Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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If You Love Me (Let Me Know) Composer(s): John Rostill First release by: Olivia Newton-John - 1974 Covered by multiple other artists
You came when I was happy in your sunshine I grew to love you more each passing day Before too long I built my world around you And I prayed you'd love enough of me to stay
If you love me let me know If you don't then let me go I can't take another minute Of a day without you in it If you love me let it be If you don't then set me free Take the chains away That keep me loving you
The arms that open wide to hold me closer The hands that run their fingers through my hair The smile that says "hello, it's good to see you" Anytime I turn around to find you there
It's this and so much more tht make me love you What else can I do to make you see You know you have whatever's mine to give you But a love affair for one can never be
If you love me let me know If you don't then let me go I can't take another minute Of a day without you in it If you love me let it be If you don't then set me free Take the chains away That keep me loving you Take the chains away That keep me loving you Loving you
Ella Speed Composer(s): Ray Dorset
Performer(s): Mungo Jerry
Come and take heed, be sworn by the death of Ella Speed Come and take heed, be sworn by the death of Ella Speed Now Ella Speed was downtown and she was having a lot of fun And here's the deed Bill Martin done Now Ella Speed was downtown and she was having a lot of fun And here's the deed Bill Martin done Oh Bill Martin he was tall and slender Better known as him being a bar tender Oh Bill Martin he was tall and slender Better known as him being a bar tender The deed that old Bill Martin done Was commit murder with a Colt 41 The deed that old Bill Martin done Was commit murder with a Colt 41 When folks downtown heard Ella Speed was dead Well, they were really red and red When folks downtown heard Ella Speed was dead Well, they were really red and red Come and take heed, be sworn by the death of Ella Speed Come and take heed, be sworn by the death of Ella Speed
If You Love Me - 1961 (aka Hymn To Love - 1950) (Adapted from: Hymne À L'amour - 1950) (Dutch Version: Hymne Aan De Liefde - 1983) Composer(s): Edith Piaf; Marguerite Monnot; Geoffrey Parsons Performer(s): Brenda Lee - 1961 Covered by multiple other artists
If the sun should tumble from the sky if the sea should suddenly run dry If you love me, really love me Let it happen I won't care
If a dream I fear should fall apart I can still be smiling with my heart If you love me, really love me Let it happen darling I won't care
Shall I catch a shooting star Shall I bring it where you are If you only say you care I can make a mountain fall I'll do anything at all As long as you are there
When at last my life on earth is through I will share eternity with you If you love me, really love me Let it happen darling I won't care
When at last my life on earth is through I will share eternity with you If you love me, really love me Let it happen darling I won't care
Ella se perdió porque suponía lo que debería pasar Ella se perdió entre las palabras esperando que abran el mar Y siempre oyó lo que él no le decía oía muy mal
Ella fue y volvió por caminos ciegos, se quemó con fuego al pasar Ella fue y volvió ya sin compañía porque no quería cambiar Y siempre vio fantasmas que no había veía muy mal
Por hablar Por no dormir Por hoy vivir en el ayer
Por guardar dentro de sí Por no salir Por no perder
Ella se perdió cuando ni pensaba que la suerte estaba en impar Ella se perdió se metió en un viento que cortó su aliento al soplar Y siempre dijo lo que ella creía decía muy mal
If You Look In Her Eyes Composer(s): Otto Harbach; Louis A. Hirsch
A maiden's lips no longer express things that she'd have you know She says "no," but means to say "yes" When you're to stay says, "Go!" But Mother Nature's worked out a plan Easy for him who tries If a girl is fooling a man He need but watch her eyes
Language is the art to conceal Feelings and thoughts, we're told Speech is silver, poets reveal Silence they say is gold What they mean is easily shown Listen and you'll be wise Close a girl's lips tight with your own then she just can't tell lies
She'll tell you what you're to do, dear If you'll look in her eyes What is expected of you, dear You will have to surmise She may not say one word yet Some how you'll get a sort of knowing look Sort of glowing look She'll tell you what you're to do, dear If you'll look in her eyes
Ella Guru Composer(s): Don Van Vliet
First release: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - 1969
Now here she comes walkin' Lookin' like a zoo (Hello Moon, Hello Moon) Hi Ella, hi Ella Guru She know all the colors that nature do Hi Ella, hi Ella Guru Hi yellow, hi red, hi blue she blew Hi Ella, hi Ella Guru She do what she mean 'n she do what she do Got sumpthin' fo' me, sumpthin' fo' you She sho' sumpthin' She's young too Ella Guru, Ella Guru Ella Guru, Ella Guru Ha ha right right Just dig it That's right, the mascara snake Fast and bulbous Tight also Ella Guru, Ella Guru Ella Guru, Ella Guru Ella Guru
