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  • 11-10-1996
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    A Small Cigar
    Composer(s): Ian Anderson
    Performer(s): Jethro Tull



    A small cigar can change the world
    I know, I've done it frequently at parties
    Where I've won all the guests' attention
    With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing
    A little flat tin case is all you need
    Breast-pocket conversation opener
    And one of those ciggie lighters that look rather good
    You can throw away when empty
    Must be declared a great success
    My small cigars all vanish within minutes

    Excuse me, mine host, that I may visit
    A nearby tobacconist
    To replenish my supply of small cigars
    And make the party swing again

    I know my clothes seem shabby
    And don't fit this Hampstead soiree
    Where unread copies of Rolling Stone
    Well-thumbed Playboys
    Decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves
    If you ask me they're on their way
    To upper-middle-class oblivion
    The stupid twits, they roll their only
    One cigarette between them
    My small cigar's redundant now
    In the haze of smoking pleasure
    Call it a day
    Get the hell away
    Go down the cafe
    For a cup of real tea

    By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool
    Who sells papers in the rush hour
    I hand to him ten small cigars
    He smiles, says, ``Son, God bless you''

    A small cigar
    Has changed his world, my friend
    A small cigar
    Has changed the world again

    A small cigar . . .



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    Waiting For The Day Composer(s): Gerry Rafferty Performer(s): Gerry Rafferty



    Well here I am, back in town Just as the night is comin' down Warm wind blowin' through the trees I watch them swing, I watch them sway Lie here waiting for the day Sleep won't come, I need a drink Stop my head, don't wanna think Wishing I could be with you But I know you're so far away And I'm here waiting for the day Water of life pour your light down on me Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea Water so sweet you can open my eyes You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry Out on the street, shadows fall Silence speaks, I hear it call City of the living dead Count the lights on the motorway Lie here waiting for the day (alright) Water of life pour your light down on me Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea Water so sweet you can open my eyes You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry Yes here I am, back in town Just as the night is comin' down Warm wind blowin' through the trees I watch them swing, I watch them sway Lie here waiting for the day (alright)



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    10-10-1996
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    A Slow Song
    ((German Version: Langsames Lied (by Ulla Meinecke) - 1991))
    Composer(s): Joe Jackson
    First release by: Joe Jackson - 1982



    Music has charms they say
    But in some people's hands
    It becomes a savage beast
    Can't they control it
    Why don't they hold it back

    You see my friend and me
    Don't have an easy day
    And at night we dance not fight
    And we need the energy
    If not the sympathy

    But I'm brutalized by bass
    And terrorized by treble
    I'm open to change my mood but
    I always get caught in the middle

    And I get tired of DJ's
    Why's it always what he plays
    I'm gonna push right through
    I'm gonna tell him too
    Tell him to
    Play us
    Play us a slow song

    It's late - I'm winding down
    Am I the only one
    To want a strong and silent sound
    To pick me up and undress me
    Lay me down and caress me

    I feel you touch my hand
    And whisper in my ear
    Ask me how I'm feeling now
    And I want to get near you
    But I can't even hear you

    But this is a fine romance
    If we have to be so demanding
    We need just one more dance to
    Leave here with an understanding

    And I get tired of DJ's
    Why's it always what he plays
    I'm gonna push right through
    I'm gonna tell him too
    Tell him to
    Play us
    Play us a slow song



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    Waiting For My Real Life To Begin Composer(s): Colin Hay; Thom Mooney Performer(s): Colin Hay



    Any minute now, my ship is coming in I'll keep checking the horizon I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing Come crashing down down down, on me And you say, be still my love Open up your heart Let the light shine in But don't you understand I already have a plan I'm waiting for my real life to begin When I awoke today, suddenly nothing happened But in my dreams, I slew the dragon And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again And you say, just be here now Forget about the past, your mask is wearing thin Let me throw one more dice I know that I can win I'm waiting for my real life to begin Any minute now, my ship is coming in I’ll keep checking the horizon And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call It's gonna happen soon, soon, soon It's just that times are lean And you say, be still my love Open up your heart, let the light shine in Don't you understand I already have a plan I'm waiting for my real life to begin



