Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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All Our Days Composer(s): Sandy Denny First release by: Sandy Denny - 1977
We search for everything Keeping what we would win Orchids or tiny flowers Wooden huts or ivory towers Centuries or hours
Dark are the winter days Holy in many ways Vaults of time unshaken Whilst as through them we are taken Sleeping forests wake Ice melts on the lake Birds begin in making their way back home
The frost and the fire goes East winds and winter snows Sun upon the daffodils Dancing on the verdant hills Lambs in the fields
Warmer grows the morning sun Days of youthfulness and fun The prime of the year begun The song of summer to be sung Everything is one Working day is done Watch the river running through our lives
How slowly the colours change We feel the drops of rain Mists of evening rise again We rarely stroll the shadowed lanes As autumn night draws in
We sit upon the sand Warmth draining from the land Watching the ruby sun Setting on the ocean The echoes in the caves The flame upon the waves Memories for saving all our days
Why Should I Love You? Composer(s): Kate Bush Performer(s): Kate Bush; Mike Scott
This chapter says, put it out of your mind and give it time the violent purple the purest gold the red of the sacred heart the grey of the ghost the "l" of the lips are open to the "o" of the host the "v" of the velvet
Chorus
of all the people in the world why should I love you? there's just something bout you there's just something bout you of all the people in the world why should I love you?
have you ever seen a picture of Jesus laughing mmm do you think he had a beautiful smile a smile that healed
Chorus
of all the people in the world why should I love you (why should I love you) why should I love you (why should I love you)
All Or Nothing At All Composer(s): Arthur Altman - Jack Lawrence First release by: Bob Eberly & Jimmy Dorsey - 1939 Covered by multiple other artists
All or nothing at all Half a love, never appealed to me If your heart, never could yield to me Then I'd rather have nothing at all
All or nothing at all If it's love, there is no in between Why begin then cry, for something that might have been No I'd rather have nothing at all
But please don't bring your lips so close to my cheek Don't smile or I'll be lost beyond recall The kiss in your eyes, the touch of your hand makes me weak And my heart may go dizzy and fall
And if I fell under the spell of your call I would be, caught in the undertow So you see, I've got to say "No, No" All or nothing at all
Why Should I Cry Over You? Composer(s): Chester Conn; Ned Miller Performer(s): Frank Sinatra; and various other artists
I dont know why I should Cry over you Sigh Over you Even be blue
I should have known that youd leave me alone And break my heart in two Although you have left me alone to pine And all my love was a [big fat] waste of time Someday your heart will be broken like mine So why should I cry over you (x2)
You broke my heart, you took it apart So pack up your bags and beat it Why should I cry over yooouuuuuu?
All Or Nothing Composer(s): Steve Marriott - Ronnie Lane First release by: Small Faces - 1966 Covered by multiple other artists
I thought you'd listen to my reasons but now I see you, you don't hear a thing tryin' to make you see, how it's got to be Yes, it's all, all or nothing, yeah, yeah all or nothing, come on, all or nothing for me
Things could work out just like I want them to, yeah if I could have the other half of me You know I would, if I only could Yes it's still, all or nothing, oh, yeah all or nothing, all or nothing for me
Ba ba ba bada, baba badada Ba ba ba bada, baba badada
I tell you no lies, so don't you twist every word, yeah! All or nothing, my, my, my, all or nothing, oh-oh yeah, all or nothing you got to, got to, got to keep on tryin' All or nothing, mm yeah, all or nothing, you got to keep on tryin' all or nothing, mm, for me, for me, for me.....
Why Should I Care? Composer(s): Clint Eastwood;
Carole Bayer Sager; Linda Thompson-Jenner Performer(s): Diana Krall; Kenny Colman; Laura Theodore; Jim Widner
Was there something more I could have done? Or was I not meant to be the one? Where's the life I thought we would share? And should I care?
And will someone else get more of you? Will she go to sleep more sure of you? Will she wake up knowing you're still there? And why should I care?
There's always one to turn and walk away And one who just wants to stay But who said that love is always fair? And why should I care?
Should I leave you alone here in the dark? Holding my broken heart While a promise still hangs in the air Why should I care?
All Or Nothing Composer(s): Bob Dylan Performer(s): Cher
I've been calling your name Got that lonely feeling again Calling out your name Do you hear me? Do you want me? Baby it's all or nothing now I don't want to run And I can't walk out You're breaking my heart If you leave me now Don't wanna wait for ever Who do you think you're fooling Who do you think you're fooling Baby it's all or nothing Baby it' all or nothing Baby it' all or nothing now I've been trying to get to your heart But I'm chasing shadows We keep falling further apart So near you're so far Do you care now? Do you know how? Baby it's all or nothing now I don't want to run and I can't walk but Breaking my heart if you leave me now Don't want to wait forever Who do you think you're fooling Who do you think you're fooling Baby it's all or nothing Baby it's all or nothing now
5:15 Composer(s): Pete Townshend Performer(s): The Who; and various other artists
Why should I care? Why should I care?
