Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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All About You Composer(s): Mick Jagger - Keith Richards Performer(s): The Rolling Stones
Well if you call this a life Why must I spend it with you? If the show must go on Let it go on without you So sick and tired hanging around with jerks like you
Who'll tell me those lies And let me think they're true? What am I to do You want it, I got it too
Though the lies might be true That's just cause the joke's about you I'm so sick and tired hanging around with dogs like you You're the first to get blamed, always the last bitch to get paid
Oh, tell me those lies Let me think they're true I heard one or two They weren't about me, they weren't about her They were all about you
I may miss you But missing me just isn't you I'm so sick and tired hanging around with dogs like you
Tell me those lies Let me think they're true I heard one or two, and they weren't about me, they weren't about her They're all about you I'm so sick and tired What should I do You want it, you get it... So how come I'm still in love with you?
While My Guitar Gently Weeps Composer(s): George Harrison Performer(s): The Beatles
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know why nobody told you How to untold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you
I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps I with every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know how you were diverted you were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted no one alerted you
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at you all Still my guitar gently weeps
All About Soul Composer(s): Billy Joel Performer(s): Billy Joel; Anders Holst
She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain And so far she hasn't run, though I swear she's had her moments She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain
It's all about soul It's all about faith and a deeper devotion It's all about soul 'Cause under the love is a stronger emotion She's got to be strong 'Cause so many things getting out of control Should drive her away So why does she stay? It's all about soul
She turns to me sometimes and asks me what I'm dreaming And I realize I must have gone a million miles away And I ask her how she knew to reach out for me that moment And she smiles because it's understood there are no words to say
It's all about soul It's all about knowing what someone is feeling The woman's got soul The power of love and the power of healing This life isn't fair It's gonna get dark, it's gonna get cold You've got to be tough, but that ain't enough It's all about soul
There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness There are many who have fallen, there are some who still survive She comes to me at night and she tells me her desires And she gives me all the love I need to keep my faith alive
It's all about soul It's all about joy that comes out of sorrow It's all about soul Who's standing now and who's standing tomorrow You've got to be hard Hard as the rock in that old rock 'n' roll But that's only part, you know in your heart It's all about soul
While I'm Waiting Composer(s): Gary Mallaber; John Massaro Performer(s): The Steve Miller Band
I left my message on your number In hopes that you might call Riding high on good intentions Still hanging on the wall Although my words were never all too Clear its understood Its never too late to say in other ways Something in our lives well rearrange More than just your call on holiday
Ring me up, dont bring me down Dont let me hear you wont Come through tonight Ring me up, dont bring me down You know this lonely heart stands by me While Im waiting
Remembering how it came together The meaning in your eyes Now words fall out like perfect strangers We both apologize In all this time I thought I knew you And over looked somehow the reasons why You kept inside
Ring me up, dont bring me down Dont let me hear you wont Come through tonight This lonely heart stands by me While Im waiting
Ring me up, dont bring me down Dont let me hear you wont Come through tonight
Ring me up, dont bring me down Heres hoping the days gone by well see again This lonely heart stands by and Im still waiting Ooh still waiting Ooh still waiting
All About Love Composer(s): Maurice White - Larry Dunn Performer(s): Earth, Wind & Fire
We know its been time talking to you So we figure we lay it on you Let you know how we feel about, love Paint a pretty smile, each day Lovin, is a blessing Never let it fade away Its all about love
Build yourself a true romance Theres beauty that surround you You deserve, just one more chance
My dear, my dear
Let the light snine, all through Your mind feel your little, heart a glow Take the time, make up your mind Its all about love
Talking to yourself is fine makes You feel, much better Know just where to draw the line
My dear, my dear
Bound to fall in love one day Surely and you need it Pretty smile will always say Its all about love
We want to take this moment to run Down a couple of things about things We see everyday
Now, I want you to stop whatever youre doing Youre doing Just stop You know, they say there s beauty In the eyes which I say is not the fact cause you are as beautiful as your Thoughts, right on
You know, for instance, we study all kin Kinds of sciences, astrogy, mysticism Religion, so forth we did And like coming from here place, all these things help Because if youre inside your inner self Have mercy!
