Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Sweet Leaf Composer(s): Tony Iommi - Ozzy Osbourne - Geezer Butler - Bill Ward Performer(s): Black Sabbath - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Alright Now!! Won't you listen?
When I first met you, didn't realize I can't forget you, for your suprize you introduced me, to my mind And left me wanting, you and your kind Oh yeah!
I love you, Oh you know it
My life was empty forever on a down Until you took me, showed me around My life is free now, my life is clear I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear Oh yeah!
Come on now, try it out
Straight people don't know, what your about They put you down and shut you out you gave to me a new belief and soon the world will love you sweet leaf Oh yeah baby!
You Wear It Well Composer(s): Martin Quittenton; Rod Stewart Performer(s): Rod Stewart
I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon but to settle down and write you a line I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota hell it's been a very long time you wear it well a little old fashioned but that's all right
Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking or he wouldn't get in touch with me Oh I ain't begging or losing my head I sure do want you to know that you wear it well there ain't a lady in the land so fine
Remember those basement parties, your brother's karate the all day rock and roll shows Them homesick blues and radical view haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well a little out of time, but I don't mind
But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine but I blew it without even tryin' Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get a letter through (tryin' to get back to you)
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town when you sat down and cried on the stairs You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth You make me fell a millionaire and you wear it well Madame Onassis got nothing on you
And when my coffee's cold and I'm getting told that I gotta get back to work so when the sun goes low and you're home all alone think of me and try not to laugh and I'll wear it well I don't object if you call collect 'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
You Was Composer(s): Sunny Burke; Paul Francis Webster Performer(s): Dean Martin (with Peggy Lee); Buddy Clarke; Bing Crosby; Doris Day; Martha Tilton
Peggy: If you were to ask me
who the sweetest one I knew was I'd say: "you was" Dean: If you were to ask me who my fav'rite point of view was I'd say: "you was" Peggy: When you're not near, my heart is inclined to waste away Dean: But when you're here, the funny part is My heart is a spherical lyrical miracle all the day Peggy: If you were to ask me who the apple of your eye was I'd say: "I was" Dean: If you were to ask me who your sweet potato pie was I'd say: "I was" Peggy: Supposin' you paid a visit to a certain preacher Dean: Supposin' you overheard me practicing "I do" And you were to ask me who the bride and groom to be was Peggy: I'd say: "we was" Dean: "Me and you"
(Orchestral Break)
Peggy: I've got a heart that hollers when you're not close to me Dean: But when you're near it sorta follers Both: There isn't a lovelier heaven abovelier place to be Dean: If I were to ask you who the girl I'd glorify was Peggy: I'd say: "I was" Peggy: If I were to ask you who the boy I'd like to tie was Dean: I'd say: "I was" Peggy: Supposin' you heard that I was shopping for a trousseau Dean: Supposin' I brought you something old and something new And you were to ask us who the bride and groom to be was Peggy: I'd say Both: "we was, me and you" Peggy: You was Dean: You was Peggy: You was Dean: I was Both: We was, me and you
You Wanted Someone To Play With Composer(s): Frank Capano; Margie Morris; Nat Osborne; George McConnell Performer(s): Frankie Laine
I know that you wanted someone to play with While I wanted someone to love And you made me feel that your love was real The love that I always dreamed of
And then you laughed when I cried for your kisses To me they meant heaven above Oh, oh, oh you wanted someone to play with While I wanted someone to love
(Oh, you wanted someone to play) (While I wanted someone to love) And you made me feel that your love was real The love that I always dreamed of
And then you laughed when I cried for your kisses To me they meant heaven above Oh, oh, oh you wanted someone to play with While I wanted, while I wanted someone to love
Colorado Christmas Composer(s): Steve Goodman Performer(s): The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Steve Goodman; Petty Booka
Looking out the window of this Hollywood hotel You'd never know that it was Christmas Eve The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells And the temperature is 84 degrees
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene But there's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows And Santa drives a Rolls Royce limosine
But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air From Telluride to Boulder down below The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow
I remember Christmases when I was just a boy In the morning I would run to see the tree And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of Christmas joy Well, I always thought they sang them just for me
Now the sun is setting in the California sky And I can't find the spirit anywhere So I think it's time for me to tell Los Angeles goodbye I'm going back home to look for Christmas there
But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air From Telluride to Boulder down below The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow
You Want This Composer(s): James Harris; Janet Jackson; Terry Lewis Performer(s): Janet Jackson
My girls, goin 'round talking' They say that you've been, watchin' me boy I know by the way you're talking That you're really tryin' to get to me boy Not anyone i'll just let in my heart You have to be hungry for me, girls may have been easy But you you have to please me, what makes you think That I can say this to you, I know how bad you want this
If you want my future then, you better work it boy No it won't come easy, I know you want this By the time I'm through with you You'll be begging me for more
I know, your whole story Because you're fine and, and you know it You think that you can have me Just listen closely, no it ain't so easy Every word you said I have heard before
