Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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It's A Jungle Out There Performer(s): Randy Newman
It's a jungle out there Disorder and confusion everywhere No one seems to care Well I do Hey, who's in charge here? It's a jungle out there Poison in the very air we breathe Do you know what's in the water that you drink? Well I do, and it's amazing People think I'm crazy, 'cause I worry all the time If you paid attention, you'd be worried too You better pay attention Or this world we love so much might just kill you I could be wrong now, but I don't think so! 'Cause it's a jungle out there
Carol Of The Bells
((Adapted from: Shchedryk (Mykola Dmytrovych) - 1936))
Composer(s): Mikola Leontovich - Peter Wilhousky
Performer(s): Harry Simeone Chorale - 1959
and multiple other artists
Hark! How the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say Throw cares away
Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold
Ding dong ding dong That is their song With joyful ring All caroling
One seems to hear Words of good cheer From everywhere Filling the air
Oh, how they pound Raising the sound O'er hill and dale Telling the tale
Gaily they ring While people sing Songs of good cheer Christmas is here
All You Wanna Do Is Dance Composer(s): Billy Joel Performer(s): Billy Joel
Oh, baby you don't get turned on by the radio Oh, baby you got nothin' to play on your stereo "Why don't the Beatles get back together? Why don't nobody sing of romance? Oh, baby, all you wanna do is dance
Oh, baby I think you are lost in the seventies Oh, baby the music she ain't what she used to be You don't understand what they're saying Givin' it ev'ry chance Oh, baby, all you wanna do is dance
Well, you wish you were back in the good old days When tomatoes were cheaper And you never heard the words of your favorite songs Through a three inch speaker And you never messed around with dangerous drugs You were all getting sick on beer And you didn't get any unless you went steady and made out for a year
You can hide away honey in your rock 'n' roll dreams An' you can stand by your blue suede shoes But the party is over and I'm getting tired of waiting for you
Oh, baby where are the oldies they used to play Oh, baby you want to crawl back into yesterday You don't want to deal with the future You don't want to make any plans Oh, baby, all you wanna do is dance Oh, baby, all you wanna do is dance
It's A Heartache Composer(s): Ronnie Scott; Steven Wolfe First release by: Bonnie Tyler - 1977 Covered by multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages: 1978 - Notti Bianche 2004 - Si Tout S'arrête
It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache Hits you when it's too late, hits you when you're down It's a fool's game, nothing but a fool's game Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown
It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache Love until your arms break, then he lets you down
It ain't right with love to share when you find he doesn't care for you It ain't wise to need someone as much as I depended on you
It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache Hits you when it's too late, hits you when you're down It's a fool's game, nothing but a fool's game Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown
It ain't right with love to share when you find he doesn't care for you It ain't wise to need someone as much as I depended on you
It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache Hits you when it's too late, hits you when you're down It's a fool's game, nothing but a fool's game Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown
Love Me Forever ((French Version: Dieu Seul (Dalida)) Composer(s): Gary Lynes - Beverly Guthrie Performer(s): Marion Ryan; John Davidson; The Four Esquires
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Love me, love me forever Take me, make me your own Promise, promise you'll never Leave me lost and alone Kiss me strongly and sweetly Tell me you will be true Love me, love me completely Now and forever, as I love you
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Love me, love me forever Take me, make me your own Promise, promise you'll never Leave me lost and alone Kiss me strongly and sweetly Tell me you will be true Love me, love me completely Now and forever, as I love you
It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go Composer(s): Nanci Griffith Performer(s): Nanci Griffith and multiple other artists
I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Seamus says,'Now, what chance has that kid got?' And I say from the back,'I don't know' He says,'There's barbed wire at all of these exits And there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go'
It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go
A cafeteria line in Chicago The fat man in front of me Is calling black people trash to his children He's the only trash here I see And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood In the night when his children should sleep But, they slip to their window and they see him And they think that white hood's all they need
It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go
I was a child in the sixties Dreams could be held through TV With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther Oh, I believed, I believed, I believed Now, I am a backstreet driver from America I am not at the wheel of control I am guilty, I am war I am the root of all evil Lord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road
It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go
It's A Hard Life Composer(s): Freddie Mercury Performer(s): Queen and multiple other artists
I don't want my freedom There's no reason for living with a broken heart
This is a tricky situation I've only got myself to blame It's just a simple fact of life It can happen to anyone
You win - you lose It's a chance you have to take with love Oh yeah - I fell in love And now you say it's over and I'm falling apart
It's a hard life To be true lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another right from the start When you're in love
I try and mend the broken pieces I try to fight back the tears They say it's just a state of mind But it happens to everyone
How it hurts - deep inside When your love has cut you down to size Life is tough - on your own Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies And I'm waiting for love
Yes it's a hard life Two lovers together To love and live forever in each others hearts It's a long hard fight To learn to care for each other To trust in one another - right from the start When you're in love
Yes it's a hard life In a world that's filled with sorrow There are people searching for love in ev'ry way It's a long hard fight But I'll always live for tomorrow I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love Yes I did it for love - for love - oh I did it for love
Love Makes You Feel Composer(s): Lou Reid Performer(s): Lou Reid
Life isn't what is seems, I'm forever drifting into dreams Such a sad affair, to always be drifting into air
But it's not what you say or you do that makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through that makes me feel like I am upside down
And love makes you feel ten foot tall
Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall
Just a funny thing, I'm forever drifting into dreams Just not the proper thing, to always be drifting into dreams
But it's not what you say or you do that makes me feel like I am falling It's things that we've both been through that makes me feel like I am upside down
It's A Great Day To Be Alive Composer(s): Darrell Scott Performer(s): Travis Tritt and multiple other artists
I got rice cooking in the microwave Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say Hey, I'm doing alright Yeah I think I'll make me some homemade soup Feelin' pretty good and that's the truth It's neither drink nor drug induced No, I'm just doin' alright
And it's a great day to be alive I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes There's some hard times in the neighborhood But why can't every day be just this good?
