Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight Composer(s): Hank Williams First recording/First release by: Hank Williams - 1948/1949 Covered by multiple other artists
I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow Make believe that wrong is right Your wedding day will be tomorrow But there'll be no teardrops tonight
Ooh, why, oh, why should you desert me Are you doing this for spite If you only want to hurt me Then there'll be no teardrops tonight
I believe that you still love me When you wear your vail of white But you think that you're above me But there'll be no teardrops tonight
Oh shame, oh shame for what you're doing Other arms will hold you tight You don't care whose life you're ruining But there'll be no teardrops tonight
Cool For Cats Composer(s): Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook Performer(s): Squeeze
The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass The squaw is with the corporal she is tied against the tree She doesn't mind the language, it's the beating she don't need She lets loose all the horses when the corporal is asleep And he wakes to find the fires dead and arrows in his hat And Davy Crockett rides around and says it's cool for cats It's cool for cats
The Sweeny's doing ninety 'cause they've got the word to go To get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow They're counting out the fivers when the handcuffs lock again In and out of Wandsworth with the numbers on their names It's funny how their Missus' always looks the bleeding same And meanwhile at the station there's a couple of likely lads Who swear like how's your father and they're very cool for cats They're cool for cats
To change the mood a little I've been posing down the pub I'm seeing my reflection, I'm looking slightly rough I fancy this, I fancy that, I wanna be so flash I give a little muscle and I spend a little cash But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash And by the time I'm sober I've forgotten what I've had And everybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat Cool for cats
Shape up at the disco when I think I've got a pull I ask her lots of questions as she hangs on to the wall I kiss her for the first time and then I take her home I'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone She likes to go to discos but she's never on her own I said I'll see you later and I give her some old chat But it's not like that on the TV when it's cool for cats It's cool for cats
Rue Lepic Composer(s): Pierre Jacob; Michel Emer Performer(s): Yves Montand; Patachou; Serge Uberti
Rue Lepic Dans lmarché qui séveill Dès le premier soleil Sur les fruits et les fleurs Viennnt danser les couleurs Rue Lepic Voiturs de quatr saisons Offrent tout à foison Tomats rougs, raisins verts Melons dor zet primvèrs Au public Et les cris des marchands Sentremêlnt en un chant Et le murmur des commers Fait comme le bruit dla mer Rue Lepic Et ça grouille et ça vit Dans cett vieill rue dParis
Rue Lepic Il y a des cabots Et des gosss à Poulbot Aux frimousses vermeils Qui sprélassent au soleil Mais surtout Il y a un bell fill Aussi bell que lété Ell marche en espadrills Et rit en liberté Rue Lepic Et la rue est tout fièr De son beau regard clair Et de sa bell santé Et qui la enfantée Et toujours La fill avec amour À sa rue dit bonjour Et la rue extasiée La regarde passer Et la rue Monte, monte toujours Vers Montmarter, là-haut Vers ses moulins si beaux Ses moulins tout là-haut Rue Lepic
There'll Always Be An England Composer(s): Ross Parker - Hughie Charles Performer(s): Vera Lynn and multiple other artists
I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen May this fair dear land we love so well In dignity and freedom dwell Though worlds may change and go awry While there is still one voice to cry...
There'll always be an England While there's a country lane Wherever there's a cottage small Beside a field of grain There'll always be an England While there's a busy street Wherever there's a turning wheel A million marching feet
Red, white and blue What does it mean to you? Surely you're proud, shout it aloud "Britons, awake!" The empire too, we can depend on you Freedom remains These are the chains Nothing can break
There'll always be an England And England shall be free If England means as much to you As England means to me
Cool Disposition Composer(s): Sonny Boy Williamson Performer(s): Sonny Boy Williamson
My baby a kind hearted woman, so lovely and so sweet she's so kind Yeah, she's a kind hearted woman, so lovely and so sweet she's so kind She's got such a cool disposition, she just makes me love her all the time
She got me doin' things, people I just can't sleep at night She got me doin' things, you know boys I just can't sleep at night I don't eat my breakfast in the mornin', and my teeth and tongue begin to fight