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    09-10-1996
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    A Sleepin' Bee
    Composer(s): Harold Arlen - Truman Capote
    Performer(s): Bill Evans
    and multiple other artists



    When you're in love
    And you are wondering
    If he really is the one
    There's an ancient sign sure to tell you
    If your search is over and done

    Catch a bee
    And if he don't sting you
    You're in a spell that's just begun
    It's a guarantee till the end of time
    Your true love you have won, have won

    When a bee lies sleeping
    In the palm of your hand
    You're bewitched
    And deep in love's long looked after land

    Where you'll see a sun up sky
    With a morning new
    And where the days go laughing by
    As love comes a-calling on you

    Sleep on bee don't waken
    Can't believe what just passed
    He's mine for the taking
    I am happy at last

    Maybe I dream, but he seems
    Sweet golden as a crown

    A sleepin' bee done told me
    I will walk with my feet off the ground
    When my one true love
    I has found



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    Waiting For An Alibi Composer(s): Phil Lynott Performer(s): Thin Lizzy; Dungeon



    Valentino's got a booky shop and what he takes He gives for what he's got And what he's got he says he has not Stolen from anyone It's not that he don't tell the truth Or even that he misspent his youth It's just that he holds the proof But you feel there's something's wrong Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi Valentino's in a cold sweat, placed all his money on that last bet Against the odds he smokes another cigarette Says that it helps him to forget That he's a nervous wreck It's not that he misses much Or even that he's lost his lucky touch It's just that he gambles so much And you know that it's wrong Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi Waiting just to catch your eye Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi Try to say I told you I told you Waiting for an alibi Waiting just to get you Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi To say I told you Waiting for an alibi Waiting for an alibi



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    08-10-1996
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    A Singer Must Die
    Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
    First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1974
    Covered by multiple other artists



    Now the courtroom is quiet, but who will confess
    Is it true you betrayed us?
    The answer is Yes
    Then read me the list of the crimes that are mine
    I will ask for the mercy that you love to decline
    And all the ladies go moist, and the judge has no choice
    A singer must die for the lie in his voice
    And I thank you, I thank you for doing your duty
    You keepers of truth, you guardians of beauty
    Your vision is right, my vision is wrong
    I'm sorry for smudging the air with my song

    Oh, the night it is thick, my defences are hid
    In the clothes of a woman I would like to forgive
    In the rings of her silk, in the hinge of her thighs
    Where I have to go begging in beauty's disguise
    Oh goodnight
    Goodnight, my night after night
    My night after night, after night, after night, after night, after night

    I am so afraid that I listen to you
    Your sun glassed protectors they do that to you
    It's their ways to detain, their ways to disgrace
    Their knee in your balls and their fist in your face
    Yes and long live the state by whoever it's made
    Sir, I didn't see nothing, I was just getting home late



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    Waiting For A Train Composer(s): Jimmie Rodgers Performer(s): Jimmie Rodgers



    All around the water tank Waitin' for a train A thousand miles away from home Sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman To give him a line of talk He says if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk I haven't got a nickle Not a penny can I show He said get off you railroad bum And slammed the boxcar door Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh He put me off in Texas A place I surely love Wide open spaces 'round me The moon and stars above Nobody seems to want me Or lend me a helping hand I'm on my way from 'Frisco Goin' back to Dixieland My pocketbook is empty And my heart is filled with pain I'm a thousand miles away from home Just waiting for a train Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh



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    07-10-1996
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    A Simple Thing Like Cry
    Composer(s): Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
    Performer(s): Diana Ross



    If it didn't hurt so bad
    If it didn't hurt so bad
    Maybe I could cry

    If I thought it was all a joke
    And you were putting me on
    If I could just make a wish
    And this moment would be all gone
    If I could see a trace of hope
    Somewhere in your eyes
    Maybe then I could do
    A simple thing like cry