Girls may have been easy, but you have to please me One thing I've been told, nothing else compares To this loving body, if you want my future then You better work it boy, no it won't come easy I know you want this, by the time i'm through with you You'll be begging me for more, so you want my loving' I know you want this
If you want my future then, you better work it boy No it won't come easy, I know you want this By the time I'm through with you You'll be begging me for more
You want this, don't you? you want this, say it You want this, you want this Can you handle this, well, come here then
Early in the mornin', late in the evening Just about around midnight 'Cause you know i'll do you right, baby What's my name baby, 'cause you gotta say my name baby Just a little bit louder now Just a little bit softer now, nice and easy
Sweet Jamaica Composer(s): Cat Stevens Performer(s): Cat Stevens; Tippa Lee
Other people come and go They try to make it through I have to smile and tell them no 'Cause I only care for you I only care for you Yes, you are my sweet, sweet Jamaica Country mama, brown country girl When you touch me I, I feel so tall If you let me down, boy I'd be so small Yes, you are my sweet Jamaica Country mama, brown country girl
Everybody needs a friend To brighten up their world I know you'll never let me down 'Cause you're not that kind of girl, no no no
I want to see you 'round every turn You're my world far as I'm concerned Got no time to runabout Just want to spend my life out with you, only you Yes, you are my sweet, sweet Jamaica Country mama, brown country girl Oh, yes you are Sweet Jamaica, oh brown country girl, ooh
Sweet Home Chicago Composer(s): Woody Payne Performer(s): The Blues Brothers
Come on Oh baby don't you wanna go Come on Oh baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago
Come on Baby don't you wanna go Hidehey Baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Oh sweet home Chicago
Well, one and one is two Six and two is eight Come on baby don't ya make me late Hidehey Baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago
Come on Baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago
Six and three is nine Nine and nine is eighteen Look there brother baby and see what I've seen Hidehey Baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago
Oh come on Baby don't you wanna go Come on Baby don't you wanna go Back to that same old place Sweet home Chicago
You Turned The Tables On Me Composer(s): Sidney D. Mitchell; Louis Alter Performer(s): Benny Goodman; and various other artists
I used to be the apple of your eye I had you with me every day But now whenever you are passing by You're always looking the other way It's little things like this That prompt me to say
You turned the tables on me And now I'm falling for you You turned the tables on me I can't believe that it's true I always thought when you brought The lovely presents you bought Why hadn't you brought me more But now if you'd come I'd welcome anything from The five and ten cent store
You used to call me the top You put me up on a throne You let me fall with a drop And now I'm out on my own But after thinking it over and over I got what was coming to me Just like the sting of a bee You turned the tables on me
Sweet Home Alabama
((French Version: Cartes Postales D'Alabama (Johnny Hallyday) - 1983))
Composer(s): Ed King - Ronnie Van Zandt - Gary Rossington
First release by: Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists
Big wheels keep on turning Carry me home to see my kin Singing songs about the Southland I miss ol' Bamy once again And I think its a sin, yeah
Well I heard Mr. Young sing about us Well, I heard ol' Neil put us down Well, I hope Neil Young will remember A Southern man don't need him around anyhow
Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you
In Birmingham they shot the governor Now we all did what we could do Now Watergate does not bother me Does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth
Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you Here I come Alabama
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers And they've been known to pick a song or two Lord they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feeling blue Now how about you?
Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you
Sweet home Alabama Oh sweet home baby Where the skies are so blue Sweet Home Alabama Lord, I'm coming home to you
You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio Composer(s): Joni Mitchell Performer(s): Joni Mitchell
If you're driving into town with a dark cloud above you Dial in the number who's bound to love you Oh, honey, you turn me on, I'm a radio I'm a country station, I'm a little bit corny I'm a wild wood flower waving for you Broadcasting tower, waving for you And I'm sending you out this signal here I hope you can pick it loud and clear I know you don't like weak women, you get bored so quick And you don't like strong women 'cause they're hip to your tricks It's been dirty for dirty down the line But you know I come when you whistle, when you're loving and kind
But if you've got too many doubts If there's no good reception for me then tune me out Cause honey who needs the static? It hurts the head and you wind up cracking And the day goes dismal from "Breakfast Barney" to the sign off prayer What a sorry face you get to wear I'm gonna tell you again now if you're still listening there:
If you're driving into town with a dark cloud above you Dail in the number who's bound to love you If you're lying on the beach with the transistor going Kick off the sandflies honey, the love's still flowing if you head says forget it but your heart's still smoking Call me at the station, the lines are open
Sweet Home Composer(s): Cropper Performer(s): Sam & Dave
You needed help and I took you in Because I was nice enough to be your friend But now I know from the start when you walked in You laid the cornerstone for a home in my heart
You built a home in my heart I'll keep you here until we part You gave my life a brand new start When you built your home in my heart
You knocked on my door and I let you in Now I know we're more than friends I'll keep you here night and day Your home in my heart is here to stay
Sweet sweet sweet home Sweet sweet sweet home Sweet sweet sweet home Never again will I be alone
A home that's filled with nothin' but sunshine A home that's filled with nothin' but care Sweet sweet sweet home One that both of us can share
Sweet sweet sweet home Sweet sweet sweet home Sweet sweet sweet home I'm talkin' about a sweet home the night you came ...
