Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Lamp On The Corner Composer(s): Ned Washington - Agustín Lara
Ask the lamp on the corner how lonely my life is without you Ask the lamp on the corner how often I've spoken about you With what's left of my heart in my hand Like a troubadour lonely I stand And the light in your window keeps calling me in Though I dare not obey its command Ask the lamp on the corner if I haven't told (him/her) I love you Just a miserable mourner who knows that he's not worthy of you I forgot how we parted or why Just a word or some little white lie But life won't be worth livin' 'till we've been forgiven The lamp on the corner and I
From His Woman To You Composer(s): Bettye Crutcher; Larry "Ace" Snell Performer(s): Barbara Mason
"Hello Barbara, this is Shirley I would like you to know that the man ... Now wait a minute Shirley I'm a young woman And can't aford to all the things you do for this man I don't even have a job And I can't buy his clothes, pay his car notes And I surely can't keep money in his pocket But I can give him what he needs, when he needs it And that's all he expects from me"
I can give him love From his woman to you There is a thing or two I'd like to say I don't care who claims this man I'm gonna love him in a way ... Woman to woman He spent last night with me Stayed here cause this is where he wanted to be From his woman to you I've got to make it Just play as I can
Seems to me you're doing too much for the man From his woman to you That you begging loving It's giving up yourself And I feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for you I don't mind sharing If you don't bother me I won't bother you From his woman to you I don't know what you're gonna, gonna do But he is giving to me What he is getting from you Woman to woman That's the truth From his woman to you Seems like you're the fool I'm his only woman
And I love him And I ain't about to give him up I'm his only woman, woman to woman I just wanna let you know That I ain't gonna never, never let him go Woman to woman, I'm his only woman
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Composer(s): Mike Rutherford - Peter Gabriel - Phil Collins - Steve Hackett - Tony Banks Performer(s): Genesis and multiple other artists
And the lamb lies down on Broadway
Early morning Manhattan Ocean winds blow on the land The Movie-Palace is now undone The all-night watchmen have had their fun Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show It's the same old ending-time to go Get out! It seems they cannot leave their dream There's something moving in the sidewalk steam And the lamb lies down on Broadway
Nightime's flyers feel their pains Drugstore takes down the chains Metal motion comes in bursts But the gas station can quench that thirst Suspension cracked on unmade road The trucker's eyes read 'Overload' And out on the subway Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid Exits into daylight, spraygun hid And the lamb lies down on Broadway
The lamb seems right out of place Yet the Broadway street sceng finds a focus in its face Somehow it's lying there Brings a stillness to the air Though man-made light, at night is very bright There's no whitewash victim As the neons dim, to the coat of white Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid Wipes his gun-he's forgotten what he did And the lamb lies down on Broadway
Suzanne tired her work all done Thinks money-honey-be on-neon Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn And the sawdust king spits out his scorn Wonder women draw your blind! Don't look at me! I'm not your kind I'm Rael! Something inside me has just begun Lord knows what I have done And the lamb lies down on Broadway On Broadway They say the lights are always bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air
Changement De Main, Changement De Vilain
Composer(s): J.P. "Hector" Drand
Performer(s): Bernard Lavilliers
J'peux pas supporter le jour J'aime la nuit qui tache Au rouge sang et contours Des ombres des Apaches Quand l'état d'urgence Me pousse de ma tanière Ceux de la finance Peuvent avoir quelques misères J'peux pas dormir J'peux pas dormir Quand j'ferme les yeux C'est encore pire
Déjà L'ombre glisse sur l'acier De mon automatique Déjà Je descends les escaliers Vers le marché du vice
J'ai braqué au carrefour Une limousine de rêve Surchargée comme un poids lourd En direction Genève Kilos d'or en barres Planqués dans les portières Dix millions de dollars Sous le siège arrière Valeurs volées Livreurs envolés Valises enlevées Où est le voleur?