It's been fifteen years since I left home Said good luck to every seed I'd sown Give it my best and then I left it alone Oh I hope they're doin' alright Now I look in the mirror and what do I see? A lone wolf there starin' back at me Long in the tooth but harmless as can be Lord, I guess he's doin' alright
And it's a great day to be alive I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes There's some hard times in the neighborhood But why can't every day be just this good?
Sometimes its lonely Sometimes its only me and The shadows that fill this room Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin' Howlin' at the moon
Well I might go get me a new tatoo or Take my old Harley for a three day cruise Might even grow me a fu man chu
And it's a great day to be alive I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes There's some hard times in the neighborhood But why can't every day be just this good?
And it's a great day to be alive I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes There's some hard times in the neighborhood But why can't every day be just this good?
The Chanukah Song Composer(s): Ian Maxtone-Graham; L. Morton; Adam Sandler Performer(s): Adam Sandler; Neil Diamond
Part 1
This is a song, that uh, there's a lot of Christmas songs out there but not too many about Hanukkah So I wrote a song for all those nice little Jewish kids who dont get to hear any Hanukkah songs Here we go.....
Put on your yalmulka, here comes Hanukkah It's so much fun-akkah to celebrate Hanukkah
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights
When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree Heres a list of people who are Jewish, just like you and me
David Lee Roth lights the menorrah So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah
Guess who eats together at the Karnickey Deli Bowzer from Sha-na-na, and Arthur Fonzerrelli
Paul Newman's half Jewish, Goldie Hawn's half too Put them together, what a fine lookin' Jew!
You dont need Deck the Halls or Jingle Bell Rock Cause you can spin the dreidl with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, both Jewish!
Put on your yalmulka, its time for Hanukkah The owner of the Seattle Supersonic-ahs celebrates Hanukkah
O.J. Simpson, not a Jew! But guess who is, Hall of Famer Rod Carew, he converted!
We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby Harrison Ford's a quarter Jewish, not too shabby!
Some people think that Ebeneezer Scrooge is Well, he's not, but guess who is, all three stooges
So many Jews are in show biz Tom Cruise isn't, but I heard his agent is
Tell your friend Veronica, it's time you celebrate Hanukkah I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely Hanukkah
So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah, and smoke your marajuanic-ah If you really, really wanna-kah Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Hanukkah
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Part 2
Time to take out those menorahs! Put on your yalmulka, it's time for Hanukkah So much fun-uka to celebrate Hanukkah
Hanukkah is, the festival of lights Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights
When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree Here's a new list of people who are Jewish just like you and me
Winona Ryder drinks Manashevits' wine Then spins a dredl with Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein
Guess who give and receives loads of Hanukkah toys? The girls from Barukasouhl and all three Beastie Boys
Lenny Kravitz is half Jewish, Courtney Love is half too Put them together, what a funky, bad-ass Jew
We got Harvey Keitel and flashdancer Jennifer Beals Yasmine Bleeth from Baywatch is Jewish and yes, her boobs are real
O.J. Simpson, still not a Jew But guess who is, the guy who does the voice for Scooby-Doo
Bob Dylan was born a Jew, then he wasn't, but now he's back Mary Tyler Moore's husband is Jewish 'cuz we're pretty good in the sack
Guess who got bar mitzvah-ed on the PGA tour? No, I'm not talking about Tiger Woods, I'm talking about Mister Happy Gilmore
So many Jews are in the show-biz Bruce Springsteen isn't Jewish, but my Mother thinks he is
Tell that old harmonica, it's time to celebrate Hanukkah It's not pronounced Chanukkah, the C is silent in Hanukkah
So your your Hooked on Phonic-a, get drunk in Teawonica If you really really wanna-kah Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Hanukkah
It's A Grand Night For Singing Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II Performer(s): William Marshall (Marty), Dick Haymes (Wayne), Jeanne Crain (Margie), Dana Andrews (Pat)
Marty: It's a grand night for singing The moon is flying high And somewhere a bird Who is bound he'll be heard Is throwing his heart at the sky!
