Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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It's Not Easy Composer(s): Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil Performer(s): Normie Rowe and multiple other artists
Hey girl, what can I do with you When you take this ol' heart and tear it in two Is it asking so much for you to be true I'm an easy going man who takes all that he can
But I tell you It's not easy loving you, baby It's not easy wanting you so It's not easy loving you, baby But it's harder, girl, to let you go Harder, girl, to let you go
Girl, I give everything I've got inside How much more do you need to keep you satisfied I put up with so much, Lord knows I've tried And in spite of all the pain, I try not to complain
But I tell you It's not easy loving you, baby It's not easy wanting you so It's not easy loving you, baby But it's harder, girl, to let you go Harder, girl, to let you go
It's not easy loving you, baby No, it's not easy It's not easy loving you so Loving you, baby It's not easy loving you, baby It's not easy Loving you so ...
Come And See What's Happenin' In The Barn Composer(s): Gloria Gaither; Bill Gaither Performer(s): Bill & Gloria Gaither
Come and see whats happenin in the barn! Ive seen nothin like this since Ive been on this farm! Those strangers that camped out there have a baby in their arms Come and see whats happenin in the barn!
Must have been sometime bout close to midnight A big ole guy came knockin at my door He said his wife was bout to have a baby And she just couldnt travel anymore I said the rooms had all been rented out But theyd find shelter out there in the barn They could throw some blankets in the stable At least, they would be dry and safe from harm
Sometime before dawn I was awakened Light was floodin through the windowpane A star as bright as moonlight was a shinin And pretty music I could not explain I ran downstairs to have a look around I tell you I could not believe my eyes A crowd had gathered all around the manger And they were talkin bout Gods big surprise
The shepherds said that theyd been on the hillside Tellin stories just to stay awake The baby lambs were sleepin near the campfire The ewes were huddled by the stone fence gate And then the sky just seemed to open wide With light and sound that they could hardly bear And what they swore were angels sang in chorus Youll find the new Messiah over there.
Go and see whats happening in the barn Theres been nothin like it ever happened on this farm! The strangers that camped out there have a baby in their arms Go and see whats happenin in the barn!
It's No Secret Composer(s): Marty Balin Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
It's no secret how strong my love is for you It's no secret when I tell you what I'm gonna do 'cause I love you, yes I love you
It's no secret everybody knows how I feel It's no secret when I say my love is real 'cause I love you, yes I love you
It's no secret when you got me jumping up and down It's no secret 'cause my heart is chained and bound I love you, yes I love you, Yeah
It's no secret everybody knows how I feel
As I get older the year sake get's heavy for you wow It isn't any young girl I feel like my whole life is through yearh, when I stop feeling how strong my love is for you wow I know I'll be empty watching your love like I do
It's no secret (no) when you got me jumping up and down It's no secret 'cause my heart is chained and bound I love you, yes I love you, Yeah
It's no secret everybody knows how I feel It's no secret everybody knows how I feel It's no secret
It's No Game Composer(s): David Bowie Performer(s): David Bowie
Part 1:
1 2 1-2-2
Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai2
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven It's no game
Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka Hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii
I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation And it's no game
Documentaries on refugees Couples 'gainst the target You throw a rock against the road And it breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday and it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain and it makes all the papers 2
Nammin no kiroku eiga Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi Michi ni ishi o nage reba Kona gona ni kudake Kino ni huta o sureba Kyohu wa masu Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba Shinbun wa kaki tateru
So where's the moral when people have their fingers broken2 To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game
Shut up! Shutu...
Part 2:
Silhouettes and shadows watch the revolution No more free steps to heaven Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan And it's no game
I am barred from the event I really don't understand the situation So where's the moral People have their fingers broken To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading And it's no game
Documentaries on refugees couples 'gainst the target Throw a rock against the road and it breaks into pieces Draw the blinds on yesterday and it's all so much scarier Put a bullet in my brain and it makes all the papers
And it's no game
Children round the world put camel shit on the walls
They're making carpets on treadmills or garbage sorting
Christmas Without You
Composer(s): Dolly Parton - Steve Goldstein
First release by: Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - 1984
Christmas without you White Christmas and I'm blue Like fireworks with no fuse Christmas without you The fireplace keeps burning and my thoughts keep turning The pages of memories of time spent with you Old Christmas songs we knew and used to make love to Make it hard to get used to Christmas without you
Christmas without you White Christmas and I'm blue I love you I miss you So sad but so true Christmas without you Like a mystery with no clues Like fireworks with no fuse Christmas without you
The sweetest gift I know would be if the new snow Could fall on your footsteps on this Christmas Eve The most joyous Christmas if luck could be with us Would be if Saint Nicholas brought you home to me
Christmas without you White Christmas and I'm blue I love you I miss you I need you So sad but so true Like a mystery with no clues Like fireworks with no fuse Christmas without you
It's Nice To Go Trav'ling Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen Frank Sinatra; David Newton; Si Zentner & His Orch.
