Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Most Expensive Statue In The World Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s): Philip Bourneuf, Charles Dingle, Donald McClelland and Emile Renan
Citizens of New York, I greet you With the hundred thousand dollar check The money that my readers have contributed For the pedestal of the statue
Citizens of New York, I greet you With the news that soon our flag will be unfurled On the most expensive statue in the world On the most expensive statue in the world
When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called? When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
When we finally install it What's the diff'rence what we call it? It's the best that money can buy And will stand three hundred feet high And I understand before we're through the cost may not be known A hundred thousand dollars for the pedestal alone And our flag will soon be unfurled On the most expensive statue in the world On the most expensive statue in the world
When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named? When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
When at last we come to claim it What's the diff'rence what we name it? What's important is the expense What it means in dollars and cents From the French across the ocean it was sent to me and you And now I'd like to call upon and hear a word or two From our friend the French ambassador
Your honor, I speak not for my government, but my people For it is not my government, but my people who give this statue Creation of the genius of Bartholdi May it arise in your harbor and give the light of Liberty, equality, fraternity
Finally, when we install it, why don't we call it "Liberty"? "The Statue of Liberty"! "The Statue of Liberty"! And the most expensive statue in the world! And the most expensive statue in the world!
Dès cordes d'une guitare magique Un jour le rock est né Il a traversé l'Atlantique Et il m'a tout donné Ce soir c'est jour de paie Et on va s'éclater
Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle En mettant dans le juke-box Un bon vieux rock'n'roll
Les filles dans le drugstore À chaque instant guettaient Les bagnoles américaines Où les gars frimaient En se payant des glaces coca Tout le monde dansait
Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle En mettant dans le juke-box Un bon vieux rock'n'roll
Ouais quand le rock a marqué nos vies A tout jamais Pour moi c'était bien clair Je devais le chanter Durant ma vie entière Il ne m'a pas quitté
Il faut l'aimer en étant sincère Pour le mériter On est en vie comme un vrai rocker Pour l'éternité Ce soir c'est jour de paie Et on va s'éclater
Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle En mettant dans le juke-box Un bon vieux rock'n'roll
Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle Chouette la vie est drôle En mettant dans le juke-box Un bon vieux rock'n'roll
Red, Red Wine Composer(s): Neil Diamond Performer(s): Neil Diamond
Red red wine go to my head make me forget that I still need her so Red red wine it's up to you all I can do, I've done but memories wont go No memories wont go
I'd have sworn that with time thoughts of you would leave my head I was wrong and I find just one thing makes me forget Red red wine stay close to me Don't let me be alone it's tearing apart my blue, blue heart
I'd have sworn that with time thoughts of you would leave my head I was wrong and I find just one thing makes me forget Red red wine stay close to me Don't let me be alone it's tearing apart my blue, blue heart
The Most Beguiling Eyes Composer(s): Stephen Fearing Performer(s): Clive Gregson & Christine Collister
You have the most beguiling eyes that I have ever seen They can catch me up and spin me and leave me in a dream Though the words you speak are truthful you know, you hurt me when you say that the time you spend with me is but a small part of your day
It seems that i'm the one that always comes a calling and I'm asking you away from other friends
but I'm waiting for the sounds of your step outside my door when the sun is setting low and the evening ends...
I have always thaught that the picture's what you make it and I've always believed that my actions were my own Tell me can you see that to give without recieving is bound to leave my heart like a piece of molten stone
Because it seems that I'm the one that always comes a-calling and I'm asking you away from other friends
But Im waiting for the sounds of your step outside my door when the sun is setting low and the evening ends...