Déjà L'infarctus vient de frôler Quelques costards, cravates Déjà Ont raccroché le combiné Mais y a pas feu au lac Changement de main, changement de vilain
Les passeurs c'est pas sûr Pas franc comme l'or dur La business-class se casse Sans laisser de trace La jet-society lasse Tombe dans la mélasse Les passeurs c'est pas sûr Pas franc comme l'or dur
I've often wandered down to dreamy Chinatown The home of Chingaling It's fine! I must declare But now I'm going where I can see the real, real thing
I'll have them teaching me to speak their language, gee! When I can talk Chinese, I'll come home on the run Then have a barr'll of fun Calling people what I please
I'll soon be there In a bamboo chair For I've got my fare, from here to Shanghai Just picture me Sipping Oolong, tea Served by a Chinaman, who speaks away up high ("Hock-a-my, Hock-a-my") I'll eat the way they do, with a pair of wooden sticks And I'll have Ching Ling Foo Doing all his magic tricks I'll get my mail from a pale pigtail For I mean to sail From here to Shanghai
The Lady With The Big Umbrella Composer(s): David Nelson - Danny Goodman Performer(s): Dean Martin
The lady with the big umbrella Her name is Rosabella You'll always see her with a fella And her pink and yella umbrella
She isn't much for fancy dancing But this girl sure loves romancing She's the lady with the big umbrella And her name is Rosabella
With her umbrella in her hand She's never shy and that's the reason why She has a guy that's why For love's a thing she really knows, there is no doubt For what it's all about she has found out
So plan a trip to Venezuela You must see Rosabella You'll always see her with a fella And a pink and yella umbrella
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With her umbrella in her hand She's never shy and that's the reason why She has a guy that's why For love's a thing she really knows there is no doubt For what it's all about she has found out
So plan a trip to Venezuela You must see Rosabella You'll always see her with a fella 'Cause some say that her umbrella Is the way she gets a fella But is it her umbrella Or Rosabella
Change With The Times Composer(s): Van McCoy Performer(s): Van McCoy
Change with the times change with the times
change with the times change with the times Wake up and look around change with the times
Check out what's going down change with the times Forget what used to be change with the times
Deal with reality change with the times
You've gotta
Change with the times keep an open mind Or you'll wake up and find the world's left you behind
You better catch up change with the times
You've gotta change with the times change with the times
Change with the times change with the times Change with the times change with the times Wake up and you will hear change with the times The truth is loud and clear change with the times The good old days are gone change with the times And time is marching on change with the times You've gotta
From Here To Eternity Composer(s): Freddie Karger; Robert Wells Performer(s): Frank Sinatra; and various other artists
You vowed your love from here to eternity A love so true, it never would die You gave your lips, gave them so willingly How could I know your kiss meant good-bye?
Now I'm alone, with only a memory My empty arms will never know why Though you are gone, this love that you left with me Will live from here to eternity
Now I'm alone, with only a memory My empty arms will never know why Though you are gone, this love that you left with me This endless desire, will live from here to eternity
Change The World
Composer(s): Tommy Sims - Gordon Kenney - Wayne Kirkpatrick
First release by: Eric Clapton - 1996
If I can reach the stars Pull one down for you Shine it on my heart So you could see the truth That this love I have inside Is everything it seems But for now I find It's only in my dreams
And I can change the world I will be the sunlight in your universe You would think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world
And if I could be king Even for a day I'd take you as my queen I'd have it no other way And our love would rule This kingdom we had made Till then I'd be a fool Wishing for the day...