Now Theres an outer self we got to deal with The one that likes to go to parties One that likes to dress up and be cool And look pretty, all ego-trips avel all this
Hear you all, Im trying to tell you You gotta love you. and learn all the beautiful things around you Trees and birds. and if there aint no beauty You got to make some beauty Have mercy! Listen to me, yeah!
While I'm Still Alive Composer(s): Ultravox Performer(s): Ultravox
Playing the game With the chips on my shoulder Checking in the mirror As my coffee cup gets colder Stagger and swagger Combing my hair If tomorrow's not there Then at least today's all mine
Chorus:
While I'm still alive While I'm still alive While I'm still alive
Strutting my stuff I'm blagging the damage From coupling with headlines I was suckled on salvage The fighting's exciting The age is dramatic I'm crackling with static Just jiving to survive
(Chorus)
Take a stroll down the side roads, I know you want to A shock in the dark can be good for your heart, oh yeah
(Chorus)
Scuffling along On the crest of a wave Laughing and grafting Or jerking and working Striking a match Where life is a gas I need the flash To make it all worthwhile
Alive In The World Composer(s): Jackson Browne Performer(s): Jackson Browne; David Howard
I want to live in the world, not inside my head I want to live in the world, I want to stand and be counted With the hopeful and the willing With the open and the strong With the voices in the darkness Fashioning daylight out of song And the millions of lovers Alive in the world
I want to live in the world, not behind some wall I want to live in the world, where I will hear if another voice should call To the prisoner inside me To the captive of my doubt Who among his fantasies harbors the dream of breaking out And taking his chances Alive in the world
To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world
With it's beauty and it's cruelty With it's heartbreak and it's joy With it constantly giving birth to life and to forces that destroy And the infinite power of change Alive in the world
To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world To open my eyes and wake up alive in the world To open my eyes and fully arrive in the world
Which Way Are You Goin'? Composer(s): Jim Croce Performer(s): Jim Croce
Which way are you going, which side will you be on Will you stand and watch while, all the seeds of hate are sown Will you stand with those who say, let his will be done One hand on the bible One hand on the gun One hand on the bible One hand on the gun
Which way are you looking, is it hard to see Do you say what's wrong for him, is not wrong for me You walk the streets, righteousness but you refuse to understand You say you love the baby Then you crucify the man You say you love the baby Then you crucify the man
Everyday, things are changing, words once honored turned to lies People wondering, can you blame them Its to far to run, and to late to hide
Now you turn your back on, all the things that you used to preach Now its let him live in freedom, if he lives like me Well you light has changed, confusion rains, what have you become All your olive branches turned to spears When your flowers turned to guns Your olive branches turned to spears When your flowers turned to guns
Alive Again Composer(s): James Pankow Performer(s): Chicago
Yesterday I would not have believed That tomorrow the sun would shine Then one day you came into my life I am alive again I am alive again
All the empty yesterdays have disappeared Now that you have filled my life with love No one else could ever mean so much to me Every day my high lasts longer As our love grows ever stronger
Yesterday I would not have believed That tomorrow the sun would shine Then one day you came into my life I am alive again I am alive again
When you gave your love to me you changed my life Dreams that once seemd hopeless come with ease Thank you girl for being just the way you are I would never try to change you All I live for is to love you I'm feeling alive again I'm feeling alive again
Which One Of Us Is To Blame Composer(s): Sunny Dull; Redd Stewart Performer(s): Billy Walker; and various other artists
The nicest thing that's come my way is you But I can't offer you my heart or name It isn't fair to love the way we do I wonder which one of us is to blame
It doesn't bother me at all What other people say Because if loving you could be such a crime I'm guilty all the way
Your nearness makes me tremble with desire Your ruby red lips can set my soul aflame For you I'd be a beggar, thief or liar I wonder which one of us is to blame
Somehow I can't blame myself Although I guess I should And I can't place the blame on you I wouldn't if I could
We've made ourselves the gossip of the town The things we've done can only bring us shame We've let our passion drag our honour down I wonder which one of us is to blame
Alive Composer(s): Barry Gibb - Maurice Gibb Performer(s): Bee Gees
Maybe you talk too high, man Maybe I talk too slow But you've got to live a little bit faster 'cause you've got a little less time to go