Girls of fifteen, sexually knowing The ushers are sniffing, eau-du-cologning The seats are seductive, celibate sitting Pretty girls digging prettier women
Magically bored on a quiet street corner Free frustration in our minds and our toes Quiet storm water m-my generation Uppers and downers, either way blood flows
Inside outside, leave me alone Inside outside, nowhere is home Inside outside, where have I been
Out of my brain on the five-fifteen Out of my brain on the train Out of my brain on the train
A raft in the quarry, slowly sinking Back of a lorry, holy hitching Dreadfully sorry, apple scrumping Born in a war, birthday punching
He-man drag in a glittering ballroom Greyly outrageous in my high heeled shoes Tightly undone, know what they're showing Sadly ecstatic that their heroes are news
Inside outside Leave me alone Inside outside Nowhere is home Inside outside Where have I been Out of my brain on the five-fifteen Out of my brain on the train
All Of You Composer(s): Cole Porter First performance by: Don Ameche - 1955 Covered by multiple other artists
After watching your appeal from ev'ry angle there's a big romantic deal I've got to wangle For I've fallen for a certain luscious lass And it's not a passing fancy or a fancy pass
I love the look of you, the lure of you I'd love to make a tour of you The eyes, the arms, the mouth of you The east, west, north, and the south of you I'd love to gain complete control of you And handle even the heart and soul of you So love, at least, a small percent of me, do For I love all of you
All Of This For Sally Composer(s): John D. Loudermilk Performer(s): John D. Loudermilk; Mark Dinning; Jim Nabors
Great Granddaddy left five million dollars to Sally Twelve twenty story office buildings in New York to Sally Sixty thousand acres of a prime beef cattle in Utah A thirty room mansion with the servants and a chauffeur with a new car
All of this for Sally, all of this for Sally All of this for Sally, (gasp) who loves only me
Now, when the lawyers read the will and gave everything to Sally All the great-grandkids looked disgustedly at Sally It was quite a shock when he left his blue chip stock just to Sally And it was terrible when he left his Rivièra home to Sally
All of this for Sally, all of this for Sally All of this for Sally, (gasp) who loves only me
I take Sally for a walk each evening in the city park She looks up at me with those big brown eyes and breaks my silly heart Sally's not too good at arithmetic, so all her money, I kinda handle 'Cause after all, Sally's just four year old Brown eyed...Cocker spaniel
All of this for Sally, all of this for Sally All of this for Sally, (gasp) who loves only me
Why Not Me Composer(s): Harlan Howard; Sonny Throckmorton; Brent Maher Performer(s): The Judds; Sister Valentina
You've been looking for love all around the world Baby don't you know this country girl's still free Why not me
Well you finally come down to your own hometown Your Kentucky girl's been waiting patiently Why not me
Chorus: Why not me on a rainy day Why not me to love your cares away Why not me Why not me when the nights get cold Why not me when your growin' old Why not me
You've been searchin' from here to Singapore Ain't it time that you noticed the girl next door baby Why not me
Well you had to see if the world was round It's time that you learned how good settling down could be Why not me
All Of This And Nothing Composer(s): John Ashton - Richard Butler - Tim Butler - Vince Ely - Duncan Kilburn - Roger Morris Performer(s): The Psychedelic Furs
A phonebook full of accidents A girl to drive your car A suit to wear on mondays And a coat a magazine A heavy rain a holiday A painting of the wall A knife a fork and memories A light to see it all You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Hey I never meant that stuff I want to turn you round Dominoes a pack of cards A picture of the queen A dress to wear on sundays And a handle for the door A letter that I sent for you A note you left for me A wave a pack of cigarettes A pocket full of beads You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Hey I never meant that stuff I want to turn you on You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Hey I never meant that stuff I want to turn you round You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Hey I never meant that stuff I want to turn you on The sound of people getting drunk A ceiling and a sky A bank that's full of promises A telephone that lies A visit from your doctor He crawls in through the door A mirror you can look in So that you know where you are You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Hey I never meant that stuff I want to turn you round You didn't leave me anything That I can understand Now I'm left with all of this A room full of your trash
Why Must The Show Go On Composer(s): Philip Oakey; Giorgio Moroder Performer(s): Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Did you think your love would last forever? Did you always have somewhere to go? Did you tell your lies for entertainment? Did you ever let your feelings show? Could you ever tell the truth from fiction? Did you even let your lovers know? Did you think that life is an addiction? And love has to be killed or it may grow Why must the show go on After the crowd has gone? After the battles won Why must the show go on? On through the night On until light Never in our lives were we together Nothing real underneath the show Talk of passion could have been the weather How could love so wounded die so slow? Why must the show go on After the crowd has gone? After the battles won Why must the show go on? Why must the show go on? After the race is run? After the victor's song Why must the show go on? On through the night On until light Why must the show go on? After the race is run? After the victor's song Why must the show go on? Why must the show go on After the crowd has gone? After the battles won Why must the show go on? On through the night On until light
