Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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A Wink And A Smile Composer(s): Ramsey McLean - Marc Shaiman Performer(s): Harry Connick Jr. and multiple other artists
I remember the days of just keeping time of hanging around in sleepy towns, forever Back roads empty for miles well you cant have a dream and cut it to fit but when I saw you, I knew we go together, like a wink and a smile Leave your old jallopy by the railroad track we'll get a hip, double dip, tip toppy, 2 seat pontiac So you can rev her up don't go slow It's only green lights and alright let's go together with a wink and a smile
Give me a wink and a smile
We go together like a wink and a smile Now my heart is music such a simple song singing again, the notes never end this is where I belong Just the sound of your voice the light in your eyes Your so far away from yesterday Together, with a wink and a smile We go together, like a wink and a smile
Watchin' Joey Glow Composer(s): Steve Goodman; Sean Kelly Performer(s): Steve Goodman
Down here in the shelter, we've got everything we need Mom put up her peach preserves Pa's got a book to read Sister knits some bandages, and we turn the lights down low And play some Scrabble, watching Joey glow
At breakfast Mom hands Joe the bread, and he turns it into toast Last night he hugged a leg of lamb, and soon we had a roast You should see him heat the coffee up when he stirs it with his toe We all get hungry, watching Joey glow
You have to wear dark glasses if you look at him a while Or he'll fry your little eyes out with his incandescant smile
At Chistmastime, it sure felt strange, but it was great to see The way we decorated Joe as if he was our tree And his star was shining brightly underneath the mistletoe So we blew him kisses, watching Joey glow
I hope the world's not over, for my sake and for his I'd love for everyone to know how brilliant Joey is
We've been down here for six months now, and we're proud to be alive We owe it to America to sit here and survive So we listen to the static on the short wave radio And count the shock waves, watching Joey glow
Whistling Tune Composer(s): Sherman Edwards - Hal David Performer(s): Elvis Presley
Did you ever notice when the sun goes down Out of nowhere comes a strange and pretty sound It's a whistling tune for walking in the night If you listen you can hear it in the breeze Specially when the breeze is drifting through the trees
It's a whistling tune for walking in the night And the murmuring waters sing the song The echoing mountains hum along The whispering valleys fill the air With a whistling tune our hearts can share
It's so wonderful to walk beneath the moon Listening to old mother nature's favorite tune It's a whistling tune for walking in the night
Watch The North Wind Rise Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen Performer(s): Hot Tuna
Up in the morning watch the north wind rise Bringin' fire down from the skies Hey, we got a long way to go So keep on lovin' and make it slow chorus: We're goin' home Won't be long Hearing my song That lovin' you ain't never done no wrong Well, night time falls like the crack of doom Fills the sky with a shinin' moon Silver siren just got to please Well, fuel me with lovin' down in my knees chorus Well, babe be mine one more time Run your hand down my spine If you say we've got to go Take some time for just one more Well, up in the morning watch the north wind rise Bringin' fire down from the skies Hey, we got a long way to go So keep on lovin' and make it slow chorus Well, babe be mine one more time Run your hand down my spine If you say we've got to go Take some time for just one more Well, babe be mine one more time Run your hand down my spine If you say we've got to go Take some time for just one more
Well Respected Man ((French Version: Un Jeune Homme Bien (by Petula Clark)) Composer(s): Ray Davies Performer(s): The Kinks and multiple other artists
'Cause he gets up in the morning And he goes to work at nine And he comes back home at five-thirty Gets the same train every time 'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality It never fails And he's oh, so good And he's oh, so fine And he's oh, so healthy In his body and his mind He's a well respected man about town Doing the best things so conservatively And his mother goes to meetings While his father pulls the maid And she stirs the tea with councilors While discussing foreign trade And she passes looks, as well as bills At every suave young man 'Cause he's oh, so good And he's oh, so fine And he's oh, so healthy In his body and his mind He's a well respected man about town Doing the best things so conservatively And he likes his own backyard And he likes his fags the best 'Cause he's better than the rest And his own sweat smells the best And he hopes to grab his father's loot When Pater passes on 'Cause he's oh, so good And he's oh, so fine And he's oh, so healthy In his body and his mind He's a well respected man about town Doing the best things so conservatively And he plays at stocks and shares And he goes to the Regatta And he adores the girl next door 'Cause he's dying to get at her But his mother knows the best about The matrimonial stakes 'Cause he's oh, so good And he's oh, so fine And he's oh, so healthy In his body and his mind He's a well respected man about town Doing the best things so conservatively
Watch The Flowers Grow Composer(s): Raymond Bloodworth; L. Russell Brown Performer(s): Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
[Watch the flowers grow, watch 'em grow] Did you ever see a flower grow? If you did then you would surely know Love is like the flowers Takes a lot of hours If you really want to know Watch the flowers grow
Listen to my thoughts and take a ride I shall give you all you've been denied First you gotta slow down Listen to my sweet sound If you really want to know Watch the flowers grow
Over the mountain there's a sweet meadow A breeze is blowin', so take my hand and we can Watch the flowers grow
Let me take you where the flowers grow Let me be the one who told you so I'll love you forever, I will leave you never Baby let's go, Watch the flowers grow.
