Zai Zai Zai
((aka Elke Keer Opnieuw (Championettes) - 1994))
((Adapted from: Uno Tranquillo (Riccardo Del Turco) - 1967))
Composer(s): Lorenzo Pilat - Mario Panzeri - Daniele Pace - Charles Kompagne
Performer(s): Ben Cramer - 1974

Versions In Other Languages: 
1967 - Suddenly You Love Me (The Tremeloes)
1968 - Siffler Sur La Colline (Joe Dassin)
1969 - Többet Ér A Boldogságom (Ambrus Kyri)



Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai

Sinds die dag dat ik je zag schat, daar in Rome in de zon
'k Sprak jouw taal niet maar je lach had iets dat ik niet laten kon
Jouw te vragen "si espresso, si espresso weet ik veel"
Na een uurtje langzaam praten viel een kusje mij ten deel
Zeg me na

1 en 1 is twee en jij en ik zijn dus die twee
Niets is meer belangrijk, al 't and're telt niet mee
1 en 1 is twee dat is genoeg voor jou en mij
In ons eigen taaltje kwamen er drie woordjes bij
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai

Als ik weer naar Rome kom schat, viva Rome dat ben jij
Let eens op een knaap met rozen, kijk eens goed dan zie je mij
'k Heb een woordenboek verslonden, erg veel wijzer werd ik niet
Maar wat ik nu heb gevonden is het einde van een lied
Zeg me na

Een en een is twee en jij en ik zijn dus die twee
Niets is meer belangrijk, al 't and're telt niet mee
Een en een is twee dat is genoeg voor jou en mij
In ons eigen taaltje kwamen er drie woorden bij
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai

Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai

Een en een is twee en jij en ik zijn dus die twee
Niets is meer belangrijk, al 't and're telt niet mee
Een en een is twee dat is genoeg voor jou en mij
In ons eigen taaltje kwamen er drie woordjes bij
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai
Zai zai zai zai

Ohoh
Wohoh
Wohoh
Wohoh
Wohoh

You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without
Composer(s): Allen Frizzell; Bo Roberts
Performer(s): Gene Watson



You've been staying out late almost every night
While I sit home and wait for you
Sometimes until it's daylight
You think that I'm a fool
That I don't know what it's all about
But I think that you're out doing
What I'm here doing without

Girl, I wanna tell you that you're
Late hours are bringing me down
You're so tired when you come home at night
That you don't even care that I'm around
If you'd just love me like you used to
You'd make me wanna jump and shout
But, I think that you're out doing
What I'm here doing without

What I'm here doing without

It's a sad situation when you don't
Get no loving at home
And if you don't watch your step, girl
You're gonna find yourself all alone
Still, you think that you can get by
As long as you can keep me in doubt
But I think that you're out doing
What I'm here doing without

I don't know how long that I can put up with
What you're putting me through
Half the time I don't know
Where you are or what you are up to
And you don't even care when
You think that I'm a little put out
And I think that you're out doing
What I'm here doing without

Well I know that you're out doing
What I'm here doing without

Easy As Pie
Composer(s): Les Brown - Kim Gannon
Performer(s): Doris Day



Easy as pie, anyone can do it
Easy as pie, soon as you're hep
Easy as pie, there is nothin' to it
Baby, give out with the step

Easy as pie, get yourself a'jumpin'
Easy as pie, make like a frog
Give it a try, let me tell you somethin'
It's like rollin' off a log

When your feet start to beat
To the heat of the rhythm
You can do wonders with `em
They will really smoke and that's no joke

Let yourself go, do it in a hurry
Get outa low, get into high
Let yourself go, baby never worry
You can learn as easy as pie

Let yourself go, do it in a hurry
Get outa low, get into high
Let yourself go, baby never worry
You can learn as easy as pie

Trip, Stumble And Fall
Composer(s): John Phillips - Michelle Phillips
Performer(s): The Mamas & the Papas; Coco Montoya



You're gonna trip, stumble, and fall
And though I know you're having a ball
You'd better listen my friend
(Oh listen my friend, yeah...)
This is the end 
(This could be the end...)
Someone's gonna make you crawl
(Someone's gonna make you crawl)
You're gonna stumble and fall