All Of The Monkeys Ain't In The Zoo Composer(s): Tommy Collins Performer(s): Tommy Collins; Blue Grass Boys; Johnny Duncan
Now, I've got a cousin on my daddy's side He was a single boy and doin' fine Until he met a widder who took him for a ride He's a hubby now, besides the toll of nine
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo There's some runnin' loose around me and you Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
Oh, the women on a budget always tickle me They're as tight as ticks and worry all the time And then a travelling salesman sweeps 'em off their feet They give a dollar for a brush that's worth a dime
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo There's some runnin' loose around me and you Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
Now, there's some awful smart men that run the USA They head the list of some of our great men And then there's some others who had a big shot brother They weren't elected, they were just put in
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo There's some tellin' us what we can do Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
I used to tell my girl when she'd get marryin' on her mind That she'd never make a monkey out of me But I was just a country kid and I didn't know the game And I guess you know what happened to me
All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo There's some runnin' loose around me and you Just watch when you're in a crowd and you'll agree too That all of the monkeys ain't in the zoo
All Of The Good Ones Are Taken Composer(s): Ian Hunter Performer(s): Ian Hunter
Girl-things aint been goin too good for me Girl-Im living in the middle of a mystery Youre the only one that can turn me on
n now that youre gone I said Girl-Im livin in the middle of your memory Girl-youre still the figure in my favorite fantasy
I know you know Thats the way it goes And still my love grows-i said
All o the good, all o the good ones are taken All o the good, all o the good ones are taken
Im hangin around with my head in the air Watchin the lovers go by I had a lover-but she never cared All you could say was goodbye
Maybe I was mistaken Maybe I got it wrong
But all of the good ones are taken from now on n girl-Im livin in the middle of a broken dream I said girl-all this fallin in love aint like it seems
Out in the rain-cant you feel my pain Again n again n again n again n again
All of the good, all o the good ones are taken Maybe I was mistaken-maybe I got it wrong But all of the good ones are taken in my song
Why Me Lord? Composer(s): Kris Kristofferson Performer(s): Kris Kristofferson
Why me lord? what have I ever done to deserve even one of the pleasures I've known tell me lord what did I ever do that was worth lovin' you for the kindness you've shown
chorus: lord help me Jesus I've wasted it so help me Jesus I know what I am but now that I know that I needed you so help me Jesus my soul's in your hand
try me lord if you think there's a way I can try to repay all I've takin' from you maybe lord I can show someone else what I've been through myself on my way back to you
All Of My Memories Composer(s): John Denver Performer(s): John Denver
All of my memories lay in the life of the highway All of my nights in old motels a sleepin' alone All of my days on the road with no one beside me All of my dreams of a place that I can call home
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm and a family Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try
'cause I'm tired of big cities and so tired of big city ways Scrathin' off sunset, and walkin' around in the maze Some sweet taxi dancer tryin' to save me from bein' alone Ah it's much worse than lonely there is no place that I really belong I want to be home
I'm leavin' this city life in my mind I'm flyin' away I'm leavin' tomorrow and all of the old yesterdays I'm leavin' the trash cans the bright lights of telephone lines I'm leavin' my sorrows of all of my memories behind I'll see what I find
Somewhere in the shade near the sound of a sweet singin' river Somewhere in the sun where the mountains make love to the sky Somewhere to build me a faith, a farm, a family Somewhere to grow older, and somewhere a reason to try Somewhere to grow older, somewhere to laydown and die
Why Me?
Composer(s): Johnny Logan
First performance by: Linda Martin - 1992
Sometimes I watch you passing by my window Sometimes I watch you passing through my dreams And sometimes when I look at you You take my breath away
Sometimes I try and understand your reasons You choose to feel the way you feel about me And sometimes when I turn around And you're there like today Boy/Girl, I wanna say
Why me I look at you and I get this feeling Why me I know it's true but I can't believe it I keep on wondering why I'm such a lucky guy/girl Why me I look at you and I ask myself Why me
Why me I have to ask myself Why me
Sometimes I lie awake just to watch you sleeping To listen to the beating of your heart and sometimes as you're lying there You take my breath away I wanna wake you and say Why me I look at you and I get this feeling Why me I know it's true but I can't believe That it's me Who's gonna be holding you in his arms tonight And that it's me Who's gonna be the one to make you feel all right, tonight
Why me I look at you and I get this feeling Why me I know it's true but I can't believe it I keep on wondering why I'm such a lucky guy/girl Why me