That I can change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You would think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world
I could change the world I would be the sunlight in your universe You would think my love was really something good Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world Baby if I could change the world
From Here On It Got Rough German Title: Von Nun An Ging's Bergab Composer(s): Hans Hammerschmid; Hildegard Knef; David Cameron Performer(s): Hildegard Knef
I came to the world on a cold winter's day Sneezed three times, it must have been hay My Father was livid, he wanted a son I took a look round and said to the Nun "From here on it gets rough"
At first I found I had little to do They allowed me to grow, a room with a view But after awhile, they hit on a plan It's time to start learning, the trouble began From here on it got rough
At fifteen I'd a dream which I found very clever I wanted to act, Mama said, "No, never!" My Father said, "Out!", I was already gone And followed the call, 'The show must go on!' From here on it got rough
My talents got spotted, Producers helped out And gave me those parts where you stand in the crowd When the star became ill, I stepped in like a shot And someone from films signed me up on the spot From here on it got rough
I played all the good parts and sometimes the bad And sometimes a figleaf was all that I had And Hollywood said it would certainly die If I didn't come soon, so I went, aye-aye-aye From here on it got rough
But now I was famous, I had made it at last Went happily back to the scene of my past I received a big prize, had my name in 'Who's Who' But after a flop, that name was taboo From here on it got rough
At first I was hurt, I thought it was wrong Then somebody heard me singing a song I told him I couldn't, but he said, "Yes, you can!" So that's how this latest torment began A change was overdue...... From here it's tough on you"
The Lady Loves Me Composer(s): Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett Performer(s): Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret
EP: She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me not She loves me, she loves me, she loves me The lady loves me and it shows In spite of the way she turns up her nose I'm her ideal, her heart's desire Under that ice she's burning like fire She'd like to cuddle up to me She's playing hard to get The lady loves me, but she doesn't know it yet
AM: The gentleman has savoir-faire As much as an elephant or a bear I'd like to take him for a spin Back to the zoo to visit his kin He's got about as much appeal as a soggy cigarette The lady loathes him but he doesn't know it yet
EP: The lady's got a crush on me AM: The gentleman's crazy obviously EP: The lady's dying to be kissed AM: The gentleman needs a psychiatrist I'd rather kiss a rattlesnake Or play Russian roulette EP: The lady loves me, but she doesn't know it yet
EP: She's falling fast she's on the skids AM: Both of his heads are flipping their lids EP: Tonight she'll hold me in her arms AM: I'd rather be holding hydrogen bombs Will someone tell this Romeo I'm not his Juliette EP: Ah, the lady loves me, but she doesn't know it yet
EP: She wants me AM: Like poison ivy EP: Needs me AM: Like a hole in the head EP: Anyone can see she's got it bad AM: Ha, he's mad!
AM: The gentleman is an egotist EP: I'm simply aware I'm hard to resist AM: He's one man I could learn to hate EP: How's about having dinner at eight AM: I'd rather dine with Frankenstein In a moonlight tete-a-tete EP: Ah, the lady loves me, but she doesn't know it yet
EP: Ah yes she loves me AM: Dig that shrinking violet EP: Oh she really loves me AM: Here's one gal you'll never get EP: She lo-lo-loves me AM: Would you like to make a bet EP: I said the lady loves me AM; The gentleman's all wet
Change The Name (Traditional) Performer(s): Michelle Shocked
Well, of course, this actually happened In the reconstruction days of the South it got to be pretty serious when the carpet-baggers came down and started running the whole show down here And things were especially rough up in the state of Arkansas when it was very seriously proposed to change the name of the state And this is taken down on the Legislative rolls which can now be found I think, under the date of July the 23rd, 1867 And this is what the hometown boy had to say I think first he pulled out his horse-pistol and laid it across his desk so he wouldn't be interrupted
Mr Speaker, god-damn your soul, for more than thirty minutes I've been trying to get your attention but every time I caught your eye you squirmed like a damn dog with a flea in his ass
I guess you know who I am Sir My name is Cassius M. Johnson from Jackson County, Arkansas where a man can't stick his ass out the window and shit without it getting riddled with bullets Why Sir, I was fourteen years old before I had my first pair of pants and they was of buckskin But at the age of seventeen Mr Speaker, I had a jock on me the size of a roasting ear and it was the pride of Jackson County And you propose to change the name of Arkansas Never, by God Sir, never!
I'm out of order? How can I be out of order when I can piss clear across the Mississippi River?
Where was Andrew Jackson when the battle of New Orleans was fought? He was right thar Sir, up to his ass in blood And you change the name of Arkansas? Never, when I can defend her
You may shit on the grave of George Washington Piss on the monument of Thomas Jefferson You may desecrate the sacred remains of the immortal General Robert E. Lee You may rape the Goddess of Liberty and wipe your ass on the Stars and Stripes And your crime, your crime Sir will no more compare to this hellish design than the glow of a lightning-bug's ass to the glare of the noon days sun And you propose to change the name of Arkansas Never, by God Sir, never!
