Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Tzigane ((German Version: Zigeunerjunge (Alexandra))
Composer(s): Hans Blum - F. Gerald
Performer(s): Dalida
Sur tous les chemins
Qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente
Je passe des jours et des nuits
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
C'est la vie que j'ai choisie
Et j'ai pour jardin
La plaine qui change sa robe
Au retour des saisons
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Pour y faire des moissons
Des moissons d'horizons
Moi je n'ai pas de maison et malgré tout je crois
Oui je crois
Que mon ami le Tzigane est un peu comme moi
Comme moi
Tzigane, Tzigane
Pareil à un oiseau de passage
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Toi tu es déjà loin
Quand revient
Le matin
Tzigane, Tzigane
Nous sommes du même voyage
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Sans peur des lendemains
Dans la main
Du destin
Parfois je me dis
Qu'à force de suivre les routes
Du monde au hasard
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
On ne va nulle part
Mais je ne crois pas
Qu'il y ait une ville
Où si je m'installais pour toujours
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Je trouverai un jour
Le bonheur et l'amour
Car tout au fond de moi-même
Je sais qu'il faudra
La, la, la,
Que celui que j'amerai soit un peu comme moi
Comme moi
Tzigane, Tzigane
Pareils aux oiseaux de passage
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Nous serons déjà loins
Aux lueurs du matin
Tzigane, Tzigane
Nous ferons le même voyage
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Sans peur des lendemains
Jusqu'au bout du chemin
La, la, la...
Tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam, tam
Sans peur des lendemains
Jusqu'au bout du chemin
La, la, la...
I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy)
I'd Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy) Composer(s): Randy Hanzlick Performer(s): Randy Hanzlick
Jimmy and I were brothers We went down different paths Jimmy always listened to my mother And me, I never like to take a bath
As we grew and tumbled through adulthood The pressure caused emotional drain So now I'm slowly dying in the bottle and Jimmy has to live with half a brain
Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy Just different ways to kill the pain the same
But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me Than have to have a frontal lobotomy I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane
Jimmy let his troubles drive him crazy He never tried to drown it in a drink I know that drinking makes my thinking hazy But at least I still have brains enough to think
Jimmy's got a brain that isn't stable He doesn't have the sense to say his name I'm sorry that his doctor was unable To remove the proper portion of his brain
Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy Just different ways to kill the pain the same
But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me Than have to have a frontal lobotomy I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane
Funny how the world works People can be real jerks Some prefer the tension over booze
Either way it ends the same Hard to beat the living game Might as well enjoy it while you lose
When I need a drink I start to shiver And Jimmy always viewed it with concern But I'd rather have cirrhosis of the liver Than an intellect that's second to a fern
I wonder if old Jimmy's gonna hear it When I tell him that his logic wasn't sound They'll dose him up on lots of evil spirits When they take him to the psychiatric grounds
Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy Just different ways to kill the pain the same
But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me Than have to have a frontal lobotomy I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane!
Kid
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
Performer(s): The Pretenders; Ariel Aparicio;
Bandees; The Chubbies; Everything But The Girl
Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so I feel sad too
I think I know some things we never outgrow
You think it's wrong
I can tell you do
How can I explain
When you don't want me to
Kid my only kid
You look so small you've gone so quiet
I know you know what I'm about
I won't deny it
But you forgive though you don't understand
You've turned your head
You've dropped by hand
All my sorrow, all my blues
All my sorrow
Shut the light, go away
Full of grace, you cover your face
Kid gracious kid
Your eyes are blue but you won't cry
I know angry tears are too dear
You won't let them go
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Can't you hear the music playing
In the city square
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Come where all our friends will find us
With the dancers there
Tzena, Tzena join the celebration
There'll be people there from every nation
Dawn will find us laughing in the sunlight
Dancing in the city square
Tzena, Tzena, come and dance the Hora
One, two, three, four
All the boys will envy me for
Tzena, Tzena, when the band is playing
My heart's saying
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Can't you hear the music playing
In the city square
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Come where all our friends will find us