It's a grand night for singing The stars are bright above The earth is a-glow And to add to the show I think I am falling in love! Falling, falling in love
It's a grand night for singing The moon is flying high And somewhere a bird Who is bound hell be heard Is throwing his heart at the sky!
Wayne: Maybe it's more than the moon Maybe it's more than the birds Maybe it's more than sight of the night In a light too lovely for words
Maybe it's more than the earth Shiny in silvery blue Maybe the reason I'm feeling this way Has something to do with you!
It's a grand night for singing The moon is flying high And somewhere a bird Who is bound he'll be heard Is throwing his heart at the sky!
It's a grand night for singing The stars are bright above The earth is a-glow And, to add to the show I think I am falling in love! Falling, falling in love!
Margie and Pat: It's a grand night for singing The moon is flying high And somewhere a bird Who is bound he'll be heard Is throwing his heart at the sky!
Wayne: It's a grand night for singing The stars are bright above The earth is a-glow And, to add to the show I think I am falling in love! Falling, falling in love!
The Losing End (When You're On) Composer(s): Neil Young First release by: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 1969
I went into town to see you yesterday But you were not home So I talked to some old friends for a while Before I wandered off alone
It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow Though I know I'll never be the same Won't you ever change your ways It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end And I feel that way again
Well, I miss you more than ever Since you've gone, I can hardly maintain Things are different round here every night My tears fall down like rain
It's so hard for me now But I'll make it somehow, Though I know I'll never be the same Won't you ever change your ways It's so hard to make love pay When you're on the losing end And I feel that way again
It's A Good Day Composer(s): Dave Barbour; Peggy Lee First release by: Peggy Lee - 1946 Covered by multiple other artists
Yes, it's a good day for singing a song and it's a good day for moving alone Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong A good day from morning' till night
Yes, it's a good day for shining your shoes and it's a good day for losing the blues Everything go gain and nothing' to lose `Cause it's a good day from morning' till night
I said to the Sun, "Good morning sun Rise and shine today" You know you've gotta get going If you're gonna make a showin' And you know you've got the right of way
`Cause it's a good day for paying your bills And it's a good day for curing your ills So take a deep breath and throw away your pills `Cause it's a good day from morning' till night
Losers And Winners Composer(s): Accept - Deaffy - Peter Baltes - Stefan Kaufmann - Udo Dirkschneider - Wolf Hoffmann Performer(s): Accept
You told me that you like her, but she doesn`t wanna know You tried so much to take her, bur there`s no way to go I know that kind of feeling, knocking on someone`s door I know the endless crying when you don`t know what you`re living for
Write a letter (What`s the matter?) You`ll find better (Write a letter) You`ll feel better when it`s done
There`s one way to show what you feel for the girl Write her a loveley letter, tell her what you`re looking for Don`t think it`s old fashion to take one`s heard (when it`s true) You gotta take it as a man when you can`t win her in this game
Write a letter ... There are losers and winners, just like you and me
You should give me the letter; I`ll use it for my own Maybe she wants to take me before she stays alone Could be my destination to pick up broken hearts Why don`t you take it easy and screw the girls who`s next to you
It's A Game Composer(s): Chris Adams Performer(s): Bay City Rollers
The clown came down to meet me With a smile upon his face He fired his starting pistol And began the human race There were faces all around me They were running everywhere But everywhere is nowhere And nowhere isn't there
It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing Well, I don't mind but I don't make the rules It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing Just a game for lovers and fools
There's snakes upon your ladder And there's dice upon your skirt There's lipstick on my collar And there's sweat upon my shirt The neighbours will start talking But you know that I don't care For the neighbours they are nowhere And nowhere isn't there
It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing ...
Burning Out Again (A Kind Of Christmas Card) Composer(s): Morten Harket; H. Rem Performer(s): Morten Harket
All you folks back home I'll never tell you this You're not supposed to know where your daughter is There are ways of life you never understood it's right here downtown Hllywood it's afternoon on Sunset Boulevard I've got a stolen moment trying hard to write a kind of christmas card
but I am burning out again tonight there is fever in my veins
mama, dear all the love you gave I guess there's really nothing nothing much to save this place is as dirty as I feel myself there are still some riches at the Roosevelt that evening prayer those memories in my little bedroom, mama, on my knees that's where I'm at down in Los Angeles
And I am burning out again and I must rise above the shame tonigh there is fever in my veins
just think of the girl I used to be you were my age once, mama twenty-three I can still hear some of the songs you used to play from that summer of love in '68 seems it's turned into a winter of hate