You've no respect (no respect)
You see it; you grab it (you see it; you grab it)
You've got yourself (you've got yourself...)
A very bad habit (a habit, yeah)
You know you're on soft ground
(Oh, you're on soft ground)
You'd better look around
(Yeah, you better look around)
One wrong step and that's all
(One wrong step and that's all)
You're gonna stumble and fall

Some little bird is gonna put her eye on you, yeah
And when she does you know you're gonna be blue 
You're gonna be...(yeah, yeah, yeah)
Blue

Then you're gonna trip (trip), stumble, and fall
(Trip, stumble, and fall...)
And when you land (and when you land...)
It's no fun at all (it's no fun at all)
You'd better listen, my friend
(Oh, listen my... won't you listen my...)
Yeah, this is the end
(This could be the...)
Someone 's gonna make you crawl
(Someone's gonna make you crawl)
You're gonna stumble and fall

(Down, down, down, down)

You've never been burned
But everybody's somebody's fool (yeah)
And when it's your turn to burn
You'll know that it's cruel
You're gonna be a...(yeah, yeah, yeah)
Fool

You're gonna trip (trip), stumble, and fall
(Trip stumble and fall...)
And when you land (and when you land...)
It's no fun at all (it's no fun at all)
You're gonna trip (trip, stumble), trip, stumble, stumble and fall
You're gonna trip (trip, stumble), trip, stumble, stumble and fall
You're gonna trip (trip, stumble), trip, stumble, stumble and fall
You're gonna trip (trip), stumble (stumble)
Trip (trip), stumble and fall

I Promise You
Composer(s): Alice Faye; Sammy Lerner; Ben Oakland
Performer(s): Kay Kyser
and multiple other artists



I promise you with heart sincere
That I will always love you dear
That when you need me I'll be near
I promise you

I promise you I'll build a shrine
Where we can keep our love divine
Until the very end of time
I promise you

With every dawn that I awaken
I know my chances will increase
To keep the vow I've taken
To see that your joys never cease

I promise you your heart will sing
In what will seem eternal spring
I'll try to bring you everything
I promise you

With every dawn that I awaken
I know my chances will increase
To keep the vow I've taken
To see that your joys never cease

I promise you your heart will sing
In what will seem eternal spring
I'll try to bring you everything
I promise you

Easy
Composer(s): Lionel Richie
First release by: The Commodores - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists



Now it sounds funny
But I just can't stand the pain
Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
Seems to me girl
You know I've done all I can
You see I begged, stole
And I borrowed
Ooh, that's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
Why in the world
Would anyboddy put charms on eme?
I've paid my dues to make it
Everbody wants me to be
What they want me to be
I'm not happy when I try to fake it!
No!
Ooh,that's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
I wanna be high, so high
I wanna be free to know
The things I do are right
I wanna be free
Just me, babe!
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday morning
Because I'm easy
Easy like Sunday morning
Because I'm easy
Easy like Sunday morning

Trip Around The Sun
Composer(s): Al Anderson - Stephen Bruton - Sharon Vaughn
Performer(s): Al Anderson
and multiple other artists



Here I’m singin’ happy birthday
Better think about the about the wish I make
This year gone by ain’t been a piece of cake
Everyday’s a revolution
Pull it together and it comes undone
Just one more candle and a trip around the sun

I’m just hangin’ on while this old world keeps spinning
And it’s good to know it’s out of my control
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all this livin’
Is that it wouldn’t change a thing if I let go

No you never see it comin’
Always wind up wonderin’ where it went
Only time will tell if it was time well spent
It’s another revelation
Celebrating what I should have done
With these souvenirs of my trip around the sun

I’m just hangin’ on while this old world keeps spinning
And it’s good to know it’s out of my control
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all this livin’
Is that it wouldn’t change a thing if I let go

I’m just hangin’ on while this old world keeps spinning
And it’s good to know it’s out of my control
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all this livin’
Is that it wouldn’t change a thing if I let go

Yes I’ll make a resolution
That I’ll never make another one
Just enjoy this ride on my trip around the sun
Just enjoy this ride... until it's done

I Promise You
Composer(s): Harold Arlen; Johnny Mercer
Performer(s): Bing Crosby & Betty Hutton
and multiple other artists



Hate to be pedantic, or too darn romantic
But gee, these goodbyes do things to my eyes
So I hope that the same old phrase still applies....