It's very nice to go trav'lin' To Paris, London, and Rome It's oh, so nice to go trav'lin' But it's so much nicer Yes, it's so much nicer to come home
It's very nice to just wander The camel route to Iraq It's oh, so nice to just wander But it's so much nicer Yes it's oh, so nice to wander back
The mam'selles and frauleins And the senoritas are sweet But they can't compete 'Cause they just don't have What the models have on Madison Ave.
It's very nice to be footloose With just a toothbrush and comb It's oh, so nice to be footloose But your heart starts singin' When you're homeward wingin' 'cross the foam
And you know your fate is Where the Empire State is All you contemplate is the view From Miss Liberty's dome It's very nice to go trav'lin' But it's oh, so nice to come home
You will find the maedchen And the gay muchachas are rare But they can't compare with that sexy line That parades each day at Sunset and Vine
It's quite the life to play gypsy And roam as Gypsies will roam It's quite the life to play gypsy But your heart starts singin' When you're homeward wingin' 'cross the foam
And the Hudson River Makes you start to quiver Like the latest flivver That's simply drippin' with chrome It's very nice to go trav'ling But it's oh, so nice to come home
No more Customs Burn the passport No more packin' And unpackin' Light the home fires Get my slippers Make a pizza
Christmas Without Daddy Composer(s): Jay Lee Webb Performer(s): Loretta Lynn
Christmas Day is getting closer But there's sadness mixed with joy Every day a few more questions From our little girl and boy Not alone, but they'll be lonely For their Daddy won't be here And just like the air at Christmas There'll be a chill upon the chill
Christmas without Daddy Will be such a lonesome day We'll send a prayer and All our love to you so far away Your son just wrote to Santa Asked him to send you home Yes Christmas without Daddy We'll be blue and all alone
Christmas without Daddy I don't know what we're gonna do On the present from your baby She wrote, "Daddy, I love you" Your son just wrote to Santa Asked him to send you home Yes Christmas without daddy We'll be blue and all alone
It's Never Too Late To Be Sorry Composer(s): James E. Dempsey; Joseph A. Burke
I watched a sweet rose droop and die for want of rain and wondered why the rain drops, when at last, they came could not restore its bloom again you're like the rose, I'm like the rain you wanted me and called in vain perhaps you wondered why I'm here I've come to say I'm sorry dear
I know on God's unerring slate the charge against me must be great and every sinful move I've made is entered as a debt unpaid but in the book we all know of I've found these tender words of love "When tears of sweet contrition flow then scarlet sins are made as snow"
It's never too late to be sorry I'm sorry I taught you to care I wish I could lift from your shoulders the cross I have made you bear I can't mend a heart I have broken there isn't a thing I can do but its never too late to be sorry and God knows I'm for you
Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day
Composer(s): Lee Jackson - Pat Seymour
Performer(s): Brenda Lee
It's Christmas Eve, and snow is on the ground Mistletoe and holly all around Yes, all the world is happy, but since you went away My Christmas will be just another lonely day Yeah, another lonely day, yeah
My tree is trimmed with pretty colored lights And at the top, the Christmas star shines bright Yes, everything around me is very bright and gay But Christmas will be just another lonely day Yeah, another lonely day, yeah
I had a lonely September, October, November, too But December is twice as lonely without you
For soon it will be time for Santa Claus And surely he will bring you back, because Without you here beside me, my world will be so gray And Christmas will be just another lonely day Yeah, another lonely day, yeah Another lonely day, yeah Another lonely day, yeah
It's My Party Composer(s): John Gluck - Seymour Gottlieb - Herbert Wiener - Wally Gold First recording/First release by: Helen Shapiro - 1963/Lesley Gore - 1963 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1963 - C'est Ma Fête (Richard Anthony) 1989 - Oon Su Auto (Punainen Alfa Romeo) (Clifters)
Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone Judy left the same time Why was he holding her hand When he's supposed to be mine
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you
Playing my records, keep dancing all night Leave me alone for a while 'Till Johnny's dancing with me I've got no reason to smile
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you
Judy and Johnny just walked through the door Like a queen with her king Oh what a birthday surprise Judy's wearing his ring