With the dancers there
Tzena, Tzena join the celebration
There'll be people there from every nation
Dawn will find us laughing in the sunlight
Dancing in the city square
Tzena, Tzena, come and dance the Hora
One, two, three, four
All the boys will envy me for
Tzena, Tzena, when the band is playing
My heart's saying
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Tzena, Tzena join the celebration
There'll be people there from every nation
Dawn will find us laughing in the sunlight
Dancing in the city square
Tzena, Tzena, come and dance the Hora
One, two, three, four
All the boys will envy me for
Tzena, Tzena, when the band is playing
My heart's saying
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Tzena, Tzena, come and dance the Hora
One, two, three, four
All the boys will envy me for
Tzena, Tzena, when the band is playing
My heart's saying
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Tzena, Tzena, come and dance the Hora
One, two, three, four
All the boys will envy me for
Tzena, Tzena, when the band is playing
My heart's saying
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
I'd Rather Go Blind Composer(s): Ellington Jordan; Billy Foster First release by: Etta James - 1968 Covered by multiple other artists
Something told me it was over When I saw you and her talking Something deep down in my soul said cry girl When I saw you and that girl walking
I would rather I would rather go blind, boy Than to see you walk away from me, child So you see, I love you so much That I don't wanna watch you leave me, baby Most of all I just don't I just don't want to be free, no
I was just, I was just I was just sitting here thinking Of your kiss and your warm embrace When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips, baby Revealed the tears that was on my face
And Baby, Baby, I'd rather be blind, boy Than to see you walk away from me
Kid Stuff Composer(s): Jerry Crutchfield; Don Earl Performer(s): Barbara Fairchild; Ralph Emery
I often think of younger days A boy, a girl, and backyard play I'd get hurt, you'd get your way And they called it kid stuff
And though it mattered little then The childish games you'd always win Now the stakes are higher and it's no longer kid stuff
Kid stuff when I was little was sitting in the middle of a cotton candy world But now my heart is saying 'this is no game we're playing' For I can see I'm losing you to another world
I remember very well plans we made by a wishing well And secret stuff we couldn't tell Ain't that just like kid stuff?
And I always thought you'd be mine At least until the end of time I wore your ring that cost a dime Happiness is kid stuff
Kid stuff when I was little was sitting in the middle of a cotton candy world But now my heart is saying 'this is no game we're playing' For I can see I'm losing you to another world I'm losing you to another world
I'd Rather Charleston Composer(s): George Gershwin; Desmond Carter Performer(s): Fred & Adele Astaire and multiple other artists
Fred: I've seen for days that you've got The ways that must be checked In you I never can detect The slightest signs of intellect Your mad on dances, think of the chances you neglect You never seem inclined to use your mind And it's quite plain to see That I'm the brains of the family
Fred: Take a lesson from me
Adele: I'd rather Charleston
Fred: Charleston? Think of what you might be
Adele: I'd rather Charleston
Fred: Charleston? I'm disappointed in you and your ways
Adele: I'm double-jointed There's no sensation like syncopation
Fred: Will you let me know why
Adele: I'd rather Charleston
Fred: Charleston? That's the sort of thing I would never do So, leave it behind and give your mind to something new
Adele: I'd rather Charleston Fred: (Oh no), Charleston, Charleston with you
Fred: Your way of living soon will be giving me a pain You just repeat that same refrain You use your feet and not your brain Something has got you I don't know what you hope to gain And after all I've done It's not much fun to have to have a Sister who's Got her brain in her dancing shoes
Fred: So, take a lesson from me
Adele: I'd rather Charleston
Fred: Charleston? When you're older you'll see
Adele: I'd rather Charleston Fred: Charleston? The great improvements I looked for in you
Adele: I like improvements They make new plastic just like elastic
Fred: Say, don't you ever keep cool
Adele: I'd rather Charleston
Fred: Oh no, that's the sort of thing silly people do Hey, haven't you read what Lincoln said in sixty-two
Adele: Ye-a-a-a-h-h-h!
Fred: Well, what'd he say?
Adele: I'd rather Charleston Fred: (Oh no), Charleston, Charleston with you
Kiddio Composer(s): Brook Benton; Clyde Otis Performer(s): Brook Benton; and various other artists
I told you, baby, how I feel One word can close this deal Baby, be my queen of hearts Please gimme that love you've got A-won'tcha say yes? Don'tcha say no? Make me feel good, kiddio
Maybe I'm just wastin' time Can't get you off my mind You could make me feel so good I know you could if you only would A-won'tcha say yes? Don'tcha say no? Make me feel good, kiddio
I wrote you a six-page letter I called you on the phone But you started talkin' 'bout the weather Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong?