    If it didn't hurt so bad
    If it didn't hurt so bad
    Maybe I could cry

    Don't you know I plan to spend
    Every moment of my life with you
    Now you're trying to tell me
    That my dreams just won't come true
    Thanks for giving me a million reasons why
    But it hurts too bad to do
    A simple thing like cry

    If I thought it was all a joke
    And you were putting me on
    If I could just make a wish
    And this moment would be all gone
    If I could see a trace of hope
    Somewhere in your eyes
    Maybe then I could do
    A simple thing like cry

    If it didn't hurt so bad
    If it didn't hurt me so bad
    Maybe I could
    If it didn't hurt so bad
    Maybe I could cry
    I could cry, cry
    If it didn't hurt me
    If I didn't love you
    Hurt me



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    Waiting For A Star To Fall Composer(s): George Merrill; Shannon Rubicam Performer(s): Boy Meets Girl; and various other artists



    I hear your name whispered on the wind It's a sound that makes me cry I hear a song blow again and again Through my mind and I don't know why I wish I didn't feel so strong about you Like happiness and love revolve around you Trying to catch your heart Is like trying to catch a star So many people love you baby That must be what you are Waiting for a star to fall And carry your heart into my arms That's where you belong In my arms baby, yeah I've learned to feel what I cannot see But with you I lose that vision I don't know how to dream your dream So I'm all caught up in superstition I want to reach out and pull you to me Who says I should let a wild one go free Trying to catch your heart Is like trying to catch a star But I can't love you this much baby And love you from this far Waiting for a star to fall And carry your heart into my arms That's where you belong In my arms baby, yeah Waiting (however long...) I don't like waiting (I'll wait for you...) It's so hard waiting (don't be too long...) Seems like waiting (makes me love you even more...) Waiting for a star to fall And carry your heart into my arms That's where you belong In my arms baby, yeah



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    06-10-1996
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    A Simple Man
    Composer(s): Lobo
    Performer(s): Lobo



    Where do butterflies go when it rains?
    Who goes around & tucks in the trains?
    What makes a teddy bear like to sleep?
    Why do we all make promises that we can't keep?

    Where do puppy dogs go when their sad?
    And what do elephants say when their mad?
    Who do you tell if you don't have a friend?
    Why do we open our mouths and stick our foot in?

    These are the things that bother me,
    Not a lot of things across some sea,
    I don't even have a master plan,
    I guess that I am just a simple man.

    Where do robins sleep on the road?
    And how can a little ant carry that load?
    Why write words that we have to erase?
    Why does everyone have more than one face?



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    Waiting For A Miracle Composer(s): Bruce Cockburn Performer(s): Bruce Cockburn; and various other artists



    Working and waiting in the hot sun With all the rich saints, and the fallen ones Working and waiting for the night to come And we're waiting for a, and we're waiting for a And we're waiting for a miracle Somewhere out there is a land that's cool Where peace and balance are the rule Working for the future like some kind of mystic jewel Chorus You rub the palm of your hand on the driving pain In the hopes that you can see (when you're waiting) Stand up tall, pretend you're strongIn the hopes that you can be (when you're waiting) Like the one's that cry, like the ones that die Trying to set the angel in us free And the waiting for a, and the waiting for a And the waiting for a miracle Scuffle for a nickel, struggle for a dime Forget about the past, leave your worries behind Home come the future has to take such a long, long time? Chorus



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    05-10-1996
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    A Simple Life
    Composer(s): Jon Lind - Richard Page
    Performer(s): John Farnham



    Show me the magic
    I must've lost it somewhere
    In my dreams, so far away
    I turned around, everything's changing but me
    Where is the soul in my song?

