Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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I'd Rather Be Me Composer(s): Felix Bernard; Eddie Cherkose; Sam Coslow Performer(s): Bing Crosby and multiple other artists
Id rather be me with you than anyone else For anyone else would never have you to love Im awfully glad to be just plain little me No hero supreme, just someone youre dreaming of
If I were Sinatra Or someone like Bing And you werent beside me What would it mean, not a thing
Id rather be me with you than anyone else Somehow I find it more fun Just being the one you love
Oh yes indeed, yes indeed Id rather be me with you than anyone else Somehow I find it more fun Just being the one you love
Two Ton Tessie (From Tennessee) Composer(s): Lou Handman - Roy Turk Performer(s): Mickey Guy's Hottentots and multiple other artists
Down in Nashville, Tennessee (Oh yeah) There's a sight you oughta see (Oh yeah) But as long as you can't get down there I'll tell you all, so listen to me
There's a girl named Tessie Town (Oh yeah) And she weighs about four hundred pounds (Oh yeah) She's fat and fair, she don't care 'Cause the boys all hang around
They call her Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee Holds ten sweeties up on her knee When she does, all the fun begins When they play tennis on her double-chin
They all answer to her demands And bring her tires for wedding bands But I just got a little inside tip They promised her a nightclub on her hip Yeah, Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee (She's from Tennessee)
(Ev'ry time she struts around) Uh-huh (She puts on an extra pound) Is that right? (But it doesn't seem to worry her) (The weight is making Tessie reknowned)
(Is a-trying to reduce) (And she's got a good excuse) (Fat and fair, but she don't care) ('Cause the boys all hang around)
(They call her) Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee Goes in swimming up to her knee Once she went in to her neck The tide rose up and made the town a wreck
She was hit on the railroad track Engines hit her and bounced right back Her appendix had to come out fast They couldn't operate, so they had to blast On Two Ton Tessie from Nashville, Tennessee (She's from Tennessee)
On a streetcar I heard 'em say Six men gave her a seat one day All the baseball players have stopped their gym They run around Tessie just to stay in trim Two ton Tessie from Knoxville, I mean a-Memphis Oh-ah, Nashville, Tennessee
I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Happy With Somebody Else)
I'd Rather Be Blue Over You (Than Happy With Somebody Else) Composer(s): Fred Fisher; Billy Rose Performer(s): Barbra Streisand
I'd rather be blue thinking of you I'd rather be blue over you Than be happy with somebody else I'm crazy about'cha, without'cha For you I'm strong I can't do without'cha Howcha magoucha? Don't stay too long I need a little ah, bedroom, little oh And I'm knocking on wood Ah, honey hurry up, hurry up, hurry up It's so hard to be good
I'd rather be blue thinking of you I'd rather be blue over you Than be happy with somebody else Will I be good? Will I be bad? Don't be a fool, you fool My little flat, I'm turning that Into a Sunday school While you're away, I'm here to say There'll be no iceman there Singin' the blues I'm gonna use Nothin' but Frigidaire I'd rather be blue thinking of you I'd rather be blue over you Than be happy with somebody else Blue over you, I'd rather be blue over you Than be hap-hap-hap-happy With somebody else
Kijken Hoe Het Morgen Wordt Performer(s): Boudewijn de Groot
Wees stil en blijf nog even In dit warme, witte bed Luisteren naar het eerste leven Nog is de nacht niet weggedreven Onze dromen op de tocht gezet
Nu wordt de kamer licht en kouder De slaap was ons alweer te kort En jouw gezicht lijkt plotseling ouder Terwijl je peinzend over m'n schouder Ligt te kijken hoe het morgen wordt
Jij denkt aan al die uren Van werk en haast en vlijt Geen tijd voor tedere avonturen Tussen de duizend blinde muren Van brood en haat en nijd
De krant ligt in de bus te wachten En strakjes ligt die op je bord Een droevig ding vol jammerklachten Kom, laten we nog even wachten En kijken hoe het morgen wordt
De avond veegt ons samen Vermoeid en soms gewond We zitten ons verward te schamen Verwonderd hoe we zover kwamen Dan snoert het eten ons de mond
Vertrouwen we op loze kreten Of is de dag alweer te kort We zullen nooit de waarheid weten Kom, laten we vandaag vergeten Laten we vandaag vergeten En kijken hoe het morgen wordt
Two Teardrops Composer(s): Bill Anderson - Steve Wariner Performer(s): Steve Wariner; The Countdown Singers
