Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Performer(s): The Beatles
Come on come on come on come on Come on is such a joy Come on is such a joy Come on take it easy Come on take it easy Take it easy take it easy Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey.
The deeper you go the higher you fly The higher you fly the deeper you go So come on come on Come on is such a joy Come on is such a joy Come on make it easy Come on make it easy
Take it easy take it easy Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey.
Your inside is out and your outside is in Your outside is in and your inside is out So come on come on Come on is such a joy Come on is such a joy Come on make it easy Come on make it easy Make it easy make it easy Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
I'm Late Composer(s): Sammy Fain; Bob Hilliard Performer(s): Bill Thompson and multiple other artists
I'm late, I'm late for A very important date No time to say hello, good-bye I'm late, I'm late, I'm late I'm late and when I wave I lose the time I save My fuzzy ears and whiskers Took me too mych time to shave I run and then I hop, hop, hop I wish that I could fly There's danger if I dare to Stop and here's a reason why I'm over-due, I'm in a rabbit stew Can't even say good-bye hello, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late
Everybody's Got A Mountain To Climb Composer(s): Dickey Betts Performer(s): The Allman Brothers Band
Everybody's got a mountain to climb This road we travel gets a little tough sometimes Sometimes I know you feel like you can't go on Need somebody help you get back home Need a friend to help you find your way home Reverend Pearly Brown say there's peace out on the water at night Big sun going down, Lord it's a pretty sight Red and blue across the water makes a wonderful song Listen to it all night long Everybody's got a mountain to climb Don't be discouraged when the sun don't shine Gotta keep on pulling, you gotta keep on tryin' Everybody's got a mountain to climb Everybody's got a mountain to climb Who'd cross the face of a little smilin' child? Take away the loser's one last chance? Who wouldn't linger down by the old river for a while? You know the whole world loves you when you're dancin' So, hey let me tell you what I'm talkin' about You can't go around with your lip stuck out Life ain't all good but it sure ain't bad Anyway it's the best old life I ever had Everybody's got a mountain to climb Don't be discouraged when the sun don't shine Gotta keep on pulling, you gotta keep on tryin' Everybody's got a mountain to climb Everybody's got a mountain to climb Don't be discouraged when the sun don't shine Gotta keep on pulling, you gotta keep on tryin' Everybody's got a mountain to climb
You Hit The Spot Composer(s): Mack Gordon; Harry Revel Performer(s): Dean Martin and multiple other artists
You are my destination I have to call 'cause you have so much on the ball Ah you hit the spot Like the first embrace with a modest tide Well you hit the spot Like pipe and slippers by the fireside Matter of factly don't know exactly what it is that you've got But you hit the spot You hit the spot Like a balmy breeze on a night in May You hit the spot Like a cool mint julep on a sunny day You hit the spot In my estimation ....
Everybody's Got A Home But Me Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II; Richard Rodgers Performer(s): Eddie Fisher; and various other artists
Scooted out of Frisco over Route 101 Got a hitch as far as San Jose Rode aboard a Greyhound till I ran outta dough Bid the bus goodbye at Monterey But I seen a lot of things along the way And I did a lot of thinkin' on the way
I rode by a house With the windows lighted up Lookin' pretty as a Christmas tree And I said to myself As I rode by myself Everybody's got a home but me
I rode by a house Where the moon was on the porch And the girl was on her fella's knee And I said to myself As I rode by myself Everybody's got a home but me
I am free and I'm happy To be free (To be free) (To be free) To be free in the way I wanna be (Wanna be) (Wanna be)
But once in a while When I'm talkin' to myself And there's no one there to disagree I look up and I cry To a big empty sky Won't there ever be A home for me somewhere Everybody's got a home but me
I'm Just Wild About Harry Composer(s): Eubie Blake; Noble Sissle Performer(s): Judy Garland and multiple other artists
I'm just wild about Harry And Harry's wild about me! The heav'nly blisses of his kisses Fills me with ecstasy!
He's sweet just like chocolate candy Or like the honey from the bee Oh, I'm just wild about Harry And he's just wild about me
Now I'm just wild about Harry And Harry's wild about me! The heav'nly blisses of his kisses Fills me with ecstasy!
