Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Morning After (aka The Song from 'The Poseidon Adventure') Composer(s): Al Kasha - Joel Hirschhorn First performance: Renée Amand - 1972
There's got to be a morning after If we can hold on through the night We have a chance to find the sunshine Let's keep on looking for the light
Oh, can't you see the morning after It's waiting right outside the storm Why don't we cross the bridge together And find a place that's safe and warm
It's not too late, we should be giving Only with love can we climb It's not too late, not while we're living Let's put our hands out in time
There's got to be a morning after We're moving closer to the shore I know we'll be there by tomorrow And we'll escape the darkness We won't be searching anymore
There's got to be a morning after (There's got to be a morning after) There's got to be a morning after (There's got to be a morning after) There's got to be a morning after (There's got to be a morning after) There's got to be a morning after (There's got to be a morning after) There's got to...
Red Top Composer(s): Ben Kynard; Lionel Hampton Performer(s): Lionel Hampton; and various other artists
My little red top See how you got me spinning Going 'round and 'round And I don't want to stop You've got me so if I don't go around I'm sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop
So red top You just go right on spinning You go 'round and 'round And don't you ever stop Remember that if you don't go 'round We are sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop
My sweet little flower you win I'm spinnin' and I promise I will love you forever I know that there is no one who can thrill me No one can kill me baby like you do
And I tell the world I'm in love with you Yes I'm in love with you Any old thing you say and everything that you do So baby won't you tell me you're mine And hold me tight through the night If you love me
Gonna go spinning and spinning Don't you ever stop `Cause I'm high upon a dream And I don't wanna drop now
I would take a solo but I don't know I gotta go right on spinning It's a symbol of my little red top I gotta go right on spinning I gotta go 'round and 'round Until I tumble down and fall with a drop mornin' glory Now you know the story of my little red top
My little red top See how you got me spinning Going round and round And I don't want to stop You've got me so that if I don't go around Well I'm sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop
So red top you just keep right on spinning Going 'round and 'round And don't you ever stop, mmm-aah-uuh Remember that if you don't go around Slow down baby 'cause I'm sure gonna drop Yeah!
The More I See You Composer(s): Mack Gordon - Harry Warren First release by: Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orch. - 1945 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1966 - Gewoon... Een Man (Conny Vandenbos) 1966 - Ei Syytä Huoleen (Johnny) 2009 - Beeld Van Jou (Will Tura & Kim Buttafuoco)
Each time I look at you Is like the first time Each time you're near me The thrill is new And there is nothing That I wouldn't do for The rare delight of the sight Of you for
The more I see you The more I want you Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows With every sigh I become more mad about you More lost without you and so it goes
Can you imagine how much I love you? The more I see you as years go by I know the only one for me can only be you My arms won't free you, my heart won't try
I know the only one for me Can only be you My arms won't free you My heart won't try
Choo Choo Train
Composer(s): Donnie Fritts - Eddie Hinton
Performer(s): The Box Tops; Terry Manning; The Ventures
I got a present for brother, choo choo train And I'm just dyin to see my dear old mother Choo Choo train So don't slow down till you see my home town Choo choo train, choo choo train
I know you're not a jet aero plane But you see my baby's waitin at the station So give me just a little more exceleration Choo choo train
I got me a one-way ticket on choo choo train All my wild oats choo choo done been sown Choo choo train So don't slow down till you see my home town Choo choo train, choo choo train
I know you're not a jet plane But you see my baby's waitin at the station So give me just a little more exceleration Choo choo train, choo choo train
Can't you see the poor boys goin insane Choo choo train, choo choo train I gotta see my baby one more time Choo choo train ...
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress Composer(s): Jimmy Webb First release by: Joe Cocker - 1974 Covered by multiple other artists
See her how she flies Golden sails across the sky Close enough to touch But careful if you try Though she looks as warm as gold The moon's a harsh mistress The moon can be so cold
Once the sun did shine Lord, it felt so fine The moon a phantom rose Through the mountains and the pines And then the darkness fell And the moon's a harsh mistress It's so hard to love her well
I fell out of her eyes I fell out of her heart I fell down on my face Yes, I did, and I -- I tripped and I missed my star God, I fell and I fell alone, I fell alone And the moon's a harsh mistress And the sky is made of stone
The moon's a harsh mistress She's hard to call your own
Je suis à New York avec les meilleurs musiciens de la Ville Alors pourquoi vous en priver?