I promise you a faithful heart
One that has always been free
At night there's a handful of stars
That I pretend belong to me

I promise you that rich or poor
I would be happy to share
The arms you have taken possession of
The sun on the meadow, afire in the shadow
I promise you I'll be there

A faithful heart, a star or two
And I'll be there, I promise you

I promise you

I would be happy to share
The arms you have taken possession of
The sun on the meadow, afire in the shadow
I promise you I'll be there

A faithful heart, a star or two
And I'll be there, I promise you

Eastern Rain
Composer(s): Joni Mitchell
Performer(s): Fairport Convention; Richard Thompson



Rain comes from the east one night
We watch it come
To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun
Water dripping from our clothes
You, with raindrops on your nose
Ask me sadly, "Please don't go away, love"
"Till the rain is done," I say, "I'll stay now"

Rain outside but inside we don't mind at all
Shadows by the fire
Slowly climb and fall
Kisses fade and leave no trace
Whispers vanish into space
None will send me on a chase to nowhere
What matters if I were the first to go there?

Morning comes up from the east
We watch it come
And far away now rolls the angry rain god's drum
You, with daybreak in your eyes
Afraid to speak for telling lies
I watch you search for some reply to lend me
But when the rain is done we'll stop pretending

Atrás Do Trio Elétrico
Composer(s): Caetano Veloso
Performer(s): Caetano Veloso; Nara Leão



Atrás do trio elétrico
só não vai quem já morreu
Quem já botou pra quebrar
Aprendeu, que é do outro lado
Do lado de lá do lado
Que é do lado de lá

O Sol é seu
O som é meu
Quero morrer
Quero morrer já
O som é seu
O sol é meu
Quero viver
Quero viver lá

Nem quero saber se o diabo
Nasceu, foi na Bahia
O trio elétrico
O Sol morreu
No meio-dia
No meio-dia

I Promise To Remember
Composer(s): Jimmy Smith; Jimmy Castor
Performer(s): The Jimmy Castor Bunch
and multiple other artists



I promise to love you no matter what you do
I want you, I need you, I love you through and through
I promise, promise to be true

I promise to remember the meaning of romance
If I've done something wrong, give me one more chance
I promise, promise to be true

My darling I have promised to give you my heart
Oh darling promise me we will never part
I know I'm not a king and I'm not very wise
But one thing you must realize

I promise to remember the meaning of romance
If I've done something wrong, give me one more chance
I promise, promise to be true

My darling I have promised to give you my heart
Oh darling promise me we will never part
I know I'm not a king and I'm not very wise
But one thing you must realize

I promise to remember the meaning of romance
If I've done something wrong, give me one more chance
I promise, promise to be true

Easter Theatre
Composer(s): Andy Partridge
Performer(s): XTC



Gold sun rolls around
Chocolate nipple brown
Tumble from your arms
Like the ground your breasts swell
Land awake from sleep
Hares will kick and leap
Flowers climb erect
Smiling from the moist kiss of her rainbow mouth
Stage left
Enter easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk
Stage right
Now the son has died, the father can be born
Stand up
If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke
New life
We'd applaud a new life
Odin mounts the tree
Bleeds for you and me
Splashing on the lamb
Gamboling with spring's step
Buds will laugh and burst
Racing to be first
Turning all the soil
As the promptress fingers through her spinning script
Stage left
Enter easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk
Stage right
Now the son has died, the father can be born
Stand up
If we'd all breathe in and blow away the smoke
New life
We'd applaud a new life
Easter... in her bonnet
Easter... in her hair
Easter... are the ribbons
She tied everywhere

Trinke, Liebchen, Trinke Schnell
Composer(s): Johann Strauss Jr.



Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell
Trinken macht die Augen hell
Sind die schoenen Aüglein klar
Siehst du alles licht und wahr
Siehst, wie heisse Lieb' ein Traum
Der uns aeffet sehr
Siehst wie ew'ge Treue Schaum
So was gibt's nicht mehr!
Flieht auch manche Illusion
Die dir einst dein Herz erfreut
Gibt der Wein dir Tröstung schon
Durch Vergessenheit!
Glücklich ist, wer vergisst
Was doch nicht zu ändern ist
Kling, kling, sing, sing, sing
Trink mit mir, sing mit mir
Lalala, lalala...