I can't stand this playin' 'round Help me up, don't let me down Kiss me baby, tell me so If you love me, let me know A-won'tcha say yes? Don'tcha say no? Make me feel good, kiddio
I wrote you a six-page letter I even called you on the phone But you started talkin' 'bout the weather Kiddio, don'tcha know that's wrong?
I can't stand this playin' 'round Help me up, don't let me down A-kiss me baby, tell me so If you love me, let me know A-won'tcha say yes? Don'tcha say no? Make me feel good, kiddio
Make me feel so-oh-oh oh good, so, so good, kiddio
Two Women Composer(s): Bob Lind Performer(s): Bob Lind
Diana says, "Man, that shirt Brings out the blue in your eyes" She tells you the things you say Are such a welcome surprise Sarah says, "Jesus Christ Do we have to hear that story again? Can't you pick up around you? I'm not your maid Is it too much to ask? Put a coaster under that glass"
Diana looks in your eyes And sees there's somebody there Sarah can only see the clothes You left on the chair Diana brushing by, her fingers Tingling your neck, triggers a memory You start reaching back for the day Sarah used to touch you that way
You twist your wedding ring And wonder whether everything You used to think was right could now be wrong But buddy, don't kid yourself If you move on to something else Diana will be Sarah before long
Sarah picks up the kids And brings in the groceries and bills She knows you and loves you anyway Like no one else ever will Diana will always call from the shadows Promising more Either way, it's not easy Every step, either road that you take You're gonna carry the choices you make
I'd Rather Be With You Composer(s): Frank Comstock; Roy Alfred Performer(s): Doris Day & male singer
Male Singer: If I could sit at a table with Grable Ride in a car with Lamarr If I could dance with a sweet chick like Garbo or Dietrich I'd rather be with you
If I could just cuddle nearer to Shearer Go on a tour with Lamour If I could show off the muscle to Rosalind Russell I'd rather be with you
It won't be Adrian who put's you in clothes You don't do Maxie Factor to powder your nose And Grauman's theatre doesn't have the prints of your toes And without the help of Zanuck you're a panic
If I could go to a parson with Garson Do just as well with Blondell If I could share a veranda with Carmen Miranda I'd rather be with you
Doris: If I could wear something lacy for Tracy Let Ray Milland hold my hand If I could sip a Bacardi with Laurel and Hardy I'd rather be with you
If I could go in a trailer with Taylor Be all alone with Tyrone If I could take all my chances with Errol's romances I'd rather be with you
You're not with RKO, but still you're OK You'll never win an Oscar for actin' some day But you've got hair that's all your own and not a toupee And you'll never need a double if there's trouble
If I could stay in a stupor with Cooper Possibly lure Vic Mature If I could fly to Sumatra with Frankie Sinatra I'd rather be with you
Male Singer: If I could go to Havana with Lana
Doris: Or not have a care for Astaire
Male Singer: If I could roll out the barrel with Madeleine Carroll I'd rather be with you
Doris: If I could just go and wander with Fonda Send me to stray Joel McCrea And if I thought I was able to get Mister Gable I'd rather be with you
Male Singer: You've got the talent that they never could scout You don't need Technicolor in case you're in doubt For you are really at your best with all the lights out And they may not give you billin' but you're drillin'
Doris: If I could do somethin' loony with Rooney Get in a brawl with Jon Hall
Male Singer: If I could say what's disturbin' to Deanna Durbin I'd rather be with you
Kids Got The Blues Composer(s): John Mayall Performer(s): John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
There's a new generation Who could ever have guessed All across every nation And I must confess
When I was just a young lad I wished I could be playin' the blues Now it's the twenty-first century We've come a long way
Ev'ry kid's got those heroes They're learnin' to play To make a contribution Look at all kids with the blues
When you hear that click You better catch up quick Ain't that a kick We got the kids turnin' on to the blues
(Instrumental Break)
It's the same at every concert Check out the front row Parents with their children, watchin' them grow Now they're motivated, won't be long before they're playin' the blues
When you hear that click You better catch up quick Now ain't that a kick We got the kids turnin' on to the blues
(Instrumental Break)
It's a heavy situation Don't need a new drug The kids of our nation catchin' that bug All around the world I hear the sound of kids playin' the blues
