Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Eyesight To The Blind Composer(s): Sonny Boy Williamson Performer(s): Sonny Boy Williamson; and various other artists
You're talking about your woman I wish to God, man, that you could see mine You're talking about your woman, I wish to God that you could see mine Every time the little girl start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind
Lord, her daddy must been a millionaire, 'cause I can tell by the way she walk Her daddy must been a millionaire, because I can tell by the way she walk Every time she start to loving, the deaf and dumb begin to talk
I remember one Friday morning, we was lying down across the bed Man in the next room a-dying, stopped dying and lift up his head, and said "Lord, ain't she pretty, and the whole state know she fine!"
Every time she start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind (Spoken: All right and all right, now Lay it on me, lay it on me, lay it on me Oh lordy, what a woman, what a woman!)
Yes, I declare she's pretty and the whole state knows she's fine Man, I declare she's pretty, God knows I declare she's fine Every time she starts to loving, whoo, she brings eyesight to the blind (I've got to get out of here, now, let's go, let's go, let's go now)
I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town Composer(s): Lew Brown; Harry Von Tilzer Performer(s): Kay Starr and multiple other artists
I'm the lonesomest gal in town Everybody has thrown me down I got no angel child to ever call me dear Got no honey man to ever cuddle near But I'm learnin' to roll my eyes And someday you may be surprised When I steal someone's lovin' man And kiss him with a smack I'll hug him and I'll squeeze him But I'll never give him back `Cos I`m lonesome, so very lonesome I'm the lonesomest gal in this here town
If you read in the papers some day That some poor girl has passed away Don't shed a tear if you should hear That gal was me, and if you see My picture in the paper with a smile on my face I was broken hearted, that smile was out of place If you wanna save a gal from her grave Find me a man if you can
I'm the lonesomest gal in town Everybody is throwin' me down I got no angel child to ever call me dear Got no honey man to ever cuddle near But I'm learnin', I'm gonna roll my eyes And someday you're gonna be surprised When I steal someone's lovin' man And kiss him with a smack I'll hug him and I'll squeeze him But I'll never give him back `Cos I`m lonesome, so very lonesome I'm the lonesomest gal in this or any other town
Eyes Without A Face Composer(s): Billy Idol; Steve Stevens Performer(s): Billy Idol; and various other artists
I'm all out of hope One more bad dream could bring a fall When I'm far from home Don't call me on the phone To tell me you're alone It's easy to deceive It's easy to tease But hard to get release
Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Got no human grace your eyes without a face
I spend so much time Believing all the lies To keep the dream alive Now it makes me sad It makes me mad at truth For loving what was you
Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Got no human grace your eyes without a face
When you hear the music you make a dip Into someone else's pocket then make a slip Steal a car and go to Las Vegas oh, the gigolo pool I'm on a bus on a psychedelic trip Reading murder books tryin' to stay hip I'm thinkin' of you you're out there so Say your prayers Say your prayers Say your prayers
Now I close my eyes And I wonder why I don't despise Now all I can do Is love what was once So alive and new But it's gone from your eyes I'd better realise
Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Les yeux sans visage eyes without a face Got no human grace your eyes without a face Such a human waste your eyes without a face And now it's getting worse
I'm The King Of Broken Hearts Composer(s): Frederick Tobias; Jerry Tobias Performer(s): Tony Bennett