Moi, j'ai trouvé du travail à la C.I.A. Je dois remplacer l'espion qui venait du froid Soyez indulgents je débute dans le métier C'est ma première mission et je suis intimidé Mais j'ai sur moi le mot de passe qui doit me guider À tous les espions du quartier c'est
Je vais recevoir la visite d'un agent double Dans sa loge ma concierge subit l'interview D'un petit homme en béret qui veut me parler Elle lui dit: "c'est pour l'espion, montez au premier Et passez sur le paillasson, essuyez vos pieds Avant de sonner déclarez"
Mais avant d'être un espion moi j'étais plombier Pour le Watergate et "Le Canard enchaîné" Grâce à mes exploits j'ai enfin la promotion Un sticker en chocolat de super espion Mais souvent mes doute viennent me torturer Quand j'entends des voix enchantées
Red Shoes By The Drugstore Composer(s): Tom Waits Performer(s): Tom Waits; The Wedding Present
She wore red shoes by the drugstore as the rain splashed the nickel spilled like chablis along the midway theres a little bluejay in a red dress, on a sad night
one straw in a rootbeer a compact with a cracked mirror and a bottle of evening in paris perfume
he told her to wait in by the magazines he had to take care of some buisness it seems bring a raincoat and a suitcase and your dark eyes and wear those red shoes
theres a dark huddle at the bus stop umbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet li'l cesaer got caught he was going down to second he was cooled changing stations on the chamber to steal a diamond from a jewelry store for his baby he loved the way she looked in those red shoes
she waited by the drugstore cesaer had never been this late before and the dogs bayed the moon and rattled their chains and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle was the burglar alarm snitchin on ceasar
now the rain washes memories from the sidewalks and the hounds splash down the nickel full of soldiers and santa claus is drunk in the ski room and it's christmas eve in a sad cafe when the moon gets this way there's a little blue jay by the newstand wearing red shoes
so meet me tonight by the drugstore we're goin out tonight wear your red shoes
The Moonbeam Song Composer(s): Harry Nilsson First release by: Harry Nilsson - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Have you ever watched a moonbeam As it slid across your windowpane Or struggled with a bit of rain Or dance about the weathervane Or settle on a moving train And wonder where the train has been
Or on a fence with bits of crap Around its bottom Blown there by a windbeam Who searches for a moonbeam Who was last seen Looking at the tracks Of the careless windbeam Or moving to the tracks Of the tireless freight train And lighting up the sides Of the weathervane And the bits of rain And the windowpane And the eyes of those Who think they saw what happened
Have you ever watched a moonbeam As it slid across your windowpane Or struggled with a bit of rain Or dance about the weathervane Or settle on a moving train And wonder where the train has been
Ah-ah-aah-ah Ah-ah-aah-ah Ah-ah-aah-ah Looking at the tracks Of the careless windbeam And moving to the tracks Of the tireless freight train And lighting up the sides Of the weathervane And the bits of rain And the windowpane And the eyes of those Who think they saw what happened
Choo Choo Ch'boogie
((French Version: Choo Choo Ch'boogie Espion Bidon (Eddy Mitchell) - 1975))
Composer(s): Denver Darling - Milt Gabler - Vaughn Horton
First release by: Louis Jordan - 1946
Covered by multiple other artists
Headin' for the station with a pack on my back Tired of transportation in the back of a hack I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety-clack Hear the lonesome whistle, see the smoke from the stack Pal around with Democratic fellows named Mac Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, Jack
You wake up in the morning feelin' sharp as a tack You open up a pack and then you gobble a snack Then smoke a cigarette you didn't get in the pack While takin' off your shoes so you can empty the slack Ain't nothin' you can do about the dough that you lack But beat it right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, Jack
You reach your destination, but alas and alack You need some compensation to get back in the black You take a morning paper from the top of the rack And read the situation from the front to the back The only job that's open needs a man with a knack You put it right back in the rack, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, Jack
Gonna settle down by the railroad track Live the life of Riley in the beaten-down shack So when I hear the whistle I can peep through the crack And watch the train a-rollin' when it's ballin' the jack I just love the rhythm of the clickety-clack Take me right back to the track, Jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Woo woo, woo woo ch'boogie Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, Jack
Take me right back to the track, Jack! Take me right back to the track, Jack!