    Once there was heaven in my eyes
    Whatever happened to those skies?
    Somebody show me how to
    Get back to the simple life

    Out of the blue, temptation's all around me
    The train came along and I got on board
    I danced with the darkness
    The skies were the limit
    It's such a long way to fall

    Once there was heaven in my eyes
    Whatever happened to those skies?
    Somebody show me how to
    Get back to the simple life

    'cause I've done my time in paradise
    I've tried it all maybe once or twice
    Somebody show me how to
    Get back to the simple life

    Stars keep me going
    And the moon is there to light my way
    I need to go where my heart is free
    Looking for the way back
    Hoping for the way back
    Somebody show me how to
    Get back to ... the simple life

    'cause I've done my time in paradise
    I've tried to all maybe once or twice
    Somehow the grass was always greener
    On the other side

    Once there was heaven in my eyes
    Whatever happened to those skies?
    Somebody show me how to
    Get back to the simple life



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    Waiting For A Girl Like You Composer(s): Lou Gramm; Mick Jones Performer(s): Foreigner



    So long I've been looking too hard I've been waiting too long Sometimes I don't know what I will find I only know it's a matter of time When you love someone when you love someone It feels so right so warm and true I need to know if you feel it too Maybe I'm wrong Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong This heart of mine has been hurt before This time I wanna be sure I've been waiting For a girl like you To come into my life I've been waiting For a girl like you Your loving will survive I've been waiting Someone new Make me feel alive Yeah, waiting For a girl like you To come into my life You're so good when we make love it's understood It's more than a touch or a word can say Only in dreams could it be this way When you love someone Yeah, really love someone Now I know it's right From the moment I wake up till deep in the night There's nowhere on earth That I'd rather be than holding you tenderly I've been waiting For a girl like you To come into my life I've been waiting For a girl like you Your loving will survive I've been waiting Someone new Make me feel alive Yeah, waiting For a girl like you To come into my life I've been waiting Waiting for you, ooh Ooh-ooh I've been waiting I've been waiting (I've been waiting for a girl like you, I've been waiting) Won't you come into my life?



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    04-10-1996
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    A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert Mcnamara'd Into Submission)
    Composer(s): Paul Simon
    Performer(s): Simon & Garfunkel



    I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
    I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
    I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind
    I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
    Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed
    That's the hand I use, well, never mind!

    I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
    I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
    Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
    And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
    And all my wealth won't buy me health
    So I smoke a pint of tea a day

    I knew a man, his brain so small
    He couldn't think of nothin' at all
    He's not the same as you and me
    He doesn't dig poetry
    He's so unhip that
    When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas
    Whoever he was
    The man ain't got no culture
    But its alright, ma
    Everybody must get stoned

    I been Mick Jaggered, been silver daggered
    Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
    I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
    Been Roy Halee'd and Art Garfunkel'd
    I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone

    Folk Rock
    I just lost my harmonica Albert



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    Waiting For A Friend Composer(s): Billy Nicholls Performer(s): Roger Daltrey



    If I fell in a lake Would you dive in or stand there and gape And if I drowned, would you jump Or would you let the water burst in my lungs Well a stranger in the street Maybe the only one on his knees When your laying by the roadside Waiting for a friend to come Got my hopes Got my doubts My gut reaction says I got to find out Who's against, who to trust Ooh you never know but I might get killed in the rush But a stranger in the street Maybe the only one on his knees When your laying by the roadside Waiting for a friend to come You laugh you think it's a joke Just stand there grinning Will you be there at the post When I ain't winning Hey, black or white Good and bad How many times have I done this and done that Every life Everyone If I knew that I'd probly take out a gun But it's mother nature's law To get you coming back for more Just stand laying by the roadside Waiting for a friend to come You laugh you think it's a joke Just stand there grinning Will you be there at the post When I ain't winning Hey, black or white Good and bad How many times have I done this and done that Every life Everyone If I knew that I'd probly take out a gun But it's mother nature's law To get you coming back for more Just stand laying by the roadside Waiting for a friend to come Laying by the roadside Waiting for a friend to come



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    03-10-1996
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    A Sign Of The Times
    Composer(s): Tony Hatch
    Performer(s): Petula Clark