Yes, she's 41 through the shoulders, 29 in the waist I'll never find another woman, to take my baby's place She's so lovin', she's so sweet she's so kind She's got such a cool disposition, makes me love her all the time
Rue De La Soif Composer(s): Bernard Lavilliers Performer(s): Bernard Lavilliers
ell' m'avait dit si tu m'plaques si tu t'en vas, si tu craques j'te fous six balles dans la peau j'te découpe en p'tits morceaux j'te balance dans le caniveau ce s'ra ton dernier tango t'es un raté du mélo je suis mort d'une rafale dans le port, je m'étale je filais à l'anglaise avec une cancalaise j'lui ai dit tu n'vas quand même pas m'flinguer mais réfléchis aux années qu'tu vas tirer rien à branler t'es qu'une ordure un falot elle sort son flingue avec un rire de dingue me troue la peau je suis mort, je rigole sans éfforts, j'suis à l'aise lézardé plus d'malaises toutes les nuits je fonce dans la rue de la soif j'm'envoie des demis du champ et des triples scotch on est tous là tous les amants de la belle tous dans les bars sous des néons bizarres on se rappelle elle nous disait si vous m'plaquez si vous craquez vous partez j'vous fous six balles dans la peau j'vous découpe en p'tits morceaux j'vous balance dans le caniveau ce s'ra vot' dernier tango v's êtes des ratés du mélo des obsédés du solo on est mort d'une rafale dans le port on s'étale on filait à l'anglaise avec une cancalaise c'est bizarre c'était la même celle qui a fourni le pétard celle qui jurait un grand amour éternel celle qu'est bilingue avec un rire de dingue on s'rappelle
Tu Vedrai ((Adapted from: Don't Play That Song (Ben E. King) - 1962)) ((French Version: Pas Cette Chanson (Johnny Hallyday) - 1962)) Composer(s): Ahmet Ertegun - Betty Nelson - Micky Del Prete - Don Backy Performer(s): Ricky Gianco - 1962
Tu vedrai... Tu vedrai... Tu vedrai... Tu vedrai... La luce verrà, la luce verrà dall'alto del ciel o no, no, no, no, non disperar tu non ti perderai perché nel suo immenso amor la mano ti porgerà la mano ti porgerà E nel vento farà udire la sua voce e se tu l'ascolterai dalla notte un astro sorgerà... allora (coro): Tu vedrai (voce): La luce del sol (coro): Tu vedrai (voce): L'azzurro del mar (coro): Tu vedrai (voce): Le stelle brillar, brillar, nel regno del Signor
Cool Change
Composer(s): Glenn Shorrock
Performer(s): Little River Band
and multiple other artists
If there's one thing in my life that's missing It's the time that I spend alone Sailing on the cool and bright clear water Lots of those friendly people And they're showing me ways to go And I never want to lose their inspiration It's time for a cool change I know that it's time for a cool change Now that my life is so prearranged I know that it's time for a cool change
Well I was born in the sign of water And it's there that I feel my best The albatross and the whales they are my brothers It's kind of a special feeling When you're out on the sea alone Staring at the full moon, like a lover Time for a cool change I know that it's time for a cool change Now that my life is so prearranged I know that it's time for a cool change
I've never been romantic And sometimes I don't care I know it may sound selfish But let me breathe the air Let me breathe the air...
If there's one thing in my life that's missing It's the time that I spend alone Sailing on the cool and bright clear water It's kind of a special feeling When you're out on the sea alone Staring at the full moon, like a lover
Time for a cool change I know that it's time for a cool change Now that my life is so prearranged I know that it's time for a cool change
Now it's time it's time it's time it's time For a cool change MMM MMM I know it's time for a cool change Well, now that my life is so prearranged I know I know I know I know That it's time for a cool change Yes it is, yes it is yes it is Time for a cool change...
Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink Composer(s): Frank Zappa Performer(s): Frank Zappa
Hi and howdy doody I'm a union man You can call me Rudy Any of you boys not paid up on your cards?
You know I'm pleased to meet ya Been tryin' all day to reach ya The union's here to help everyone of you rock 'n' roll stars Rock 'n' Roll stars
You always know we care so much about the way they treat ya
They say they got a lot of reasons every day..
Just to get A chance to meet you To check and see No wrong been done That's one good reason I carry a gun
I hope the bulge Don't bum you out Wanna get a good look? Let me pull it right out! Let me pull it right out! Let me pull it right out! Let me whip it right out!
Hi and howdy doody I'm a union man You can call me Rudy Any of you boys not paid up on your cards?
You know I'm pleased to meet ya Been tryin all day to reach ya The union's here to help everyone of you rock 'n' roll stars Hahahaha!