My castle's a room where each night I'm alone A chair in the corner is my only throne And all that I rule is a now-silent phone I'm the King of Broken Hearts
My minstral sings lovesongs on my phonograph Each song brings back mem'ries of your haunting laugh And each face in my court looks like your photograph I'm the King of Broken Hearts
I thought that I'd forget in time The tender kiss you gave But now I realize that I'm A ruler who's only a slave
A scarf that you left now is my royal cloak On my coat of arms are the love words you spoke And my crown is a dream that has vanished in smoke I'm the King of Broken Hearts
Eyes That Say "I Love You" Composer(s): Fred Fisher
I've often heard it said that eyes are just windows of the soul And in that little game of love, they play the leading role I've studied every color, and learn'd to realize The wondrous charm that lies within a pair of roguish eyes
A mother tells her baby just by looking in its eyes A doctor with a single glance, knows where the trouble lies We tell a cook that's clever that she must Hooverize But you can't tell a woman just by looking in her eyes
Eyes that are always telling lies, naughty eyes Eyes that are blue or grey What do they want to make those eyes at me for, at you for Just to steal your heart away Eyes that can fool the very wise Wicked eyes Eyes that can look you thru But of all the eyes I see, only two look good to me They're the eyes that say "I love you"
I'm The Guy Who Found The Lost Chord Composer(s): Earl Brent; Jimmy Durante Performer(s): Jimmy Durante; Roy Bargy
I was sitting at my piano, the other day But my mind was ill at ease They were coming to take it away that afternoon I was all by myself in a mellow mood Improvising symphonies My right hand was playing Mozart's minuet And at the same time my left hand was playing; have a banana; from Carmen And at the same time my mouth was whistling a sextet from Luicini And at the same time What do you think my foot was doing? While keeping time it was cracking walnuts; see I had to eat too Then in the midst of all soliloquy I found it, I found it The Lost Chord The Lost Chord! So let's celebrate I'm feeling great I'm the guy that found the Lost chord I'll have my name in the hall of fame 'cos I went and found that lost chord
Everyone knows Tchaikovsky wasn't recognised for 300 years Brahms wasn't recognised for 400 years Beethoven wasn't recognised for 500 years But I can't wait that long I've only got two changes of clothes!
People said I was mad. but that didn't trouble me They said Mozart was mad They said Puccini was mad They said Louis was mad Who's Louis? My uncle, he was mad!
So let's celebrate I'm feeling great I'm the guy that found the Lost chord
You know it wasn't easy finding that Lost chord Working in my attic I didn't sleep for days and days I'd be in terrible shape if I hadn't slept nights! First I put an A flat with a B minor Then I put a B minor with and F major Then I put and F minor with a B major Then I tried an A and a B and a B and a C And a C and a D and a D and E and an E and a F And a F and a G What a piano no apostrophe's!
And this is what I came up with (plays wrong chord)
What's happened that isn't the chord (plays wrong chord) Neither is that (plays wrong chord) Neither is that (plays wrong chord) And neither is that! I lost the chord a catatstrophe I'm gonna sit down on the keyboard of this piano until the chord is return
(sits down bum plays the right chord)
That's it the lost chord! I found it, I found by sitting on the piano keyboard Strange I usually play by ear!
So let's celebrate I'm feeling great I'm the guy that found the Lost chord
Eyes Of The World Composer(s): Lindsey Buckingham Performer(s): Fleetwood Mac
Tellin' you people, tell you no lie My heart was breakin', I'll tell you why
Chorus: Back and forth, lies unfurl... In the eyes, in the eyes, in The eyes, in the eyes of the world.... Eyes...eyes...eyes...eyes... Eyes...eyes...eyes...eyes...
Monday's children are filled with face.... Tuesday's children are filled with grace.....