A Well-Known Has-Been Composer(s): Donovan Performer(s): Donovan
Tonight my life is heavy, I'm weak and down at heel The prisoner in the dungeon will know just how I feel I'm a well known has-been, a well known has-been I've got a brand on me When I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all I see Sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see How sad my disposition, how long can it I bear? How deep my melancholy, can anybody care? For the well known has-been, the well known has-been I've got a brand on me, yeah When I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all I see Sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see Well known has-been Well known has-been Well known has-been, ooh, ooh, ooh I pretend I'm unaffected by the chains that bear me down And when only those who love me can see behind the frown I'm the well known has-been, the well known has-been I got a brand on me When I look at my tomorrows, sorrow's all I see Sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see, sorrow's all I see >From these broken days of anguish, some day soon I'm gonna rise I'm gonna raise my head to Heaven, I'm gonna fly the starry skies And the well known has-been, the well known has-been I'll lose the brand on me, yeah Today's all I see, today's all I see, today's all I see
Watch Me Composer(s): Gary Burr; Tom Shapiro Performer(s): Lorrie Morgan
The more I needed, the less you gave I guess you thought that it worked that way You never would listen And now that I'm leaving You're not believing A word I say
(Chorus) Oh, If you think I won't go Watch me Oh, watch me prove you wrong today You don't even know you've lost me You think I'd always stay Oh, just watch me walk away
Don't tell me that it can't be done That the world is colder without someone Yeah, it might get lonely It might get crazy But this time baby, I'm as good as gone
(Repeat chorus)
Cab on the street Hand on the door Bag at my feet Need I say more
Oh watch me
You don't even know you've lost me You think I'd always stay Oh, just watch me walk away Oh, just watch me walk away
(Repeat chorus)
Yeah, if you think I won't go Watch me Oh Watch me proove you wrong today You don't even know you lost me You think I'd always stay Oh, just watch me walk away Oh, just watch me walk away
A Weekend In The Country From the film "The Barkleys Of Broadway" (1949) Composer(s): Harry Warren - Ira Gershwin Performer(s): Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant
(Josh:) With golf and tennis 'round you And no cares to hound you (Dinah:) When Mother Nature beckons, who can decline? (Ezra:) Till Mother Nature vetoes The bees and mosquitoes Mother Nature is no mother of mine! (Josh & Dinah:) From Saturday night to Monday morn There's always joy ahead (Ezra:) From Saturday night to Monday morn I wish that I were dead!
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country Never will let you down (Ezra:) You'll pardon my effront'ry I'd rather spend it in town (Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country Healthy and full of sport (Dinah:) And then it isn't small potatoes (Josh:) When you get those fresh tomatoes (Ezra:) I've a list of fresh tomatoes Sueing me now in court!
(Dinah:) Ah, gimme the milk from the moo cow (Josh:) Of corn right from the field I'm fond (Ezra:) In town I'd be splurgin' On Venison and Sturgeon Bestride a beautiful blonde (Josh & Dinah:) A weekend gets you sunburned Vitamin A you win (Ezra:) I'd rather get back unburned With my original skin (Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country Glorious, there's no doubt (Ezra:) A weekend in the country What's the next train out?
(Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country Trees in the orchard call (Ezra:) When you've examined one tree Then you've examined them all (Josh & Dinah:) A weekend in the country Happily we endorse (Dinah:) Come get your share of nature's bounty (Josh:) Ride the trail around the county (Ezra:) I am no Canadian mounty Why do I need a horse?
(Dinah:) Hark, hark to the song of the bull frog (Josh:) At dawn, you'll rise up with the lark (Ezra:) When roosters will riot I'd much prefer the quiet Of Forty-Second and Park (Josh & Dinah:) Get peppy and alivey Don't be a city poke! (Ezra:) I once got poison ivy (Dinah:) Will you try for poison oak? (Josh:) A weekend in the country (Dinah:) Dickey-bird's overhead (Ezra:) A weekend in the country I should have stayed in bed!
Watch Her Ride Composer(s): Paul Kantner Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
I didn't know you were the one for me I couldn't see But you were waiting For someone to come along to help you out to sing your song And I was changing All I see is you All I feel is you for me!
And I would really like to watch you ride And always feel you by my side I would really like to watch you ride All on me!
I go stumbling to the sky, and I seem to fly so high I see you, I feel you You have a way of walking 'round your feet they never touch the ground And you are shining All I see is you All I feel is you for me!
Times don't change Times don't ever change for me And I know that you could be the only thing in my world The only thing that my mind would find For love, for love and peace of mind, for me, for me Oh
Your Shadow in the morning sun becomes my fun, and we can say "I love you, love you" My morning shines on silver beaches, your light flashes to the reaches Of my mind, my mind, of My mind, and my mind it comes alive with you It's all that I can do to sit here and let you blow my mind Ah! My mind You're so fine, in my mind you're so fine, in my mind you're so fine You're so fine, in my mind, you're so fine in mind
A Wedding In Cherokee County Composer(s): Randy Newman First release by: Randy Newman - 1974
There she is sitting there Out behind the smoke house in her rocking chair She don't do nothin' She don't say nothin' She don't feel nothin' She don't know nothin' Maybe she's crazy I don't know But maybe that's why I love her so
Her papa was a midget Her mama was a whore Her grandad was a newsboy 'til he was eighty four Man don't you think I know she hates me Man don't you think I know that she's no good If she knew how she'd be unfaithful to me I think she'd kill me if she could Maybe she's crazy I don't know But maybe that's why I love her so
I'm not afraid of the greywolf Who stalks through our forest at dawn As long as I have her beside me I have the strength to carry on
Today we will be married And all the freaks that she knows will be there And all the people from the village will be there To congratulate us I will carry her across the threshold I will make dim the light I will attempt to spend my love within her But though I try with all my might She will laugh at my mighty sword She will laugh at my mighty sword Why must everybody laugh at my mighty sword? Lord, help me if you will Maybe we're both crazy, I don't know Maybe that's why I love her so
Wat Voor Een Gek Denk Je Dat Ik Ben English Title: What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) Composer(s): Ray Whitley; N. Byl Performer(s): Jimmy Frey
Wat voor een gek denk je dat ik ben Vraag niet dat ik aan je hielen wen Gisteren was ik nog je favoriet Nu doe je reeds of je mij niet ziet
Wat voor een gek denk je dat ik ben Wat voor een gek denk je dat hier staat Omdat hij dwaze figuren slaat Als hij moet dansen als je fuift En dan lach je hem nog vierkant uit
Wat voor een gek denk je dat ik ben Dacht dat ik je topper was Nummer 1 van kop tot teen Dan vloog ik naar bene
Wat voor een gek denk je dat ik ben Vraag niet dat ik aan je hielen wen Gisteren was ik nog je favoriet Nu doe je reeds of je mij niet ziet
Wat voor een gek denk je dat ik ben (verschillende malen)
Wat Een Leven Composer(s): Rocco Granata; Philemon Van Cauwenbergh Performer(s): Louis Neefs
Als ik ooit eens vijf minuten tijd heb Dan begin ik er beslist eens aan Aan ik weet niet wat, maar je zult zien dat Iedereen er zal verstomd van staan