I Pretend
Composer(s): Barry Mason; Les Reed
Performer(s): Des O'Connor



Sitting here so lonely in the firelight 
Listening for a footstep on the stairs 
All I have to talk to is the moonlight 
Shining on an empty chair 

So I'll pretend, your loving arms are reaching out for me 
Yes I'll pretend, and though my eyes are closed I still can see 
As I pretend, the world is new and like it used to be 
One day our love must end 
Till then I'll just pretend 

Something made her change, what could it be now 
Wish I knew exactly what I'd done 
If there's someone else I'll set you free now 
Guess I've lost and he has won 

So I'll pretend, your loving arms are reaching out for me 
Yes I'll pretend, and though my eyes are closed I still can see 
As I pretend, the world is new and like it used to be 
One day our love must end 
Till then I'll just pretend 
One day our love must end 
Till then I'll just pretend

Easter Parade
((Adapted from: Smile And Show Your Dimple (Samuel Ash) - 1918))
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
First performance/First release by: Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb - 1933/Leo Reisman and His Orch. - 1933
Covered by multiple other artists



Never saw you look quite so pretty before
Never saw you dressed quite so lovely, what's more
I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely 
Easter morning
And my heart beat fast as I came through the door for

In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade 
I'll be all in clover, and when they look you over
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade
On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade
In my Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it
I'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade
You'll be all in clover, and when they look me over
You'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade
On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure
Oh, you may write a sonnet about my Easter bonnet
And of the girl you're taking to the Easter Parade

Trilogía Del Hombre Frustrado
Composer(s): Willy Chirino
Performer(s): Willy Chirino



Trepando Paredes
Voy a contarte
Que las mujeres son de Venus
Y los hombres son de Marte

Cuando yo la vi con su escote abierto
No me lo podía creer
Es de esas mujeres que revive a un muerto
Y te puede enloquecer

Fui y le pregunté cómo se llamaba
(Mercedes) me contestó
Invítame a un trago que estoy exaltada
Y este macho ni pensó

Siéntate a mi lado, quédate conmigo
Que tengo mucho calor (me dijo)
Hoy me hice un tatuaje justo en el ombligo
Y ando sin ropa interior (alaba'o)

Me pidió disculpas, dijo que volvía
(No te muevas) me insistió
Me tiró tres besos mientras sonreía
Pero nunca regresó (y me dejó)

(Trepando paredes)
(Así me dejó Mercedes)


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El Duelo
¡Yo necesito cariño!
¿Y ahora qué hago con el niño?

La vi sentada en la barra sola
Y a un duelo me desafió
Yo siempre listo a usar mi pistola
A su casa me llevó

Con pasión la ropa se quita
Y cuando yo iba a disparar
Con horror se levanta y grita
¡Corre que te va a matar!

Ponte la camisa y el pantalón
Métete en el closet que allí viene mi marido


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Las Hormonas
¡Van dos veces que me escacho!
¿Y qué hago con el muchacho?

Las hormonas tienen la culpa de to'
Son el más salvaje castigo de Dios
Las hormonas tienen la culpa de tó
Yo no hago esas cosas, ése no soy yo

Me cambian la perspectiva
Y la personalidad
No interesa mi firmeza o fuerza de voluntad
Le sacan el jugo a mis devaneos
Saben de la pata de donde cojeo
Me tientan de día, me atacan de noche
Saben cuándo me patina el cloche.

Las hormonas tienen la culpa de to'
Son el más salvaje castigo de Dios
Las hormonas tienen la culpa de tó
Yo no hago esas cosas, ése no soy yo

La lala yala a
La lala yala é 

I Pledge My Love
Composer(s): Dino Fekaris; Freddie Perren
Performer(s): Peaches & Herb



Always together, together forever
Always together forever
I will love you till the day I die
I know this now and my love won't run dry
You came along my life has begun
Two hearts are now beating as though they were one
Like the stars that make the night so bright
You shine on me with a love that's so right
A love that is lasting
A love that's so pure
Each time I feel it
It makes me more sure
Like a flower in a fairy tale I blossomed out
From a source that won't fall, love that is lasting
And love that is pure and each time I feel it
It makes me more sure