If You Live Composer(s): Mose Allison First release by: Mose Allison Covered by multiple other artists
If you live your time will come I say if you live your time will come So child don't mess with that cotton sack It will scratch your knees and bend your back And if you live your time will come
If you live your day will come If you live your day will come So child don't play with those pots and pans They will soon enough ruin your pretty hands And if you live your time will come
If you live a day will come If you live a day will come When the sun will shine And the crops will grow And you think you're not gonna worry no more But if you live, your time will come
Ella es como el agua se desliza entre los dedos Ella es como el agua escapa a un puño cerrado
Arena en mis zapatos sigo tus huellas en silencio Arena en mis dos ojos rompen mis sueños tranquilos Carreteras estrechas nada me impide que estés a mi lado porque cierro los ojos y veo paisajes y un mar transparente
Juego con tu pelo la pesadumbre tiene el color de tus cejas Y te veo desnuda y limpia cuando ahuyentas mis sombras
Ella es de sonidos no dejes de hablarme en silencio porque tus palabras perfuman la noche y abren mis sentidos
Ella es como el aire que abrió cuatro puertas cerradas que yo pasé como un niño perdido que encuentra a su madre
Carreteras estrechas nada me impide que estés a mi lado porque cierro los ojos y veo paisajes y un mar transparentes
Juego con tu pelo la pesadumbre tiene el color de tus cejas Y te veo desnuda y limpia cuando ahuyentas mis sombras
Ella es como el agua Ella es de sonido Ella es como el agua Ella es como el aire
If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry Composer(s): Harold Mooney; Gerald Sanford Performer(s): Jerry Wallace; Loretta Lynn
(If you leave, take my heart, take my heart) If you leave me tonight I will cry Though you say we will soon meet again For the hours I've spent here with you Are like words from a poet's pen Words like love, and truth, and goodness Words like till death us do part I will never love another Take my heart, take my heart, take my heart (Take my heart)
Yes, the hours I've spent here with you Are like words from a poet's pen Words like love, and truth, and goodness Words like till death us do part I will never love another Take my heart, take my heart, take my heart Take my heart, take my heart, take my heart Take my heart (take my heart)
Yo, yo no puedo olvidarla Ella, ella ya me olvido Y yo la recuerdo ahora Era como la primavera Su anochecido pelo Su voz dormida un beso Y junto al mar la fiebre Que me llevo a su entraña Y soñamos con hijos Que nos robo la carma
Ella, ella ya me olvido Yo, yo no puedo olvidarla No, que no puedo olvidarla
Ella, ella ya se olvido De aquellas caminatas Junto a la cosatnera Y al chico que miraba
Ella, ella ya me olvido Y yo, yo no puedo olvidarla Que no, que no puedo olvidarla
Ella, ella ya me olvido Y yo, yo la recuerdo ahora Como no recordarla Si en cada primavera Me llega con la brisa Que la lleva la arena
A mi ella, ella ya me olvido Yo, yo no puedo olvidarla No, yo no puedo olvidarla No, que no puedo olvidarla
If You Leave Me Now Composer(s): Peter Cetera First release by: Chicago - 1976 Covered by multiple other artists
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me No baby please don't go If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me No baby please don't go
A love like ours is love that's hard to find How could we let it slip away We've come too far to leave it all behind How could we end it all this way When tomorrow comes we'll both regret Things we said today
Ella Composer(s): Luis Fierro
Performer(s): Miguel Gallardo
Ella se marcho, con otro hombre y su huella, dejo en mi piel martirizándome Tuve a otra mujer, para olvidarla pero aún sigo, en mi habitación emborrachándome Ella, me falta ella si ella, perderé la razón Ella, me acuerdo de ella que cruel, a veces es el amor Ella me dejo, por otro hombre y entre trago y trago sueño que está esperándome Pensará que ya, la abre olvidado pero ignora, que su ausencia está matándome Ella, me falta ella si ella, perderé la razón Ella, me acuerdo de ella que cruel, a veces es el amor Ella, me falta ella si ella, perderé la razón Ella, me acuerdo de ella que cruel, a veces es el amor Ella... Sin ella Ella
If You Leave Composer(s): Martin Handsley Cooper; Paul David Humphreys; Andy McCluskey First release: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 1986 Covered by multiple other artists
If you leave, don't leave now Please don't take my heart away Promise me just one more night Then we'll go our separate ways
We've always had time on our sides Now it's fading fast Every second every moment We've got to--we've gotta make it last
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd still be friends someday
