker knows, his dream will come true someday
I know that you are only a kiss away
I`ve seen your smile in a thousand dreams
Felt your touch and it always seems...

You love me! ...
You...love...me!

Living Together, Growing Together
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach - Hal David
Performer(s): The 5th Dimension
and multiple other artists



Start with a man and you have one
Add on a woman and then you have two
Add on a child and what have you got?
You've got more than three
You've got what they call a family

Living Together, Growing Together, just being together
That's how it starts
Three loving hearts all
Pulling together, working together, just building together
That makes you strong
If things go wrong we'll still get along somehow
Living and growing together

It just takes wood to build a house
Fill it with people and you have a home
Fill it with love and people take root
It's just like a tree
Where each branch becomes a family that's
Living Together, Growing Together, just being together
That's how it starts
Three loving hearts all
Pulling together, working together, just building together
That makes you strong
If things go wrong we'll still get along somehow
Living and growing together

Living Together, Growing Together, just being together
That's how it starts
Three loving hearts all
Pulling together, working together, just building together
That makes you strong
If things go wrong we'll still get along somehow
Living and growing
Just like we're doing now, together

Moonlighting
Composer(s): Frank Farrell; Leo Sayer
Performer(s): Leo Sayer



He sees her at the same time every night
At the Mexican discotheque
She gives him French kisses
He gives her French cigarettes
They sit at the same table every time
The lights are low, but their eyes shine
Just digging the music from those sweet soul bands
She keeps him outta fights, holds on to his hand
He whispers slowly "Tonight’s the night"
Months of planning so it’s gotta be right
Under the table her bag is bursting at the seams
She made sure to bring everything

Moonlighting
They’re leaving everything
Moonlighting
They’re losing all their friends
Moonlighting
It’s the only way
It’s frightening
But it means they’ll stay 
Together
They’re gonna make it together

His blue Morris van is parked in an alley
Just by Montague Street
His friend Eddie he did the re-spray
So he couldn’t drive it all last week
And it cost most of the money that he had saved up
To pay Eddie’s receipt
But he figures it’s worth it ‘cos the disguise is a must
When they go missing they’re gonna look for the van first
She whispers slowly "It’ll be alright
I took some cash from my building society
And my monthly cheque came in just right"
If only they knew they were giving it away 

Moonlighting
They’re leaving everything
Moonlighting
They’re losing all their friends
Moonlighting
It’s the only way
It’s frightening
But it means they’ll stay 
Together
They’re gonna make it together

9:15 Monday morning at the printing works
The boss notices someone’s not clocked in
And the water department of the council offices has a message
That Mrs. Park’s daughter is missing
Meanwhile, the Carlisle turn-off of the M6 Motorway
Drinking cold black coffee, eating hot cup-cakes
She stares at him with his beard unshaved
Wonders at his powers of staying awake
He whispers slowly "You did just fine"
They shared the driving all through the night
She laughs "My mother will have lost her mind
We’re only ten miles to Gretna, they’re three hundred behind"

Moonlighting
They’re leaving everything
Moonlighting
They’re losing all their friends
Moonlighting
It’s the only way
It’s frightening
But it means they’ll stay 
Together
They’re gonna make it together
Moonlighting
They’re leaving everything
Moonlighting
They’re losing all their friends
Moonlighting
It’s the only way
It’s frightening
But it means they’ll stay 
Together
They’re gonna make it together

Living Together (In Sin)
Composer(s): J. Cobb - Van McCoy
Performer(s): The Whispers



Your folks and mine want to disown us
We're two sinners, they say
They don't approve of how we're livin'
But we're happy this way

They say we're living together in sin
'Cause we're not married
Living together in sin
But both of us are grown
And love is ours to choose
To each his own, we're in love

All of our friends never invite us
And they don't come around
But that's alright, we have each other
The world, they put us down

And say we're living together in sin
'Cause we're not married
Living together in sin
But both of us are grown
And love is ours to choose
To each his own, we're in love

They say we're living together in sin
They don't understand
You're my woman and I'm you're man
You and me against the world
I'm you're man and you're my girl

If loving you is a sin
Then I'm gonna sin again and again and again and again
Mom and Dad, can't you see
That we love each other, why can't it be?