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you
C'est Ma Fête
((Adapted from: It's My Party (Helen Shapiro) - 1963))
((Finnish Version: Oon Su Auto (Punainen Alfa Romeo) (Clifters) - 1989))
Composer(s): John Gluck - Seymour Gottlieb - Herbert Wiener - Wally Gold - Richard Anthony
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1963
C'est ma fête Je fais ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît J'ai décidé Ce soir de m'amuser
Il y a juste une année aujourd'hui Que nous nous sommes quittés Je vais passer cette nuit À boire et à danser
C'est ma fête Je fais ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît J'ai décidé Ce soir de m'amuser
Sur le passé j'ai tracé une croix J'ai déchiré tes photos J'ai l'intention d'être heureux malgré toi Et cela au plus tôt
C'est ma fête Je fais ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît J'ai décidé Ce soir de m'amuser
Eh les amis allons-y tous en chur Car tout va pour le mieux Ne croyez pas que je pleure Ou que je sois malheureux
C'est ma fête Je fais ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît J'ai décidé Ce soir de t'oublier
C'est ma fête Je fais ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît Ce qui me plaît J'ai décidé Ce soir de m'amuser
Christmas To Christmas
Composer(s): Ron Hellard - Alan Rhody
Performer(s): Toby Keith; Lee Greenwood; Tanya Tucker
Seems like only yesterday We put our Christmas things away Now here's another Christmas Day with you When you're in love, how time does fly And this year that's just flown by Had been one happy holiday for two
Christmas to Christmas Wrapped in your arms Love's always in season And always so warm Till my days on Earth are through I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you
Yes, the givin' season's here again Time to love your fellow man Yuletide smiles are in demand, it's true The love we share is for all time We'll feel its glow right through July To melt the cold when winter flies anew
Christmas to Christmas Wrapped in your arms Love's always in season And always so warm Till my days on earth are through I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you
Till my days on earth are through I will spend Christmas to Christmas lovin' you
It's My Life (Danish Version: Se Nu Ham Der - 1991) Composer(s): Carl D'Errico; Roger Atkins First release by: The Animals - 1965 Covered by multiple other artists
It's a hard world to get a break in All the good things have been taken But girl there are ways To make certain things pay Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable some day Hear what I say I'm gonna ride the serpent No more time spent sweatin' rent Hear my command I'm breakin' loose, it ain't no use Holdin' me down, stick around
And baby, baby Remember, remember It's my life and I'll do what I want It's my mind and I'll think like I want Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime But some day I'll treat you real fine
There'll be women and their fortunes Who just want to mother orphans Are you gonna cry While I'm squeezin' them dry Takin' all I can get, no regrets When I, openly lie And live on their money Believe me honey, that money Can you believe, I ain't no saint No complaints So girl throw out Any doubt
And baby (baby) Remember (remember) It's my life and I'll do what I want It's my mind and I'll think like I want Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime But some day I'll treat you real fine
(It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me (It's my mind and I'll think like I want) It's my life (It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want (It's my mind and I'll think like I want) You can't tell me (It's my life and I'll do what I want)
Christmas Time's A-Coming Composer(s): Tex Logan Performer(s): Bill Anderson; and various other artists
Christmas time's a-comin', Christmas time's a-comin' Christmas time's a-comin' and I know I'm going home
Snowflakes are falling, my old home's a calling Tall pines are humming, Christmas time's a-coming Can't you hear them bells ringing, ringing joy, joy hear them singing When it's snowing I'll be going back to my country home Christmas time's a-comin', Christmas time's a-comin' Christmas time's a-comin' and I know I'm going home
Holly's in the window, home's where the wind blows Can't walk for running, Christmas time's a-comin' Can't you hear them bells ringing, ringing joy, joy hear them singing When it's snowing I'll be going back to my country home Christmas time's a-comin', Christmas time's a-comin' Christmas time's a-comin' and I know I'm going home