You may compare the lily of the valley to the glorious sunflower Or the sun-kissed peaks of the highest mountains to the smokin' turd of a dunghill Or the classic strains of Mozart to the fart of a Mexican burrow You may compare the puny penis of a Peruvian prince to the ponderous buttocks of the Roman gladiator But change the name of Arkansas? Never, by God Sir, never!
The Lady Is A Tramp Composer(s): Richard Rogers - Lorenz Hart First performance: Mitzi Green - 1937 Covered by multiple other artists
She gets too hungry for dinner at eight She likes the theatre and never comes late She never bothers with people she'd hate That's why the lady is a tramp
Doesn't like crap games with barons or earls Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls That's why the lady is a tramp
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair Life without care She's broke, and it's *"ok"*
Hates California, it's cold and it's damp That's why the lady is a tramp
She gets too hungry to wait for dinner at eight She loves the theatre but never comes late She'd never bother with people she'd hate That's why the lady is a tramp
She'll have no crap games with sharpies and frauds And she won't go to Harlem in Lincolns or Fords And she won't dish the dirt with the rest of the broads That's why the lady is a tramp
She'd love the free, fresh wind in her hair Life without care She's broke, but it's *"ok"*
Hates California, it's so cold and so damp That's why the lady That's why the lady That's why the lady is a tramp
Change Pas De Look
Composer(s): Claude Moine - Pierre Papadiamandis
Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell
Te change pas pour moi J'te trouve très bien comme ça Inutile de lutter T'es très bien maquillée Change pas de look Change pas de look Change pas de look Ou tu vas me retrouver raide devant la télé
J't'aime naturelle C'est pas compliqué J' veux t' reconnaître J't'aime pas déguisée
Samson sans Dalila C'est l' bide au cinéma Billy Kid sans Garret C'est du théâtre grec Change pas de look Change pas de look Change pas de look Ou je vais m' momifier pour le restant de la soirée
J't'aime naturelle C'est pas compliqué J' veux t' reconnaître J't'aime pas déguisée
Nemo sans sous-marin C'est de Gaulle sans Pétain Les Robins sans les bois Plus de biche aux abois
Sherlock Holmes sans Watson N'intéresse plus personne D'façon moi y a pas de doute Ne change pas de look
Laurel sans Hardy C'est Paul sans Virginie Franckie sans son Johnny C'est feuilleton Monoprix Change pas de look Change pas de look Change pas de look Ou tu vas me retrouver raide devant la télé
J't'aime naturelle C'est pas compliqué J' veux t' reconnaître J't'aime pas déguisée
Milou sans son Tintin C'est Blanche-Neige sans sept nains La télé sans l'État C'est du space-opera La sardine est à l'huile Le maquereau au vin blanc Cherche pas à La Redoute Ce que tu trouves au Printemps D'façon moi y a pas de doute Ne change pas de look D'façon moi y a pas de doute Ne change pas de look
D'façon moi y a pas de doute Ne change pas de look
Lady Came From Baltimore ((aka Sussy Moore (Lollipops) - 1967)) Composer(s): Tim Hardin First recording/First release by: Bobby Darin - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Lady came from Baltimore All she wore was lace She didn't know that I was poor She never saw my place
I was there to steal her money Take her rings and run Then I fell in love with the lady Got away with none
The lady's name was Susan Moore Her daddy read the law She didn't know that I was poor And lived outside the law
Her daddy said, I was a thief And didn't marry her for love I was Susan's true belief Married her for love
I was there to steal her money To take her rings and run Then I fell in love with the lady Got away with none
The house she lived in had a wall To keep the robbers out She'd never stop to think at all If that's what I'm about
I was there to steal her money Take her rings and run Then I fell in love with the lady Got away with none
Change Partners
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Fred Astaire
and multiple other artists
Must you dance every dance With the same fortunate man? You have danced with him since the music began Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Must you dance quite so close With your lips touching his face? Can't you see I'm longing to be in his place? Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Ask him to sit this one out And while you're alone I'll tell the waiter to tell him He's wanted on the telephone
You've been locked in his arms Ever since heaven-knows-when Won't you change partners and then You may never want to change partners again
Ask him to sit this one out And while you're alone I'll tell the waiter to tell him He's wanted on the telephone
You've been locked in his arms Ever since heaven-knows-when Won't you change partners and then You may never have to change partners again