Eyes Of The Immigrant Composer(s): Eric Andersen Performer(s): Eric Andersen
They came by day, and they came by night They came like cattle they were packed so tight They rolled on the stairways and they slept on the decks And the only thing they knew was they could not turn back They came from Sweden and they came from France They came from up and down along the continent They came in floods and they came in waves They came for glory and they came to escape Some held their breath in the morning light As New York Harbor came into sight They leaned on the rails and the decks just to see A statue of a lady known as "Liberty" Their hands gripped the rails and their eyes peered up Some were crying with their eyes; some were crying with their hearts They were dreaming of the future; they were crying for a chance Maybe the son of a shipper could even be the president
Chorus: Eyes of the healthy and eyes of the lame Eyes of the free and the eyes of the chain Eyes of the wealthy and eyes of the poor Eyes of an Indian who rides nevermore Always remember and never forget Beneath all the dirt and beneath all the sweat Who looked to the future and knew what it meant But the hearts and the minds and the souls and the dreams In the eyes, eyes of the Immigrant
Out of Ellis Island they poured like sheep Onto the land and into the streets With their hands on their children and their coats on their backs They brought nothing more than they could fit in their sacks Carpenters, steel workers, firemen, and cops Peddled rags full of shoes in all the neighborhood shops They worked with their hands and they worked with their backs Bringin' coal from the ground and puttin' smoke up the stacks Wave after wave the flood never stopped Soon the ones on the bottom they rose to the top They dreamed and they said no matter how its gotten bad You give to your kids the things that you never had Be doctors and lawyers and chairmen of the boards Be the guardians of peace and protectors in the wars You work with your knowledge and your skills and your minds Now its everybody's future that you hold in your sights
Chorus
Some tried to settle, some couldn't out of fear Some kept dreaming of the new frontier Everybody was convinced they had a place in the sun That it wasn't what you were so much as what you could become Everybody's future wasn't everybody's dream The land could be barren and the streets could be mean It was a fact in the suburbs and the farms and the shacks That you only knew ahead there ain't no room to fall back This is the land and the home of the free That's what we want the whole world to believe Not everybody makes it to the top of the heap Some were brought in chains from far across the sea Some lost their way and some lost track And some realized that you can't look back And sometimes you hear it but you don't know where The sound of the waves still crashing in your ear
I'm The Fool In Love With The Fool Performer(s): Reba McEntire
You don't know me but I know who you are Mind if I sit down? Do I look familiar? If I don't well I see I'm sure you've seen me around I know you've probably heard my name Though we've not been introduced
I'm the fool in love with the fool Who's still in love with you
If you've got a minute I'll buy you a drink I've got something to say It might sound crazy But last night in his sleep I heard him call out your name This ain't the first time He's done it before And it's hard to face the truth
I'm the fool in love with the fool Who's still in love with you
I know love is a fragile thing But I'm trying hard to make it last But it ain't easy holding onto my dream When he's holding onto the past
Just one more thing before I go I'm not here to put you down You don't love him and that's a fact Girl I've seen you around But you hold his heart in the palm of you hands And it's breaking mine in two
Cos I'm the fool in love with the fool Who's still in love with you I'm the fool in love with the fool Who's still in love with you
Eyes Of The Girl Composer(s): Wang Chung Performer(s): Wang Chung
On her televison, on her mammas radio She could paint a picture More alive than all she ought to know Her imagination running wild, she let it grow In her imagination Oh she felt she loved him so
Chorus: The eyes of the girl are following me Looking for the man that she pinned on me The tears for a love that could never be Now its all over Theyre raining on me Oh its raining
Its an empty world with a lifetime on your hands Oh we must believe that Something someone somewhere understands Our imagination wants to capture what we feel In our imagination Everything is real
Repeat chorus
Tears fall from the eyes of the girl And the girl is watching me Tears fall from the eyes of the girl And the girl is watching me
Baby, please release me from the power of your mind Baby, please release me, leave this crazy scheme behind Baby, please release me Baby, please release me
Repeat chorus
Tears fall from the eyes of the girl And the girl is watching me
Eyes Of Love Composer(s): Bob Ezrin; Trevor Rabin Performer(s): Trevor Rabin
Are you waiting for your freedom Or a love you just don't know? I can see you through my window Did you know your feelings show? Are you looking towards the border? Hold out for something new
Does the white, bright, right and degradation Wear you down the way we want it to Calling on you for confirmation In a way that we feel is good for you
Chorus Eyes of love look! Down on me When you gonna see Eyes of love send down the key Will you deliver me
Are you searching for an answer? Are you questioning it all? I can reach you But I can't feel you Are you living in surrender Or just waiting for a call?