Welcome to Chicago Welcome to L.A. Welcome to our local here You'll always hear me say
The work is here It's a couple a bucks I'm sure you're glad to pay Whip it out, here is your receipt Now I'll go away, now I'll go away... Now I'll go away, now I'll go away... Away-y-y! Away-y-y! Away-y-y! Doowah
Pas Cette Chanson ((Adapted from: Don't Play That Song (Ben E. King) - 1962)) ((Italian Version: Tu Vedrai (Ricky Gianco) - 1962)) Composer(s): Ahmet Ertegun - Betty Nelson - Ralph Bernet Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday - 1962
Pas cette chanson Pas cette chanson Pas cette chanson Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non
Ne joue pas cet air là Qui me rappelle autrefois Oublie le s'il le faut Ne touche pas à ce piano
Oh, non, ne le joue pas Mon coeur n'y tiendrait pas De l'entendre, je le sais Je me souviendrais qu'elle disait Disait
Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Tu mens, oui, oui, oui
Et plus d'un violon pleurait Dans l'ombre où nos coeurs se parlaient Notre amour était si grand Que tout le ciel tenait dedans Et depuis Si quelqu'un fredonne Mon coeur s'abandonne J'entends jouer des violons J'entends sa chanson et sa voix qui disait Disait
Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Toi, que j'aime Mais tu sais que tu mens Tu mens, oui, oui, oui
Where's My Sweetie Hiding? Composer(s): Tommie Malie; Addy Britt; Jack Little; Dick Finch Performer(s): Original Prague Syncopated Orch. and multiple other artists
Where's my sweetie hiding?
Gee, but I'd like to know Wonder what made her go?
Where has she been hiding? Though I've looked every place Not a trace of her face
I think I'll advertize for her in the news I realize that love's the cure for my blues
Where, where, where's my sweetie hiding? Wonder if she'll come back to me?
Theres A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas Composer(s): Ernest Tubb Performer(s): Ernest Tubb and multiple other artists
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas Just look around and you will see
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas And a whole lot of Texas in me
There are forty-seven states around it And each of them have treasures of their own And everything they boast of I sure found it But weve got them all right here at home
Now if love O sunny California Or perhaps the hills of Tennessee No matter what you love just come to Texas And Ill bet my boots you will agree
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas And really Im not bragging you see
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas And a whole lot of Texas in me
Ah Tommy Jackson now Instrumentals
Now if love O sunny California Or perhaps the hills of Tennessee No matter what you love just come to Texas And Ill bet my boots youll agree
Now if love O sunny California Or perhaps the hills of Tennessee No matter what you love just come to Texas And Ill bet my boots youll agree
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas And really Im not bragging you see
There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas And a whole lot of Texas in me
Cool
Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein - Stephen Sondheim
Performer(s): Tucker Smith
The Drugstore - Midnight (The Jets await the arrival of the Sharks for the "War Council" The atmosphere is tense, jumpy)
Riff: Boy, boy, crazy boy Get cool, boy! Got a rocket in your pocket Keep coolly cool, boy! Don't get hot 'Cause, man, you got Some high times ahead Take it slow and Daddy-o You can live it up and die in bed! Boy, boy, crazy boy Stay loose, boy! Breeze it, buzz it, easy does it Turn off the juice, boy! Go, man, go But not like a yo-yo Schoolboy Just play it cool, boy Real cool!
Fugue (Frenetic dance)
Jets: Boy, boy, crazy boy Stay loose, boy! ... Schoolboy...
Riff: Just play it cool, boy Real cool!
(The Sharks enter Riff challenges Bernardo and they agree on a fair fight the best man from each gang to slug it out)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town Composer(s): Mel Tillis Performer(s): Mel Tillis; and various other artists
You've painted up your lips And rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating Going out somewhere The shadow on the wall Tells me the sun is going down Oh Ruby Don't take your love to town
It wasn't me That started that old crazy Asian war But I was proud to go And do my patriotic chore And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be Oh, Ruby I still need some company
It's hard to love a man Whose legs are bent and paralysed And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize, But it won't be long I've heard them say until I'm not around Oh Ruby Don't take your love to town
She's leaving now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door The way I know I've heard it Some 100 times before And if I could move I'd get my gun And put her in the ground Oh Ruby Don't take your love to town
There, I've Said It Again Composer(s): David Mann - Redd Evans First release by: Benny Carter & His Orch. - 1941 Covered by multiple other artists
I love you, there's nothing to hide It's better than burning inside I love you, no use to pretend There! I've said it again
I've said it, what more can I say Believe me, there's no other way I love you, I will to the end There! I've said it again
I try to drum up A phrase that will sum up All that I feel for you But what good are phrases The thought that amazes Is that you love me And it's heavenly
Forgive me for wanting you so But one thing I want you to know I've loved you since heaven knows when There! I've said it again
Cook's Country
Composer(s): Pete Townshend
Performer(s): The Who
People are suffering I'll say it again People are suffering I'll say it again People are suffering I'll say it again So remember when you're looking for trouble That trouble is already busy with weaker men
People are hungry I'll say it again People are hungry I'll say it again People are hungry I'll say it again So don't you abuse that body It'll snap without assistance my friends
The song goes on I'll sing again until the music enervates The song goes on The sting of pain will dull and finally fade away The song goes on Through centuries of history it reverberates The song goes on On curving comets track the music makes it way This song is so long It ends up where it begins
People are lonely I'll say it again People are lonely I'll say it again People are lonely I'll say it again So don't let them run too far from home You'll be alone for sure on that you can depend
People are bleeding I'll say it again People are bleeding I'll say it again People are bleeding I'll say it again So put away that switchblade knife Tighten up the knot that'll help this bloodshed end
The song goes on - the song goes on This song Is so long It ends up where it begins
People are suffering I'll say it again and again People are hungry I'll say it again and again People are lonely I'll say it again and again
Ruby Tuesday Composer(s): Mick Jagger; Keith Richards Performer(s): The Rolling Stones; and various other artists
She would never say where she came from Yesterady don't matter if it's gone While the sun is bright Or in the darkest night No one knows, she comes and goes
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I'm gonna miss you
Don't question why she needs to be so free She'll tell you it's the only way to be She just can't be chained To a life where nothing's gained And nothing's lost, at such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I'm gonna miss you
"There's no time to lose", I heard her say Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind Ain't life unkind?