Als ik ooit eens vijf minuten tijd heb Morgen of een andere dag misschien Dan doe ik eens echt iets waarvan men zegt Nee, dat hebben we nog nooit gezien
Maar ik heb de hele dag toch al zoveel te doen Eten, drinken, slapen, zoals 't hoort Hele nachten dromen en dan moe zijn tot de noen Enzovoort, enzovoort, wat 'n leven
Maar als ik eens vijf minuten tijd heb Dan kan je er zeker van op aan Dat ik op een keer, maar wie weet wanneer Mogelijk eens aan de slag zal gaan
Maar ik heb de hele dag toch al zoveel te doen Eten, drinken, slapen, zoals 't hoort Hele nachten dromen en dan moe zijn tot de noen Enzovoort, enzovoort, wat 'n leven
Maar als ik eens vijf minuten tijd heb Dan kan je er zeker van op aan Dat ik op een keer, maar wie weet wanneer Mogelijk eens aan de slag zal gaan
A Ways To Go Composer(s): Lainie Marsh Performer(s): Emmylou Harris; Lainie Marsh
I hear the clock a tickin' See the sweat upon my brow I know my destination Nothing's gonna stop me now I'm running on desire Baby I've got nerves of steel Coming down to the wire Lord above me guide the wheel
Keep me in your prayers tonight I'll be weary upon that road I know the finish line's in sight But I still have a ways to go
There's a junkyard dog a barkin' In the valley down below He's wanting me to stop and Gather up a heavy load Ain't gonna heed his call Ain't givin' him the time of day You mangy mutt once and for all I said I threw that stuff away
I won't have a bit of trouble Heading down the straight and true I'll fly solo on the double Into the yonder blue
I might need some intervention Out upon the icy turn In a foggy situation Squealin' on a hairpin curve
I'm running on desire Baby I've got nerves of steel Coming down to the wire Lord above me guide the wheel
Keep me in your prayers tonight I'll be weary upon that road I know the finish line's in sight But I still have a ways to go Keep me in your prayers tonight I'll be weary upon that road I know the finish line's in sight But I still have a ways to go Got a ways to go, got a ways to go
Wat Moet Ik Doen Zonder Jou? English Title: Where Can I Go Without You? Composer(s): Bert Paige; H. Verhage; Peggy Lee; Victor Young Performer(s): Wim Sonneveld
Dit is dezelfde stad, hetzelfde seizoen De bomen worden groen, precies zoals toen Maar waarom kwam ik hier en wat moet ik doen Wat moet ik doen zonder jou
Van al je mooie woorden bleef er niet een Je zei: "Ik hoor bij jou", nou loop ik alleen Dezelfde straten door, maar waar moet ik heen Waar moet ik heen zonder jou
Dezelfde bomen, dezelfde mensen Dezelfde dromen van jou en mij De vogels zingen, niets is veranderd En toch is alles voorbij
Ik had hier niet meer moeten komen misschien Toch ben ik bang om terug te gaan bovendien Omdat ik jou dan met een ander zal zien Een ander, een ander met jou
Ik had hier niet meer moeten komen misschien Toch ben ik bang om terug te gaan bovendien Omdat ik jou dan met een ander zal zien Een ander, een ander met jou
A Walkin' Miracle Composer(s): Hugo Peretti - Adam Levy - Luigi Creatore - George David Weiss Performer(s): The Essex
(Ooh, ooh) (Ooh, ooh)
Did you ever see starlight come rushing from the sky Heading for home in the stars in someone's eyes? Uh-huh-huh, That's my baby, talkin' 'bout my baby And I love him - He's a walkin' miracle. (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh)
Did you ever see sunshine come pourin' out of space Just to be part of the smile on someone's face? Uh-huh-huh, That's my baby, talkin' 'bout my baby And I love him - He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh)
And you should see cherries do flips, oh yeah When they're picked to be the taste on his lips, oh yeah And I know how happy his clothes must be, 'Cause that's how I feel when he's close to me (Close to me)
Did you ever see lovin' that really rings a bell Kooky nd crazy like Romeo himself Uh-huh-huh, that's my baby, Talkin' 'bout my baby And I love him - He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh)
And you should see cherries do flips, oh yeah When they're picked to be the taste on his lips, oh yeah And I know how happy his clothes must be 'Cause that's how I feel when he's close to me (Close to me)
Did you ever see lovin' that really rings a bell Kooky nd crazy like Romeo himself Uh-huh-huh, that's my baby, Talkin' 'bout my baby And I love him - He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh) He's a walkin' miracle (Ooh, ooh)