For you, I'd turn my back on family and friends
For you, I'd do it again and again
and again, and again, and again
and again, and again, and again ...

Moonlighting
Composer(s): Lee Holdridge; Al Jarreau
Performer(s): Al Jarreau;
Isaiah Sharkey; Starsound Orch.



Some walk by night
Some fly by day
Nothing could change you
Set and sure of the way 

There is the sun and moon
They sing their own sweet tune
Watch them when dawn is due
Sharing one space

We'll walk by night
We'll fly by day
Moonlighting strangers 
Who just met on the way

Living Proof
Composer(s): Claire Hamill - Laurie Wisefield
Performer(s): Wishbone Ash



Why does love have to?
Where does it go to
Outta my door?
How much have you got?
Is it enough for me
Or will I want more?

Oh,oh, you tell me you just want some fun
Oh, oh, I'm trapped between the fire and the man with the gun

Time in a vacuum
Waiting for someone to say what they think
But all that pretending doesn't convince me
'cause they just want to buy me a drink

Oh, oh, you tell me you want to be free
Oh, oh, baby, I'm trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea

It's night in the city
I'm filled with self-pity 
I'm taking the air
If somebody hits me
Here in this city
I swear I just don't care
Oh, oh, just looking for proof
Oh, oh, I'm trapped like a cat on a hot tin roof
Oh, oh, just looking for proof
Oh, oh, O'm trapped like a cat on a hot tin roof

I got to have proof
I got to have proof
I got to have proof
I got to have proof 
(repeat)

Moonlight Swim  
Composer(s): Sylvia Dee; Ben Weisman
Performer(s): Anthony Perkins; Elvis Presley



Let’s go on a moonlight swim
Far away from the crowd, all alone upon the beach
Our lips and our arms close, within each other’s reach
We’ll be on a moonlight swim

Let’s go on a moonlight swim
To the raft we can race in just a little while
Or sit and pretend that you’re on a desert isle with me
On a moonlight swim

Though the air is filled with kisses, oh so sweet
I’ll keep you warm, so very warm
From head to feet

Let’s go on a moonlight swim
We’re in love and the thought there’s a crazy old balloon
That sits winkin’ down and invitin’ us to come on in
On a moonlight swim

Though the air is filled with kisses, oh so sweet
I’ll keep you warm, so very warm
From head to feet

On a moonlight swim
On a moonlight swim

Living On The Island
Composer(s): Chris de Burgh
Performer(s): Chris de Burgh



Day by day they drink and dream
Old men staring out to sea
From the island, living on the island

And down in the harbour, it's a show
Watching all the people as they come and go
On the island, living on the island

And up in the mountains, they're alright
Tasting the first of the summer wine
On the island, living on the island

I wanna feel that sunshine in my heart
And let it blow my worries away
I wanna spend a night in the ocean with her

That little lady lover who's in love with me
Prettiest little lady that I've ever seen
On the island, living on the island ...

Ooh, and when I finally sail away
I know for sure I'll be back someday
On the island, living on the island
On the island, living on the island
I wanna feel that sunshine on my back
On the island, living on the island
On the island, we'll be living on the island
I wanna feel that wind blow in my hair
Living on the island ...

Moonlight Shadow
Composer(s): Mike Oldfield
Originally performed by: Mike Oldfield



The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Lost in a riddle that Saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through

The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through

I stay, I pray
See you in heaven far away
I stay, I pray
See you in heaven one day

Four a.m. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Stars roll slowly in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to terms with me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through

I stay, I pray
See you in heaven far away
I stay, I pray
See you in heaven one day

Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy and the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through

Living On The Highway
Composer(s): Gordon Russell - Don Nix
Performer(s): Freddie King
and multiple other artists



It was twenty years ago, I was about fourteen years old
When I first heard that Wolfman's howl
He sneaked me through the door, there was whisky on the floor
And the fuzz they were on the prowl
It seems so long ago
I'm living on the Highway now