Two teardrops were floatin' down the river One teardrop said to the other I'm from the soft blue eyes of a woman in love I'm a tear of joy she couldn't carry She was so happy she just got married I was on her cheek when she wiped me away with her glove I could tell from the look on her face she didn't need me So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea
The other tear said we've got a connection I'm a tear of sorrow born of rejection I'm from the sad brown eyes of her old flame She told him they would be lifelong companions Left him with questions and not any answers I was on his cheek as he stood there calling her name I could tell he had a lot of my friends for company So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea
Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight Two more teardrops somebody cried One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue The tide goes out and the tide comes in And someday they'll be teardrops again Released in a moment of pleasure or a moment of pain Then they drift on down and ride to the sea again
Last night I sat in the waiting room The nurse walked in and gave me the news It's a baby girl and they're both fine An old man sittin' not 10 feet away Just lost his wife and he said to me You've got a brand new angel and I've lost mine I guess the good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away And we both wiped a teardrop from our face
Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight Two more teardrops somebody cried One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue The tide goes out and the tide comes in A whole new circle of life begins Where tears are a part of the pleasure and part of the pain 'Til they drift on down and ride to the sea again
Two teardrops floatin' down the river Two teardrops floatin' down the river
Kilburn Towers Composer(s): Robin Gibb; Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb Performer(s): The Bee Gees; Idle Wilds
I am a bird watch me go drifting by With my feathers of power I laugh as the hours go slowly by That could mean ev'rything I am a street watching the people walk. As I listen their conversations glisten as they start to talk Then I hear ev'rything
Little white jug, me and Kilburn Towers as we sit on the hill and we drink and we swill
till the early hours Then I am ev'rything Little white jug and me and Kilburn Towers
(music) That could mean ev'rything
Little white jug, me and Kilburn Towers as we sit on the hill and we drink and we swill till the early hours Then I am ev'rything
Little white jug and me and Kilburn Towers Little white jug and me and Kilburn Towers Little white jug and me and Kilburn Towers Little white jug and me and Kilburn Towers
Two Summers Composer(s): Bruce Woodley
Performer(s): The Seekers
The blue sky grows dark now
You're gone, you're gone
The good times have gone with you
You're gone
No use in me wishing, You're far, far away
Far away, away
gone from me
Our love knew two summers
But now you're gone
The days pass to winter
You're gone
Yet often I've wished that time would stand still
Time would stand still, still
You're gone from me
Two summers, two winters
And the time between
Yes, those were the good years
The years of gold and green
Two summers, two winters
And the time between
Yes, those were the good years
The years of gold and green
The warm winds grow cold now
You're gone, you're gone
My love couldn't hold you
You're gone
You were wild as the wind and born to be free
Born to be free, free
And gone from me
And gone from me
Who's Leaving Who Composer(s): Mark Spiro; Jack White Performer(s): Anne Murray; Hazell Dean
Here we are with goodbye in our eyes running out of reasons to try the leaves of change have fallen down with both of us wondering why
We're all alone but still it seems Were thousands of miles apart the sense of time has shifted now and the end is beginning to start
'Cause I don't know the answers 'cause I don't know the questions I'm just crying 'cause I don't even know
Who's leaving who is it me is it you dyou think we could change if we knew tell me who's leaving who is there anything left we can do can you tell me who's leaving who
Talk to me is there a chance of working it out heart to heart when we get beyond our angry eyes before everything else falls apart
'Cause I don't know the answers 'cause I don't know the questions I'm just crying 'cause I don't even know
Who's leaving who is it me is it you you think we could change if we knew tell me who's leaving who is there anything left we can do can you tell me who's leaving who
Tell me who's leaving who is it me is it you dyou think we could change if we knew tell me who's leaving who is there anything left we can do can you tell me who's leaving who
Two Steps From The Blues Composer(s): Johnny Brown - Deadric Malone
First recording/First release: Bobby Bland - 1960/1961