You Turn Me On Composer(s): Ian Whitcomb Performer(s): Ian Whitcomb
Come on now honey you know you really turn me on Come on now honey you know you really turn me on And when and when you do uh huh huh huh uh uh That's my song
Come on now baby, come on and do the jerk with me Come on now honey, come on and do the jerk with me And if if you do uh huh huh huh uh uh That's my song
(break)
Come on now baby you know you really turn me on Ah Come on now honey you know you really turn me on Ah yeah And when and when you do uh huh huh huh uh uh That's my song
Sweet Hitch-Hiker Composer(s): John C. Fogerty Performer(s): Creedence Clearwater Revival
Was Ridin' along side the highway, rollin' up the country side Thinkin' I'm the devil's heatwave, what you burn in your crazy mind? Saw a slight distraction standin' by the road She was smilin' there, yellow in her hair Do you wanna, I was thinkin', would you care
Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker We could make music at the Greasy King Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Cruisin' on thru the junction, I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound Noticin' peculiar function, I ain't no roller coaster show me down I turned away to see her, Woa! she caught my eye But I was rollin' down, movin' too fast Do you wanna, She was thinkin' can it last
Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker We could make music at the Greasy King Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Was busted up along the highway, I'm the saddest ridin' fool alive Wond'ring if you're goin' in my way, won't you give a poor boy a ride? Here she comes a ridin', Lord, She's flyin' high But she was rollin' down, movin' too fast Do you wanna, She was thinkin' can I last
Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker We could make music at the Greasy King Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker We could make music at the Greasy King Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker Won't you ride on my fast machine?
Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker We could make music at the Greasy King Sweet Hitch-a-Hiker Won't you ride on my fast machine?
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) Composer(s): Jim Steinman Performer(s): Meat Loaf
Boy: On a hot summer night
would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? Girl: Will he offer me his mouth? Boy: Yes Girl: Will he offer me his teeth? Boy: Yes Girl: Will he offer me his jaws? Boy: Yes Girl: Will he offer me his hunger? Boy: Yes Girl: Again, will he offer me his hunger? Boy: Yes! Girl: And will he starve without me? Boy: Yes! Girl: And does he love me? Boy: Yes Girl: Yes Boy: On a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses? Girl: Yes Boy: I bet you to say that to all the boys
It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning There was fog crawling over the sand When I listened to your heart I hear the whole world turning I see the shooting stars Falling through your trembling hands
You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining I was dying just to ask for a taste We were lying together in a silver lining By the light of the moon You know there's not another moment Not another moment Not another moment to waste
When you hold me so close that my knees grow weak And my soul is flying high above the ground I'm trying to speak but no matter what I do I just can't seem to make any sound
And then you took the words right out of my mouth Oh it must have been while you were kissing me You took the words right out of my mouth And I swear it's true I was just about to say I love you
And then you took the words right out of my mouth Oh it must have been while you were kissing me You took the words right out of my mouth And I swear it's true I was just about to say I love you
Now my body is shaking like a wave on the water And I guess that I'm beginning to grin Oooh, we're finally alone and we can do what we want to The night is young And ain't no one gonna know where you No one gonna know where you No one's gonna know where you've been
You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining I was dying just to ask for a taste We were lying together in a silver lining By the light of the moon You know there's not another moment Not another moment Not another moment to waste
And then you took the words right out of my mouth Oh it must have been while you were kissing me
Sweet Heaven (I'm In Love Again) Composer(s): Bruce Susman - Jack Feldman - Barry Manilow Performer(s): Barry Manilow; Ivo Franklin
Sweet heaven I'm in love again Sweet heaven I'm in love again You came along now what can I do I only want to be with you
Sweet heaven here I go again I'm hooked from head to toe again One minute I'm so lonely and then Oh sweet heaven
Hey babe Now that I've found you life's a song Say babe Where were you hiding I've been waiting so long
Sweet heaven I'm in love again So totally in love again I'll shout it everywhere I go I'll sing it on the radio I want the whole world to know Sweet heaven I'm in love again
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart Composer(s): Ralph Rainger; Leo Robin Performer(s): Dorothy Lamour; Benny Goodman; Henry Hall; Thelonious Monk; Paul Motian Trio; Martha Tilton
Here in the moonlight I found my sunlight Shining within your eyes Now if you see me confused and dreamy Blame it on this surprise
You took the words right out of my heart And it was like a bolt from the blue You took the words right out of my heart When you said I love you
When you said I love You I stood in a daze awhile For I felt that way too From the moment I saw you smile
I had the words and you in my heart There wasnt room enough for the two You took the words right out of my heart And theres only room for you