He's a giant of a man, He always understands
The very best notes to use
His hand make two of mine, his heart beat right on time
He taught me how to sing the blues
He's the reason why I choose to live on the highway now

I played the blues with Walter, and Muddy pulled me through
I know a Jimmy Rogers song or two
But there's one thing I know, no matter where I go
I can do a little howling too
That's why I sing these blues, I'm living on the highway now

The years have come and gone but the blues still go on
I only sing my songs for fun
If you ask me to, I'll do a song for you
'Cause the women like to see me come
Me and my guitar, my band, we're living on the highway now

Moonlight Serenade
French Title: Dansez Maintenant
Performer(s): Glenn Miller; Mitchell Parish
Originally performed by: Glenn Miller
Covered by various other artists



I stand at your gate 
and the song that I sing 
is of moonlight
I stand and I wait 
for the touch of your hand 
in the June night
The roses are sighing 
a Moonlight Serenade

The stars are aglow
and tonight how their light 
sets me dreaming
My love, do you know 
that your eyes are like stars 
brightly beaming?
I bring you and I sing you 
a Moonlight Serenade

Let us stray till break of day 
in love's valley of dreams
Just you and I, a summer sky
a heavenly breeze kissin' the trees

So don't let me wait
come to me tenderly 
in the June night
I stand at your gate 
and I sing you a song 
in the moonlight
A love song, my darling
a Moonlight Serenade

Living On My Own
Composer(s): Freddie Mercury
Performer(s): Freddie Mercury



Sometimes I feel I'm gonna break down and cry (so lonely)
nowhere to go nothing to do with my time
I get lonely so lonely living on my own
Sometimes I feel I'm always walking too fast
and everything is coming down on me donwn on me
I go crazy oh so crazy living on my own

Dee do de de Dee do de de
I don't have no time for no monkey business
Dee do de de Dee do de de
I get so lonely lonely lonely yeah
got to be some good times ahead

sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning
find my head is always up in the clouds in a dream world
It's not easy living on my own 

Moonlight Serenade
Composer(s): Sigmund Romberg; Dorothy Donnelly



Overhead, the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the bough
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
filling all the air with dreaming
Would my heart but still it's beating
Only you can tell it how, beloved
From your window give me greeting
Hear my eternal vow

Soft in the trees lies the echo of my longing
while all around you my dreams of rapture throng
My soul, my joy, my hope, my fear
Your heart must tell you that I am near
List from above while I pour out my love
For you know through my life you are love'd
Oh, hear my longing cry, oh, love me or I die!

Overhead, the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the bough
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
filling all the air with dreaming
Would my heart but still it's beating
Only you can tell it how, beloved
From your window give me greeting
I swear my eternal love

Living Next Door To Alice 
Composer(s): Mike Chapman - Nicky Chinn
First release by: New World - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1977 - La Porte D'en Face (by Sacha Distel)
1977 - Alice (by Flemming Bamse Jørgensen)



Sally called, when she got the word
She said 'I suppose you've heard about Alice'
So, I rushed to the window, and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
A big limousine pulled slowly into Alice's drive

I don't why why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance
Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice

We grew up together, two kids in the park
Carved our initials deep in the bark ...
Me and Alice
Now she walks to the door with her head held high
And just for a moment, I caught her eye
As the big limousine pulled slowly out of Alice's drive

I don't why why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance
Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice

Then Sally called back, and asked how I felt
She said 'I know how to help get over Alice'
She said 'Now, Alice is gone, but I'm still here
And you know I've been waiting twenty four years ...'
And the big limousine disappeared ...

I don't why why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't wanna know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance
But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice

No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice ...

Moonlight In Waikiki
Composer(s): Cliff Friend; Dave Franklin
Performer(s): Felix Mendelssohn



Moonlight in Waikiki
One magic hour with you
Moonlight and melody
One magic love song for two
In my dreams, sweetheart, I hold you near
And I hear you whisper, "I love you"
Moonlight in Waikiki
There's where my dreams will come true