If you leave I won't cry I won't waste one single day But if you leave don't look back I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge Like time standing still Heaven knows what happens now You've got to--you've gotta say you will
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd meet again
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd still be friends
I touch you once I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I needed you then You always said we'd meet again someday
If you leave Oh if you leave Oh if you leave Don't look back Don't look back
If You Know What I Mean Composer(s): Neil Diamond Performer(s): Neil Diamond and multiple other artists
When the night returns just like a friend When the evening comes to set me free When the quiet house that wait beyond the day Make peaceful sounds in me
Took a drag from my last cigarette Took a drink from a glass of old wine I closed my eyes, and I could make it real And feel it one more time
Can you hear it, babe Can you hear it, babe From another time From another place Do you remember it, babe
And the radio played like a carnival tune As we lay in our bed in the other room When we gave it away for the sake of a dream In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean
Here's to the songs we used to sing And here's to the times we used to know It's hard to hold them in our arms again But hard to let them go
Do you hear it, babe Do you hear it, babe It was another time It was another place Do you remember it, babe
And the radio played like a carnival tune As we lay in our bed in the other room When we gave it away for the sake of a dream In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean!
Elisa Composer(s): Michel Colombier - Serge Gainsbourg
First release: Serge Gainsbourg - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists
Elisa, Elisa Elisa saute-moi au cou Elisa, Elisa Elisa cherche-moi des poux Enfonce bien tes ongles Et tes doigts délicats Dans la jungle De mes cheveux Lisa
Elisa, Elisa Elisa saute-moi au cou Elisa, Elisa Elisa cherche-moi des poux Fais-moi quelques anglaises Et la raie au milieu On a treize Quatorze ans à nous deux
Elisa, Elisa Elisa les autr's on s'en fout Elisa, Elisa Elisa rien que toi, moi, nous Tes vingt ans, mes quarante Si tu crois que cela Me tourmente Ah non vraiment Lisa
Elisa, Elisa Elisa saute-moi au cou Elisa, Elisa Elisa cherche-moi des poux Enfonce bien tes ongles Et tes doigts délicats Dans la jungle De mes cheveux Lisa
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie) Composer(s): Buddy G. DeSylva; Joseph Meyer Performer(s): Al Jolson and multiple other artists
I have got a sweetie known as Susie In the words of Shakespeare she's a "wow" Though all of you may know her, too I'd like to shout right now
Suzie has a perfect reputation No one ever saw her on a spree Nobody knows where Susie goes Nobody knows but me
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl There's none so classy As this fair lassie Oh! Oh! Holy Moses, what a chassis We went riding, she didn't balk Back from Yonkers I'm the one that had to walk If you knew Susie, like I know Susie Oh! Oh! What a girl!
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl She wears long tresses And nice tight dresses Oh! Oh! What a future she possesses Out in public How she can yawn In a parlour, you would think the war was on If you knew Susie, like I know Susie Oh! Oh! What a girl!
Eli's Comin' Composer(s): Laura Nyro First release: Laura Nyro - 1968 Covered by multiple other artists
Eli's comin' Eli's comin' (Eli's a-comin') Well you better hide your heart, your loving heart Eli's a-comin' and the cards say... a broken heart
Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl (hide it) You better, better hide your heart Eli's comin', better walk
Walk but you'll never get away No, you'll never get away from the burnin' a-heartache I walked to Apollo by the bay Everywhere I go though, Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away) Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she never got away) Eli's a-comin' and he's comin' to git ya (she walked but... she walked but...) Get down on your knees (she walked but she never got away)
Eli's comin' (hide it, hide it, hide it) Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide Girl, Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl (hide it) You better, better hide your heart Eli's comin', better walk
Walk but you'll never get away No, you'll never get away from the burnin' a-heartache I walked to Apollo by the bay Everywhere I go though, Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she'll never get away) Eli's a-comin' (she walked but she'll never get away) Eli's a-comin' and he's comin' to git ya (she walked but... she walked but...) Get down on your knees (she walked but she'll never get away) Get down on your knees
No-no, no-no Lord, I said no-no, no-no, no-no
(hide it) She can (hide it) hide it (hide it) You better (hide it) Somebody (hide it) You got t' (hide it) Oh, my (hide it) Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