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I'm gonna miss you
There Won't Be Anymore Composer(s): Charlie Rich First release by: Charlie Rich - 1965
Don't wait for the postman If you're looking for a letter from me There won't be anymore There won't be anymore
And don't sit by your telephone If you're waiting for a call from me There won't be anymore There won't be anymore
Don't think of the love we had Til you turned bad And broke my loving heart And when your heart is breaking And you need some loving from me There won't be anymore There won't be anymore
Don't think of the love we had Til you turned bad And broke my loving heart And when your heart is breaking And you need some loving from me There won't be anymore There won't be anymore
Convoy
Composer(s): Bill Fries - Chip Davis
First release: C.W. McCall - 1975
Covered by multiple other artists
Uh, Breaker One-Nine, this here's the Rubber Duck You got a copy on me Pig-Pen? C'mon
Uh, yeah 10-4 Pig Pen, fer sure, fer sure By golly it's clean clear to Flag-Town, C'mon
Uh, yeah, that's a big 10-4 Pig-Pen Yeah, we definitely got us the front door good buddy Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy
Was the dark of the moon, on the sixth of June In a Kenworth, pullin' logs Cabover Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs We 'as headin' fer bear on I-One-Oh 'Bout a mile outta Shaky-Town I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck An' I'm about to put the hammer on down
'Cause we gotta little ol' convoy, rockin' through the night Yeah we gotta little ol' convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on an' join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna git in our way We're gonna roll this truckin' convoy, cross the USA Convoy... Convoy...
Uh, breaker Pig-Pen, this here's The Duck Uh, you wanna back off them hogs 10-4, 'bout five mile or so, 10-roger Them hogs is gittin' in-tense up here
By the time we got into Tulsa-Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But they's a road block up on the clover leaf An' them bears 'as wall to wall Yeah them smokies 'as thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear-in-the-air I sez callin' all trucks, this here's The Duck We about to go a huntin' bear
'Cause we gotta great big convoy, rockin' through the night Yeah we gotta great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on an' join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna git in our way We're gonna roll this truckin' convoy, cross the USA Convoy... Convoy...
Uh, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that Pig-Pen? Uh, negatory Pig-Pen, yer still too close Yeah, them hogs is startin' close up my sinuses Mercy sakes, you better back off another ten
Well we rolled up interstate fourty-four Like a rocket sled on rails We tore up all a our swindle sheets An' left 'em settin' on the scales By the time we hit that Chi-Town Them bears was a gittin' smart They'd brought up some reinforcements From the Illinois National Guard There 'as armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps An' rigs of every size Yeah them chicken coops 'as full a bears An' choppers filled the skies Well we shot the line, an' we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks And eleven long-haired friends of Jesus In a chartreusse microbus
Hey Sod Buster, listen You wanna put that microbus in behind the suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin dynamite He needs all the help he can git
Well we laid a strip fer the Jersey Shore An' prepared to cross the line I could see the bridge 'as lined with bears But I didn't have a doggone dime I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck We just ain't a gonna pay no toll So we crashed the gate doin' ninety-eight I sez, let them truckers roll, 10-4
'Cause we gotta mighty convoy, rockin' through the night Yeah we gotta mighty convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on an' join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna git in our way We're gonna roll this truckin' convoy, cross the USA Convoy... Convoy...
Uh, 10-4 Pig-Pen, what's yer 20? Omaha?! Well they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure Well mercy sakes alive good buddy We gonna back on outta here So keep the bugs off yer glass An' the bears off yer... tail We gonna catch ya on the flip-flop This here's the Rubber Duck on the side We gone Bye, Bye...