Choro Bandido
Composer(s): Chico Buarque - Edú Lobo
Performer(s): Chico Buarque
and multiple other artists
Mesmo que os cantores sejam falsos como eu
Serão bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo miseráveis os poetas
Os seus versos serão bons
Mesmo porque as notas eram surdas
Quando um deus sonso e ladrão
Fez das tripas a primeira lira
Que animou todos os sons
E daí nasceram as baladas
E os arroubos de bandidos como eu
Cantando assim
Você nasceu para mim
Você nasceu para mim
Mesmo que você feche os ouvidos
E as janelas do vestido
Minha musa vai cair em tentação
Mesmo porque estou falando grego
Com sua imaginação
Mesmo que você fuja de mim
Por labirintos e alçapões
Saiba que os poetas como os cegos
Podem ver na escuridão
E eis que, menos sábios do que antes
Os seus lábios ofegantes
Hão de se entregar assim
Me leve até o fim
Me leve até o fim
Mesmo que os romances sejam falsos como o nosso
São bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo sendo errados os amantes
Seus amores serão bons
Red Red Rose Composer(s): David Mallett Performer(s): Emmylou Harris; David Mallett
You may wonder if you know me You may wonder if I care Or if I'll leave you sad and lonely Or if I'll always be right there
Well, there's no need for doubt now, darlin' 'Cause I have come to know This love of ours is no common flower You know this love is like a red, red rose
And you may wonder about this dreamer If she's all you thought she'd be And, oh, if anything but someday Ever comes from lovin' me
But hold me close and tell me darlin' That you have come to know This love I bring you is no common thing You know this love is like a red, red rose
When you're all caught up in sweet surrender Simple truth is sometimes hard to see Here between the tough times and the tender It all comes down to you and me
And you may see my heart of darkness I may stumble now and again But underneath this heart of darkness There's a heart that's lovin' you right till the end
So hold me close, come hold me, darlin' 'Cause I want you to know This love of ours is no common flower You know this love is like a red, red rose
This love of ours is no common flower You know this love is like a red, red rose
The Morning Side Of The Mountain Composer(s): Dick Manning - Larry Stock Performer(s): Tommy Edwards and multiple other artists
There was a girl, there was a boy If they had met they might have found a world of joy But she lived on the morning side of the mountain And he lived on the twilight side of the hill
They never met, they never kissed And they will never know what happiness they missed For she lived on the morning side of the mountain And he lived on the twilight side of the hill
For love's a rose that never grows Without the kiss of the morning dew And every Jack must have a Jill To know the thrill of a dream that comes true
And you and I are just like they For all we know our love is just a kiss away But you are on the morning side of the mountain And I am on the twilight side of the hill
For love's a rose that never grows Without the kiss of the morning dew And every Jack must have a Jill To know the thrill of a dream that comes true
And you and I are just like they For all we know our love is just a kiss away But you are on the morning side of the mountain And I am on the twilight side of the hill
Chopin
Composer(s): Jimmy Frey - Penny Els
Performer(s): Jimmy Frey
Heel zachtjes sluipt de nacht de dag voorbij Concerto van de dag vervaagd en zwijgt Een betoverende sonate van Chopin Verjaagt m'n eenzaamheid Heel zachtjes sluipt de nacht de dag voorbij Met beelden uit een lang vervlogen tijd Chopin vertolkt z'n angsten en z'n pijn En ik, ik wou dat jij bij mij kon zijn Geen woorden kunnen zeggen wat ik voel Want woorden zijn berekend en te koel Alleen Chopin begrijpt wat in mij leeft En die eindeloze leegte met me deelt Heel zachtjes klopt de nacht tot bij me aan M'n ogen worden zwaar M'n geest vertraagt En als Chopin me dan ook nog verlaat Laat ik je eindelijk gaan Heel zachtjes glijdt de wind aan mij voorbij Ik laat je terug gaan naar die andere tijd Zolang Chopin m'n pijn niet meer ophoudt Verlang ik niet dat jij naast mij ontwaakt
Red Wing Composer(s): Thurland Chattaway; Irving Mills Performer(s): Bob Wills; and various other artists
There once was an Indian maid a shy little prairie maid who sang all day a love song gay as through the fields she'd while the hours away She loved an Indian brave this shy little prairie maid and then one day he rode away to battle far away..
{Chorus} Oh the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying For a far far away her brave is dying and Red Wings's crying her heart away
She watched for him day and night She kept all the campfires bright And under the sky Each night she would lie And dream about his coming by and by But when all the braves returned the heart of Red Wing yearned for far far away her warrior brave fell bravely in the fray
{chorus} Now the Moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying for a far'neath his star her brave is sleeping while Redwing's weeping her heart away
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!