I know with all my heart we'll never part
For this is the day when our love comes alive
And I mean what I say as I stand here sayin
I pledge my love to you
I pledge my love is true
I pledge my life to you
I do my dear
I do my dear

Like a river finds the deep blue sea
Love took your hand
And led you to me
This is the us that I'll never forget
Both sparkling with love
But happy we met

I know with all my heart we'll never part
For this is the day when our love comes alive
And I mean what I say and I want you to know that
I pledge my love to you
I pledge my love is true
I pledge my life to you
I do my dear
I do my dear

I'm so proud to have you by my side
You be my strength and I'll be your guide
You are the one you're a dream that is real
Heaven has sent you it's love that I feel

I know with all my heart we'll never part
For this is the day when our love comes alive
And I mean what I say if somebody should ask me
I pledge my love to you
I pledge my love is true
I pledge my life to you
I do my dear
I do my dear, I do
I pledge my love to you 

Easter Lilies
Composer(s): Ralph McTell
Performer(s): Ralph McTell



For a long time she stood in the flower shop window
The daffodils dearest at this time of year
Inside she emptied her purse on the counter
"I want to buy all of the daffodils here"

By her eyes it was plain to see she'd been crying
As she tucked back a strand of loose hair from her face
"I want to spend all of my money on flowers
And I need every daffodil here in this place"

Clutching her harvest, a cornsheaf of flowers
She clambered aboard the late rush hour tram
And by Shweigaardsgate, a small pool of water
Had formed on the floor as if wrung from her hands

It just seemed to add to the lost look about her
As the grey rattling city went grumbling past
She sat like a small child testing for butter
Her face lit in yellow from the flowers tighly clasped

Once in her apartment, she lay down the blooms
And divided them up into glasses and jars
Till daffodils filled every space in the room
Then she lit every candle she found in the house

She bathed and she dressed and corked open champagne
Which made pigeons fly from her windowsills
Then closing the curtains on birds in the rain
She stood among flickering daffodils

Surrounded and centred, she pondered her feelings
Sofa'd and cushioned on feathers she lay
Holding on to the pillows, lest she float to the ceiling
And just like the cigarette smoke, drift away

She wondered just where the wind might deliver
An unwritten letter, a torn envelope
Though candlelight warmed, she suddenly shivered
And the yellow flowers shimmered with brightness and hope

'Leven-Thirty Saturday Night
Composer(s): Earl Burtnett - Bell Grantham Jess Kirkpatrick
Performer(s): Earl Burtnett
and multiple other artists



All events of consequence in history
Are mysteries as to the time they happened
My event was Heaven sent and you can bet
I can't forget the time

For it was at the dance, I was in a trance
'Leven-thirty Saturday night
And in my arms I held a world of charms
'Leven-thirty Saturday night

At eight my fate had just begun
It grew quite late before love had won
Ooh, can't you see, she accepted me
'Leven-thirty Saturday night
Ooh, baby, 'leven-thirty Saturday night

Now, when I met my pet, my little sugar pet
'Leven-thirty Saturday night
I felt so weak, I could hardly speak
But finally I got over my fright

And through my fear, she looked so dear
I had a whisper right in her ear
Can't you guess, golly gee, she accepted me
'Leven-thirty Saturday night
Ooh baby, 'leven-thirty Saturday night

Now, I met a maid through an escapade
'Leven-thirty Saturday night
And pretty soon we were in her room
'Leven-thirty Saturday night

Well, we sat and talked, then suddenly
Yes, her husband, he came unexpectedly
Well, I got there looking debonair
When he got through I looked like a sight
Exactly 'leven-thirty Saturday night

I Play And Sing
Composer(s): Russell Brown; Irwin Levine
Performer(s): Tony Orlando & Dawn



When they ask me for my autograph
I catch you in the corner of my eye
and I know that smile upon your face
means we made it girl
you and I
From the hard life on the south side
to the spotlight here on the stage

Without you
no tellin' where I'd be

singin' me diff'rent song
Breakin' rocks for ten or twenty years

But you wouldn't let me go wrong
Standin' by me
'cause you love me

Now darlin'
this one's for you

Now
watch me play

Hear me sing

la la la la la la la
I'll play and sing for you

la la la la
Hear the applause