White candles burning, my old heart's a yearning For the folks at home when Christmas time's a-coming Can't you hear them bells ringing, ringing joy, joy hear them singing When it's snowing I'll be going back to my country home Christmas time's a-comin', Christmas time's a-comin' Christmas time's a-comin' and I know I'm going home
It's My Job Composer(s): Mac McAnally Performer(s): Jimmy Buffett and multiple other artists
In the middle of late last night, I was sittin' on a curb Didn't know what about but something had me quite disturbed Street sweeper comes whistling by and he's bouncing every step Seems strange how good he felt so I asked him while he swept
He said it's my job to be cleaning up this mess And that's the best reason to go for me It's my job to be better than the rest And that makes the day for me
Got an uncle that owns a bank, he's a self made millionaire Never had anyone to thank, never had no one to care He always seemed kind of sad to me so I asked him why that was And he told me it's because in my contract there's a clause
That says it's my job to be worried half to death And that's the thing people respect in me It's my job and without it I'd be less Than what I expect to be
I've been lazy most all my life, singing songs and sleeping late Any manual labor I've done is purely by mistake If street sweepers can smile then I got no right to feel upset But sometimes I still forget till the lights come on and the stage is set And the song hits home and you feel that sweat
It's my job to be different from the rest And that's the best reason to go for me It's my job to be better than the rest And that's a tough break for me
It's my job to be cleaning up this mess And that's the best reason to go for me It's my job to be different from the rest And that makes the day for me
It's Movin' Day Composer(s): Andrew B. Sterling; Harry Von Tilzer Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
Landlord said this morning to me 'Give me your key, this lot ain't free I can't get no rent out of you Pack up your act and skidoo, you' 'I've been waiting till my Bill comes home He's my honey from the honeycomb He'll have money for he told me so this morning'
Because it's moving day, moving day I rip the carpet up off the floor Load your oil stove and out the door Because it's moving day Pack your bed quilts and get away If you spend every cent you can live out in a tent It's moving day
Moving day, moving day I rip the carpet up off the floor Load your oil stove and out the door Because it's moving day Pack your bed quilts and get away If you spend every cent you can live out in a tent It's moving day
Christmas-Time Seems Years And Years Away Composer(s): Ted Snyder - Irving Berlin
In a garden fair, sat a happy pair 'Neath a shady maple tree She had promised him "We'll be married, Jim To the chimes of Trinity "Tis the month of May, but next Christmas Day I will be your blushing bride Don't you worry dear It will soon be here" But he looked at her and sighed
"Christmas chimes mean happy times, for you and me, sweetheart Winter time means you'll be mine, and never more to part Honeymoon can't shine too soon, I wish it were today Girlie mine, don't Christmas time seem years and years away?"
"There is nothing, dear, that I have to fear If I can't afford the ring Santa Claus is kind And I'm sure he'll find Just a plain gold band to bring It's been just a year since I met you, dear But it seems like just a day If I only could, girlie dear, I would Turn December into May"
"Christmas chimes mean happy times, for you and me, sweetheart Winter time means you'll be mine, and never more to part Honeymoon can't shine too soon, I wish it were today Girlie mine, don't Christmas time seem years and years away?"
It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet Composer(s): Jimmy Buffett; Steve Goodman Performer(s): Jimmy Buffett
Catch the elevator from the penthouse suite And take it down to the casino The god-almighty sound of money movin' round Can be heard all the way to Reno
Well it's midnight and I'm not famous yet Tryin' to win it all with one more bet Nothin' can stop my thirty-two hop Or my ten dollar yo yo yo It's midnight, I'm just gettin' ready to roll
(Midnight) Now Lester Polyester signs another marker Like the high rollers do Seven come eleven His brand new baby needs Gucci shoes
Well it's midnight she's not famous yet Tryin' to break the bank with one more bet Nothin' can stop my thirty-two hop Or my ten dollar yo yo yo It's midnight, Lester's gettin' ready to roll
Midnight (midnight) Midnight
(Midnight) They're pagin' someone we know, Lester hits a keno He's not leavin' yet Vacuum cleaners hummin' lounge act still is strummin' It's their twenty-fourth set Well it's midnight they're not famous yet Tryin' to win it all with one more bet Nothin' can stop my thirty-two hop Or my ten dollar yo yo yo It's midnight, got nowhere to go (Oh oh)