Say now he's sweet just like chocolate candy Or like the honey from a bee Oh, I'm just wild about Harry And he's just wild about, cannot do without He's just wild about me
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy Composer(s): Ray Davies Performer(s): The Kinks
And I know, and I know And I know that ev'rybody And I know that ev'rybody be happy As happy as you and me 'Cause I know, I know
Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say, and
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love
And I know, and I know And when I see ya walking down the street Well it makes me happy to see you walkin' It makes my life complete 'Cause I know, I know
Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say, and
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love Ev'rybody's gonna be happy, Which means you and me, my love
And I know, and I know And I know that you and me And I know that you and me be happy As happy as we can be 'Cause I know, I know
Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say Come on baby let me tell you All the things I wanna say, and
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love
Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love Ev'rybody's gonna be happy Which means you and me, my love
And I know, and I know And I know, and I know And I know......
I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Going to Be a Diamond Someday)
I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Going to Be a Diamond Someday) Composer(s): Billy Joe Shaver First release by: Billy Joe Shaver - 1981 Covered by multiple other artists
Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal But I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day Lest I should become vain along the way I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna learn the best way to walk I'm gonna search and find a better way to talk I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self 'Til I get rid of ev'ry single flaw
I'm gonna be the world's best friend I'm gonna go 'round shakin' ev'rybody's hand Hey I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' rage of the age I'm gonna be a diamond some day
Now I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day Lest I should become vain along the way Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
Everybody's Everything Spanish Title: Como Estan Composer(s): Carlos Santana; Tyrone Moss; Milton Brown Performer(s): Santana; Out of Phase; Stone Foundation
Seems like ev'rybody's waiting for the new change to come around comin' around, comin' around, comin' around Waiting for the day when the king and queen of soul sing around singing 'around singin' around, singin' around Singin' around for ev'ryone
You can understand ev'rything's to share Let your spirit dance Brothers ev'rywhere Let your head be free Turn the wisdom key Find it nat'rally See you're lucky to be Dig this sound It's been 'round and 'round and 'round
Get out your cold feet, baby Somethin' on your back Lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Don't you know honey maybe your light might shine this whole town this whole town, this whole town Singin' around Time for you to all get down
You gotta do it
Get ready, Uh! Get ready, Uh!
Dig this sound It's been around and 'round and 'round
You gotta do it
You can understand Ev'rything's to share Let your spirit dance Brothers ev'rywhere Let your head be free Turn the wisdom key Find it nat'rally See you're lucky to be Singin' around Time for you to all get down
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) Composer(s): John Lodge Performer(s): The Moody Blues and multiple other artists
I keep on wand'ring on the face of this earth Meeting so many people who are trying to be free And while I wander I hear so many words Language barriers broken now we've found the key
And if you want this world of yours to turn about you And you're the only other person to know Don't tell me I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
How can we understand Riots for the people by the people who are only destroying themselves And if you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people Who are (scorching) scorching this earth (Scorching) scorching this earth
I keep on wan'dring on the face of this earth Meeting so many people who are trying to be free And while I wander I hear so many words Language barriers broken now we've found the key
And if you want the wind of change to blow around you And you can see exactly what to do Please tell me I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
How can we understand Riots for the people by the people who are only destroying themselves And if you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people Who are (scorching) scorching this earth (Scorching) scorching this earth
Music is the traveller crossing our world Meeting so many people, bridging the seas I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band Music is the traveller crossing our world Meeting so many people, bridging the seas I'm Just the Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band We're just the singers in a rock 'n' roll band
Everybody's Doin' It Now Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s): Julie Andrews; and various other artists
Honey, honey, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Ain't the funny strain goin' to your brain? Like a bottle of wine, fine Hon', hon' hon', hon', take a chance One, one one, one little dance Can't you see them all swaying up the hall? Let's be gettin' in line
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now
Baby, baby, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Honey, don't you smile, let us rest awhile I'm so weak in the chest, rest Go, go, go, go get a chair No, no, no, no, leave it there Honey, if the mob still are on the job I'm as strong as the rest
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now
I'm Just A Mess Composer(s): Bill Spooner; Roger Steen Performer(s): The Tubes
I'm searching for those party lights Where everybody's having a good time My baby said she'd hold me tight And you know that this could be the right time
And I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I'm just a mess Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