Does the white, bright, right and degradation Wear you down the way we want it to We will control the information In a way that we feel is good for you
Boy Toy (Adapted from: I'm The Boy - 1984) Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg; Paul Ives, Boris Bergman Performer(s): Marc Almond & Trash Palace - 2006
A shadow within shadows Uncounted nights of sleaze A pointed, broken arrow To sting, to hurt, to please A mask within masks Pathetic and bitter Black leather's in to last Shining eyes lead to glitter I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy, a see-through toy that no-one else can see A soul within souls Weakened from the fear A blade, a look, that's all
Takes two to get that near A man within manhood Back room without a view White nights long, black nights good Wounded knees for Soldier Blue I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy, a see-through toy that no-one else can see A hooker amongst the whores On a rough ride to hell Where the big boys play ball While angels won't tell I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy who can enjoy invisibility I'm the boy, a see-through toy that no-one else can see
Eyes Of Fire Composer(s): Ritchie Blackmore; Joe Lynn Turner; Bob Rondinelli Performer(s): Rainbow
Hungry and wild she was born to the night A demon, a daughter or madness One look from her eyes could burn you alive... Drown you in oceans of sadness Oh - even the deadly shades of night Won't let me hide...from her eyes of fire
Face in the mirror we meet eye to eye Passions of eternal fire Desperately wanting and out of control Dancing on winds of desire Oh - even the deadly shades of night Won't let me hide...from her eyes of fire
Curtain of darkness, screams of delight Taunts me with her sirens calling... I got to be strong but I can't hang on Into the flames I am falling... Oh - even the deadly shades of night Won't let me hide (no, no, no, no) from her eyes of fire...
She keeps burning... She keeps burning me, burning me Burning me, burning me down Eyes of fire
I'm Telling You Now Composer(s): Freddie Garrity; Mitch Murray Performer(s): Freddie & the Dreamers
I'm telling you now I'm telling you right away I'll be staying for many a day I'm in love with you now
I'm telling you now I'll say what you wanna hear I'll be telling you for many a year I'm in love with you now
Do you think I'm foolin' When I say "I love you" I love you Maybe you'll believe me When I'm finally through Through, through, through
I'm telling you now I know it's been said before Say you love me and I will be sure I'm in love with you now
I'm telling you now I'm telling you right away I'll be staying for many a day I'm in love with you now
Do you think I'm foolin' When I say "I love you" I love you Maybe you'll believe me When I'm finally through Through, through, through
I'm telling you now I know it's been said before Say you love me and I will be sure I'm in love with you now I'm in love with you now I'm telling you now
Eyes Of Blue Composer(s): Paul Carrack Performer(s): Paul Carrack
I want to know how does it feel Behind those eyes of blue Youve made your mistakes And now your heart aches Behind those eyes of blue
People may say youve had your chance And let it slip away But hard as they try Theres a dream that wont die Behind those eyes of blue
Maybe once in a while Theres a trace of a smile Behind those eyes of blue But its painfully clear Theres a river of tears Behind those eyes of blue
You know life is too short For comprimising Take a hold of your dream And realise it
You know theres nothing left To stand in your way Except yourself and I know Though your heart's full of pain That a hope still remains Behind those eyes of blue
I'm Tellin' The Birds, Tellin' The Bees (aka How I Love You) Composer(s): Lew Brown; Cliff Friend Performer(s): The Westerners and multiple other artists
Through fields of golden flowers Where we spent sunny hours I'm strolling along, thinking of you
I told the four leaf clover My lonesome days are over I talk about you all the day through
I'm tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees Tellin' the flowers, tellin' the trees How I love you
I'm tellin' the moon, tellin' the sun Tellin' the stars and tellin' each one How I love you
I feel so happy and I show it I want the whole wide world to know it
The shady old nook, the shadows that fall The little old brook, I'm tellin' them all How I love you
Tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees Tellin' the flowers and tellin' the trees How I love you
Tellin' the moon, tellin' the sun Tellin' the stars and tellin' each one How I love you
I feel so happy and I show it I want the whole wide world to know it
The shady old nook, the shadows that fall The little old brook, I'm tellin' them all How I love you