    It's a sign of the times
    That your love for me is getting so much stronger
    It's a sign of the times
    And I know that I won't have to wait much longer
    You've changed a lot somehow from the one I used to know-oh-oh
    For when you hold me now it feels like you never want to let me go

    It's a sign of the times
    That you call me up whenever you feel lonely
    It's a sign of the times
    That you tell your friends that I'm your one and only
    I'll never understand the way you treated me-ee-ee
    But when I hold your hand I know you couldn't be the way you used to be

    Maybe my lucky star at last decided to shine
    Maybe somebody knows how long I've waited to make you mine, mm, mm, mm

    I'll never understand the way you treated me-ee-ee
    But when I hold your hand I know you couldn't be the way you used to be

    Maybe my lucky star at last decided to shine
    Maybe somebody knows how long I've waited to make you mine, mm, mm, mm

    It's a sign of the times
    That you kiss me now as if you really mean it
    It's a sign of the times
    And a year ago I never could have seen it
    Don't ever change your mind and take your love away-ay-ay
    Just leave the past behind and, baby, only think of how it is today

    It's a sign of the ti-imes
    It's a sign of the ti-i-i-i-imes
    It's a sign of the times
    It's a sign of the ti-i-i-i-imes

    It's a sign of the times



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    Waiting At The Church Composer(s): Henry E. Pether - Fred W. Leigh Performer(s): Vesta Victoria and multiple other artists



    I'm in a nice bit of trouble, I confess
    Somebody with me has had a game
    I should by now be a proud and happy bride
    But I've still got to keep my single name
    I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks
    In a very gentlemanly way
    Lent him all my money so that he could buy a home
    And punctually at twelve o'clock to-day

    There was I, waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    When I found he'd left me in the lurch
    Lord, how it did upset me!
    All at once, he sent me round a note
    Here's the very note
    This is what he wrote
    "Can't get away to marry you today
    My wife, won't let me!"

    Lord, what a fuss Obadiah made of me
    When he used to take me in the park!
    He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue
    When he kissed me he used to leave a mark
    Each time he met me he treated me to port
    Took me now and then to see the play
    Understand me rightly, when I say he treated me
    It wasn't him but me that used to pay

    There was I, waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    When I found he'd left me in the lurch
    Lord, how it did upset me!
    All at once, he sent me round a note
    Here's the very note
    This is what he wrote
    "Can't get away to marry you today
    My wife, won't let me!"

    Just think how disappointed I must feel
    I'll be off me crumpet very soon
    I've lost my husband, the one I never had!
    And I dreamed so about the honeymoon
    I'm looking out for another Obadiah
    I've already bought the wedding ring
    There's all my little fal-de-riddles packed up in my box
    Yes, absolutely two of ev'rything

    There was I, waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    Waiting at the church
    When I found he'd left me in the lurch
    Lord, how it did upset me!
    All at once, he sent me round a note
    Here's the very note
    This is what he wrote
    "Can't get away to marry you today
    My wife, won't let me!"



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    02-10-1996
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. A Showman's Life
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    A Showman's Life
    Composer(s): Jesse Winchester
    Performer(s): Jesse Winchester
    and multiple other artists



    A showman's life is a smokey bar
    The fevered chase of a tiny star
    It's a hotel room and a lonely wife
    From what I've seen of a showman's life

    Nobody told me about this part
    They told me all about the pretty girls and wine
    The money and good times
    No mention of the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
    Well, I might have known it
    But nobody told me about this part

    A boy will dream as children do
    Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true
    And a phoney smile in a colored light
    Is all it is to a showman's life

    Nobody told me about this part
    They told me all about the pretty girls and wine
    The money and good times
    No mention of the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
    Well, I might have known it
    But nobody told me about this part



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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. Waiting Around To Die
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    Waiting Around To Die Composer(s): Townes Van Zandt Performer(s): Townes Van Zandt; and various other artists



    Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I can't even see the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa He beat her with a belt once cause she cried She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die A friend said he knew where some easy money was We robbed a man and brother did we fly The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie His name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen Together we're gonna wait around and die



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