It was a September night The air was turning warm to cold My baby said she'd hold me tight The autumn brought the springtime home
And I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I'm just a mess Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
I like the way You looked that day When our love it was new And if I saw you again Somehow I'd just have to say Sometimes you're just too plain to see Then again, you're just like me You had to say something You waited so long Here I am I could be wrong
Stay with me baby, oh yeah Stay with 'til morning comes Stay with me baby, oh yeah Stay with me 'til the morning comes
I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I just confess I guess you messed me up again I just confess I'm just a--whoa whoa whoa, yeah, yeah yeah I'm just a mess
Everybody's Been Burned Composer(s): David Crosby Performer(s): The Byrds; Eugene Chadbourne; Sebadoh; Thin White Rope
Everybody has been burned before Everybody knows the pain Anyone in this place can tell you to your face Why you shouldn't love someone
Everybody knows it never works Everybody knows and reads I know that door that shuts just before You get to the dream you see
I know all too well how to turn, how to run How to hide behind a bitter wall of blue But you die inside if you choose to hide So I guess instead I'll love you
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat Composer(s): Floyd Huddleston; Al Rinker Performer(s): Phil Harris; and various other artists
Everybody wants to be a cat because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat 'cause everything else is obsolete Now a square with a horn can make you wish you weren't born ever'time he plays and with a square in the act he can set music back to the caveman days I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing but a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing Who wants to dig a long-haired gig or stuff like that? When everybody wants to be a cat A square with that horn makes you wish you weren't born ever'time he plays and with a square in the act he's gonna set this music back to the Stone Age days Everybody wants to be a cat because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat 'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat Everybody digs a swingin' cat
I'm Just A Country Boy Composer(s): Fred Brooks; Mashall Barer Performer(s): Harry Belafonte and multiple other artists
I ain't gonna marry in the fall And I ain't gonna marry in the spring For I'm in love with a pretty little girl Who wears a diamond ring
For.....I'm just a country boy Money have I none But I've got silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
I'm never gonna kiss those ruby red lips Of the prettiest girl in town I'm never gonna ask her if she'd marry me 'Cause I know she'd turn me down
'Cause.....I'm just a country boy Money, money have I none But I've got silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
I Never could afford a store-bought ring With a sparkling diamond stone All I could afford was a loving heart The only one I own
'Cause.....I'm just a country boy Money, money have I none But I've got silver, silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar Composer(s): Ed Rose; Billy Baskette; Lew Pollace Performer(s): Bert Williams
Down in my cellar, down in my cellar I've been changing everything around I've a secret hidden there I'll guard it with my life There's only one mistake I made I told it to my wife
Down in my cellar, down in my cellar I've been having parties every night People that I never knew come up and talk to me They're trying hard to find out where I hang my cellar key
Now everybody wants a key to my cellar, my cellar, my cellar People who before wouldn't give me a tumble Even perfect strangers are beginning to grumble 'Cause I won't let them have a key to my cellar They'll never get in just let them try They can have my money They can have my car They can have my wife If they want to go that far But they can't have the key that opens my cellar If the whole darn world goes dry
I'm Into Somethin' Good Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Carole King First release by: Earl-Jean - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
Woke up this morning feeling fine There's something special on my mind Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something)
She's the kind of girl who's not too shy And I can tell I'm her kind of guy She danced close to me like I hoped she would She danced close to me like I hoped she would Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something)
We only danced for a minute or two But then she stuck close to me the whole night through Can I be falling in love She's everything I've been dreaming of She's everything I've been dreaming of
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something) (Something tells me I'm into something, ahhh)
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Something tells me I'm into something good (something tells me I'm into something) Something tells me I'm into something good (something tells me I'm into something) To something good, oh yeah, something good (something tells me I'm into something) To something good, something good, something good
Everybody Two-Step Composer(s): Earl C. Jones; Wallie Herzer Performer(s): Mike Bernard; and various other artists
Oh my dear, don't you hear the latest music hit? Oh gee! the orchestra is playing it That is not a Rubenstein composed in F It's a song from the pen of Mutt and Jeff Let's two step and dance in old Havana style Just act like you were made of rubber, chile Glide along the floor and slide your feet a little bit That's it
Oh dear hon, won't you nestle to your lovie dove? Just rest your little hand upon my glove When I get to going 'round the shiny floor Babe, I'd just die to dance a little more Oh, my word I'm full of loving heart complaint Just place your tootsies where your papa's aint Then you start to swayin' to the playin' of the band That's grand!
Everybody two step and grab a girlie girl Everybody two step and do the twirly whirl Shake your feet with all your might Everybody two step and two step right If you want to two step just like a Polar bear Everybody does it Nobody ought to care Everybody wiggle waggle Then you make a bow Everybody two step now