I ain't lost and I ain't searching But then you know me very well And I can't change the wind and make it blow the other way I'm a fool and I can tell
That I'm alive and that's all That I can get up just as fast as I fall And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl And in the end it doesn't matter at all I don't know about the people that I read about in books And the Kings and Queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive, alive
I ain't lost and I ain't searching But then you know me very well And I can't change the world and make it go the other way I'm a fool and I can tell
That I'm alive and that's all That I can get up just as fast as I fall And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl And in the end it doesn't matter at all I don't know about those people that I read about in books And the Kings and Queens around my room with their quiet dirty looks I know I should be going somewhere, I just can't arrive There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive I know I should be going somewhere I just can't arrive. There's a reason for believing that I've never been alive, alive, alive
Wherever You Are
Composer(s): Cliff Friend; Charles Tobias
Performer(s): Billie Holiday
Everywhere in every home
Hope is burning bright
While millions of hearts
Are kneeling, saying tonight
Wherever you are
Our hearts are with you
Wherever you are
Our prayers are with you too
All through the darkness
Our faith is your guiding star
May God bless you all
Wherever you are
All through the darkness
Our faith is your guiding star
May God bless you all
Wherever you are
May God bless you all
God bless you
Wherever you are
"I have never been more ready in my entire life to do this right now Never It's all been leading up to this moment All right now, right here My whole life, right here...." We got rhyme selections in a wide array J'ai des bonsbons pour vous à manger (I have some goodie goods for you to eat) The party people scream "Oui, oui c'est vrai!" (Yes yes, it's true) 'Cause I got a remote for my B-Day
Hey I'm A-d-r-o-c-k I use a microphone like Picasso* used clay Down with records from around the way Peace to Bambatta and Jazzy Jay
I rock on the mic from here to Bombay I'll give it my best and say "Come what may" 'Cause everybody's got their dues to pay I'm lookin' sideways like my man Pel
Gettin' old, like Ali "Boomba Yay"* So fed up with my Caesar toupee It's time to speak up and not turn away Make the sun shine when it's sorry and gray
D-D-Dive* So-Socialize Open up your ears and clean out your eyes If you learn to love, you're in for a surprise It could be nice to be alive
I'm takin' doodie rhymes to a brand new height I shine on the mic like Ultra Bright Created a monster with these rhymes I write Don't say mine are wack, please say goodnight
Now here's a little something that you might not like My DJ's name is Mix Master Mike It's a real pity that you people gotta bite But I can understand 'cause he sounds so nice
Readin' in the news, 'cause I'm Country Mike Use a microphone like Shazam use tights Try to keep clear of that hate and spite So I keep my mind still, like the still of night
Now who in the world do you want to fight It's against the system we should unite Homophobics say "Alright..." If you learn to love then you might love life
Bringin' back that old New York rap....
Now you can shuffle numbers but facts is facts So many billionaires while so many lacks* To afford the poor decide to react Come on party people, share up your stacks
Now, I'm a' break it down to the brass tacks* Do the Biz Marke Dance and Cabbage Patch You're tried to turn the key but then you broke the latch Sneakin' through my files for some rhymes to snatch
I'd like to have a say on the income tax Don't wanna help build bombs and that's the facts No money for health care, so what's the catch? The man got you locked with no keys to the latch
Mike and Adam have got my back You bring the mic and we'll bring the raps Turn on the P.A. and rock your shack Don't smoke cheeba, can't stand crack*
Where's The Playground Susie? Composer(s): Jimmy Webb Performer(s): Glen Campbell
The end has come and found us here With our toys scattered all around us here The puzzle that we never found an answer for Still asks us, darlin', just what all the games were for And here we stand in a box of sand
Where's the playground Susie? You're the one who's supposed to know her way around Where's the playground Susie If I don't stay around? If I don't stay around?
The carousel has stopped us here It twirled a time or two and then it dropped us here And still you're not content with something about me But what merry-go-round can you ride without me To take your hand ? How would you stand?
Where's the playground Susie If I decide to let you go and play around? Where's the playground Susie If I don't stay around? If I don't stay around?
Where's the playground Susie? You're the one who's supposed to know her way around Where's the playground Susie If I decide to let you go and play around?