One day from the month, I first met you
your promises proved to be untrue
Step by step, I've been a fool
That's why I'm two steps from the blues
Here is a chance to be loved or be lonely
my heart awaits your call
I know it's better to have loved and lost
than never have loved at all
The reason we didn't get along,
was telegram and telephone
One brings badness, the other rendevouz
That keeps me two steps from the blues
So darling let's try and make amends
and if it should fail, let's try and try again
It makes no difference what you say or do
I'm so forgiving, I'm so forgiving
I can't stand living two steps from the blues
Two Steps Forward Composer(s): Loretta Lynn Performer(s): Loretta Lynn
Well here you come and I know what I'm gonna say My mind's made up and I'm a leavin' you today Well I'm tired of askin' you where you've been I'm tired of all this mis'ry I'm in Two steps forward and six steps back again
Well my clothes're packed and I'm a headin' for the door Don't look for me back cause I won't be back no more Well I may think of you now and then But don't hold your breath cause I don't know when Two steps forward and six steps back again
Two steps forward and six steps back You think I didn't want to go These tears in my eyes they're not so real I'm just puttin' on a show I'm leavin' this town and that's for certain Not much I ain't a cryin' not much I ain't a hurtin' Two steps forward and six steps back again
Two steps forward and six steps back... Yeah two steps forward and six steps back again
I'd Love To Live In Loveland (With A Girl Like You)
I'd Love To Live In Loveland (With A Girl Like You) Composer(s): W.R. Williams Performer(s): The Chordettes; Dennis Day
I want to tell you a story A story of love that is true Fill'd with adventure and glory Of wonderful things we can do Though we have trouble with Cupid Love always finds the way Though the story is old 'Tis the sweetest that's told So dearie, I just want to say
Ev'rything's lovely in loveland Where ev'ry heart's beating in tune Like turtle doves are in Doveland And life seems a grand honeymoon There we can stroll in the moonlight By babbling brooks we'll stray Won't you come, girl of mine To that wonderful clime And lovelight will show us the way
I'd love to live in loveland with a girl like you And ev'ry day a holiday with skies of baby blue Where roses bloom forever, and sweethearts are always true I'd love to live in loveland with a girl like you
I'd love to live in loveland with a girl like you And ev'ry day a holiday with skies of baby blue Where roses bloom forever, and sweethearts are always true I'd love to live in loveland with a girl like you
Killarney, My Home Ov'r The Sea Composer(s): Frederic Knight Logan
There's a place in Old Ireland that's dear to my heart 't Is the scene of my childhood so fair From its hills and its valleys, 't was sadness to part From the Lakes of Killarney With beauty so rare Tho' a stranger, alone o'er this wide world I stray And thy lakes and thy mountains no longer I see Still the bloom of that valley in mem'ry shall stay For Erin, Mavourneen, my heart beats for thee
Sure there ne'er was a land where the grass grew so green Nor a place where the sky was more fair With the rocks and the rills one harmonious scene By the Lakes of Killarney With beauty so rare I remember the colleens and lads who were there As they danced in the glen on a bright summer's night To the pipers glad tune as it rang on the air Oh to think of that scene, fills my heart with delight
And I long for dear Ireland, Green Isle of the West Where the shamrock and flow'rs bloom'd for me There the Angels of Peace fold their bright wings and rest By the Lakes of Killarney, my home o'er the sea
Two Steps Behind Composer(s): Joe Elliott Performer(s): Def Leppard; Madcap
Walk away - if you want to It's OK - if you need to Well you can run But you can never hide From the shadow that's creeping up beside you There's a magic running through your soul But you can't have it all
(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of you precious time To turn around - I'll be two steps behind
Take the time to think about it Just walk the line - you know you just can't fight it Take a look around - you'll see what you can find Light the fire that's burning up inside me There's a magic running through your soul But you can't have it all
(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of you precious time To turn around - I'll be two steps behind
Now there's a magic running through your soul But you, you can't have it all
(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of you precious time To turn around - I'll be two steps behind
Yeah baby, two steps behind Oh sugar, two steps behind