Red Sails In The Sunset Composer(s): Jimmy Kennedy; Tony Williams Performer(s): The Platters; and various other artists
'Twas down where fisher folk gather I wander'd far from the throng I heard a fisher girl singing And this refrain was her song
(Chorus) Red sails in the sunset 'Way out on the sea Oh! carry my loved one Home safely to me He sailed at the dawning All day I've been blue Red sails in the sunset I'm trusting in you Swift wings you must borrow Make straight for the shore We marry tomorrow And he goes sailing no more Red sails in the sunset 'Way out on the sea Oh! carry my loved one Home safely to me
Red sails, the night wind is blowing And clouds are hiding the moon Above no bright stars are glowing It means the storm's coming soon
The Moon Was Yellow Composer(s): Fred E. Ahlert - Edgar Leslie Performer(s): Frank Sinatra and multiple other artists
The moon was yellow and the night was young A smile brought us together, and I was wondring whether Wed meet again some day The moon was yellow and the song was sung That vocal inspiration gave me the inclination To give my heart away
Here we are, is our romance to continue? Will it be my luck to win you? May I look that far?
My love is mellow and my hopes are strung Around that Cupid fellow Behold, the moon is yellow and the night is young
My love is mellow and my hopes are strung Around that Cupid fellow Behold, the moon is yellow and the night is young
Red Rubber Ball Composer(s): Paul Simon; Bruce Woodley Performer(s): The Seekers; and various other artists
I should have known you'd bid me farewell There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me
And I think it's gonna be all right Yeah, the worst is over now The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball
You never cared for secrets I'd confide For you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give
And I think it's gonna be all right Yeah, the worst is over now The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball
The story's in the past with nothin' to recall I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end I bought my ticket with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend
And I think it's gonna be all right Yeah, the worst is over now The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball
Oh, oh, oh I think it's gonna be all right Yeah, the worst is over now The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball
Cho Ka Ka O
Composer(s): V. Vallay - Patrick Bousquet - Pierre Carrel
Performer(s): Annie Cordy
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho)
Dans l'île au soleil
Dans l'île aux merveilles
Y a des arbres en fleurs
Des dragons siffleurs
Et tous les enfants
Pour passer le temps
Joue du tam tam des bambous des bambous
Des toumbas en chantant cet air là
Un deux trois
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Si tu me donnes des noix de coco
Moi je te donne mes ananas
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho cho cho chocolat
Rikiki tes petits kiwis
(Rikiki tes petits kiwis)
Les babas de mes baobabs
(Les babas de mes baobabs)
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho)
Au bord de la plage
Y a des coquillages
Et des caïmans
(man man)
Des serpents rampants
(pan pan)
Du soir au matin
(tin tin)
Dans tous les recoins
(coin coin)
Les grands boas, les pandas
Les babouins, les pingouins
Chantent tous ce refrain
Trois quatre cinq
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Si tu me donnes des noix de coco
Moi je te donne mes ananas
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho cho cho chocolat
Rikiki tes petits kiwis
(Rikiki tes petits kiwis)
Les babas de mes baobabs
(Les babas de mes baobabs)
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho cacao)
(cho cho cho)
Si tu vas là-bas
Un jour tu verras
Des crabes-tambours
(bou bour)
Et des poissons-chats
(miaou)
Des orange-outan
(tan tan)
Des singes poètes
(pouet pouet)
Des kangourous, des hiboux
Et même des loups-garous
Pour chanter comme nous
Tous en chur
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Si tu me donnes des noix de coco
Moi je te donne mes ananas
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho cho cho chocolat
Rikiki tes petits kiwis
(Rikiki tes petits kiwis)
Les babas de mes baobabs
(Les babas de mes baobabs)
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Cho Ka Ka O
Cho chocolat
Red Roses For A Blue Lady Composer(s): Roy Bennett; Sid Tepper Performer(s): Vic Dana; and various other artists
I want some red roses for a blue lady Mister florist take my order please We had a silly quarrel the other day I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away
I want some red roses for a blue lady Send them to the sweetest gal in town And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick Your best white orchid for her wedding gown
(I want some red roses for a blue lady)
We had a silly quarrel the other day I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away
I want some red roses for a blue, blue lady Send them to the sweetest gal in town And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick Your best white orchid for her wedding gown
The Moon Is My Pillow Composer(s): Lytell - Manning Performer(s): Jerry Vale
The moon is my pillow a cloud is my bed The sky is the ceiling that's over my head The stars are the eyes of the angels above Who watch over me with their heavenly love
And a blanket of blue is my cover It's as big and as wide as the sky And the soft evening breeze is my music And it sings me a sweet lullabye
The moon is my pillow a cloud is my bed The sky is the ceiling that's over my head The stars are the eyes of the angels above Who watch over me with their heavenly love