Alison Gross that lives in yon tower The ugliest witch in the North Country Has trysted me one day up to her bower And many a fair speech she made to me
She stroked my head and she combed my hair She set me down softly on her knee Saying if you will be my lover so true So many good things I would give to you
Away, away, you ugly witch Go far away and let me be I never will be your lover so true And wish I were out of your communy
Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country
She showed me a mantle of red scarlet With golden flowers and fringes fine Saying if you will be my lover so true This goodly gift it shall be thine
She showed me a shirt of the softest silk Well wrought with pearls abound the band Saying if you will be my lover so true This goodly gift you shall command
Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country
She showed me a cup of the good red gold Well set with jewels so fair to see Saying if you will be my lover so true This goodly gift I will give to thee
Away, away, you ugly witch Go far away and let me be I never would kiss your ugly mouth For all of the gifts that you could give
Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country
She turned her right and round about And thrice she blew on a grass-green horn She swore by the moon and the stars of above That she'd make me rue the day I was born
The out she has taken a silver wand She's turned her three times round and round She muttered such words till my strength it did fail And she's turned me into an ugly worm
Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country Alison Gross she must be The ugliest witch in the North Country
Wheres The Boy? Here's The Girl! Composer(s): George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin Performer(s): Betty Comden
There is no doubt about the fact that life Without a lord and master is a disaster But Ive not met as yet the one Id like to get But some I seek well, but nones my equal Theres just one man and its high time He came to take up my time In dreams I see this he whos all the world to me Though Ive not met him, I cant forget him
Wheres the boy, whats he waiting for? Wheres the boy, heres the girl What is he hesitating for? Cant he see, heres the girl
Maybe we shall meet on some romantic mountain Probably Ill meet him at a soda fountain Hell bring me joy But whats he waiting for? Wheres the boy, heres the girl
Oh wheres the boy, whats he waiting for? Wheres the boy, heres the girl Oh what is he hesitating for? Cant he see, heres the girl
Maybe we shall meet on some romantic mountain Probably Ill meet him at a soda fountain Hell bring me joy But whats he waiting for? Wheres the boy, heres the girl
Alison Composer(s): Elvis Costello First release by: Elvis Costello - 1977 Covered by multiple other artists
Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl And with the way you look I understand that you are not impressed But I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress I'm not going to get too sentimental like those other sticky valentines 'cause I don't know if you've been loving somebody I only know it isn't mine
Alison, I know this world is killing you Oh, Alison, my aim is true
Well I see you've got a husband now Did he leave your pretty fingers lying in the wedding cake? You used to hold him right in your hand I'll bet he took all he could take Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking when I hear the silly things that you say I think somebody better put out the big light cause I can't stand to see you this way
Alison, I know this world is killing you Oh, Alison, my aim is true My aim is true
Where's My Apple Pie? Composer(s): Joan Baez Performer(s): Joan Baez
Been sitting on old park benches Brother, hasn't it been fun? But you remember me from the trenches I fought in World War One Yes, you saw us off at the troop train Smiling a brave goodbye But where were you when we came home To claim our apple pie
Oh where's our apple pie, my friends? Where's our apple pie? We've walked and wheeled from the battlefield Now where's our apple pie?
World War Two was a favorite God was surely on our side The teenage kids enlisted with The blessings of their daddys' pride Well the wars may change but not so the glaze In the young boys' eyes When they cry out for their mamas In the hours before they die
Oh where's our apple pie, my friends? Where's our apple pie? We've walked and wheeled from the battlefield Now where's our apple pie?
I volunteered for the last one And I don't want to moralize But somehow I thought we deserved the best For the way we threw away our lives For we all believed in something I know it wasn't very clear But I know it wasn't rats in a hospital room And a broken-down wheelchair
Oh where's our apple pie, my friends? Where's our apple pie? We've walked and wheeled from the battlefield Now where's our apple pie?
Yes, Johnny finally got his gun Before he got his apple pie Now he hasn't got a hand to eat it with But still he doesn't want to die Because he prefers to go on fighting And let his baby brother know When the next time around the call goes out It's "Hell no, we won't go!"
There'll be no World War Three, my friends There'll be no World War Three We've walked and wheeled from the battlefield There'll be no World War Three