When you hear that click You better catch up quick Now ain't that a kick We got the kids turnin' on to the blues
Now ain't that a kick We got the kids turnin' on to the blues Ain't that a kick We got the kids turnin' on to the blues
Two Tone Shoes ((Adapted from: Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)) Composer(s): Carl Perkins Performer(s): Homer & Jethro
One part's white, the other is tan I bought 'em down at Tom McAn Now don't you step on my two-tone shoes I'll give you a bruise if you step on my shoes
I went to a dance at the Cimarron I danced all night with my new shoes on I durn near danced myself to death The tongues in my shoes was a-pantin' for breath Now don't you step on my two-tone shoes Please don't abuse my purty two-tone shoes
I danced on the bottoms, you danced on the top Honey, this stuff has got to stop Now don't you step on my two-tone shoes You've ruined them now, you great big clumsy cow
Now honey you look so nice and neat Where did you get them great big feet When we're dancin' all alone Leave them combat boots at home Now don't you step on my two-tone shoes Can't you see your feet are killin' me
Now tell me, Alice, was it malice When you stepped upon my callus My two-tones, I wore 'em plumb full of holes The tops are shot, have mercy on my soles
I'd Rather Be With You Composer(s): George Clinton; Bootsy Collins; Gary Lee Cooper First release by: Bootsy's Rubber Band - 1976 Covered by multiple other artists
I'd rather be with you, yeah yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you until i'm through Oh yes I do I'd rather be with you until that day we'll fly away I just love that smiling face in the early sun If I can't have you to myself, then life's no fun
I'd rather be with you, yeah yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you I wanna hold you hand Oh, if I can just be your man I wanna be you friend Not now and then, but until the end I just love the way you act, and that's a fact I wanna be your number one, so picture that
Maybe the next time Maybe the next time Maybe the next time Maybe the next time I'd rather be with you Yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you
I'd rather be with you until I'm through Oh, yes I do I'd rather be with you until that day we'll fly away I just love that smiling face in the early sun If I can't have you to myself, then life's no fun
I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you Oh babe Well, uh, you might think i'm trying to be funny But I'm really serious this time, baby (I'd rather be with you) Even though, uh, it's a cold world, baby But you know deep down inside that I do love ya (I'd rather be with you) I know I sound strange, but I really mean it We gonna make it this time baby (I'd rather be with you) You're the only one I really love now I'm coming at you with both hands tied behind my back, baby (I'd rather be with you, yeah) You got me, I'm coming at you, get ready I'm gonna stick my love in your eye, baby (I'd rather be with you, yeah) You can see me coming baby, just coming all over you (yeah I'd rather be with you)
Kids Of The Baby Boom Composer(s): David Bellamy Performer(s): The Bellamy Brothers
Our daddys won the war and came home to our moms They gave them so much love that all us kids were born We all grew up on Mickey Mouse and hula-hoops Then we all bought BMW's and brand new pickup trucks And we watched John Kennedy die one afternoon Kids of the baby boom
It was a time of new prosperity in the USA All the fortunate offsprings never had to pay We had sympathy for the devil and the Rolling Stones Then we got a little older, we found Haggard and Jones A generation screaming for more room Kids of the baby boom
Kids of the baby boom, we had freedom, we had money Baby boom, here in the land of milk and honey Counting our chickens way too soon Kids of the baby boom
Now we all can run computers and we all can dance We all have Calvin Klein written on our underpants And at six-o'clock, like robots, we turn on the news Watch those third world countries deal out more abuse Remember the first man on the moon
Kids of the baby boom
Kids of the baby boom, we had freedom, we had money Baby boom, here in the land of milk and honey Counting our chickens way too soon Kids of the baby boom
As our lives become a capsule they send to the stars And our children look at us like we came from Mars As the farms disappear and the sky turns black We're a nation full of takers, never giving back We never stop to think what we consume Kids of the baby boom
Kids of the baby boom, we had freedom, we had money Baby boom, here in the land of milk and honey Cuonting our chickens way too soon Kids of the baby boom
Our optimism mingles with the doom Kids of the baby boom
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