Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Who Was That Lady? Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - James Van Heusen First recording/First release by: Dean Martin - 1959
You're looking at a loser A man who's loved and lost A man whose most romantic bridges now have all been crossed And still that face appears, wherever I go I'm sure you're bored to tears But I must know Who was that lady? That fabulous lady? That lady I saw you with last night?
Tell me, was she an angel? If she was an angel She sure kept her wings out of sight!
Pardon my asking, but was she thrilling And was she willing to kiss the evening away? Say who was that lady? I knew such a lady And foolishly let her out of my life So if she's the one Please spare me the pun I'd sure miss the fun in "That was no lady, that was my wife"
Who was that lady? I knew such a lady And foolishly let her out of my life So if she's the one Please spare me the pun I'd sure miss the fun in That old crawler no joke is duller Than that was no lady That was my wife
Answer Me, Lord Above ((aka Answer Me (by David Whitfield) - 1953; Answer Me, My Love (by Nat King Cole) - 1953)) ((Adapted from: Mütterlein (by Leila Negra & der Wiener Kinderchor) - 1952)) ((Dutch Version: Sta Me Bij (by Will Tura) - 1980)) Composer(s): Gerhard Winkler - Fred Rauch - Carl Sigman Performer(s): Frankie Laine & The Norman Luboff Choir - 1953
Answer me Lord above Just what sin have I been guilty of Tell me how I came to lose my love Please answer me, oh Lord
She was mine yesterday I believed that love was here to stay Won't you tell me where I've gone astray Please answer me, oh Lord
If she's happier without me Don't tell her I care But if she still thinks about me Please let her hear my prayer
Let her know I've been true Send her back so we can start anew In my sorrow may I turn to you Please answer me, oh Lord
If she's happier without me Don't tell her I care But if she still thinks about me Please let her hear my prayer
Let her know I've been true Send her back so we can start anew In my sorrow may I turn to you Please answer me, oh Lord
Dédié À Toi Composer(s): Ivano Fossati Performer(s): Dalida
À tous les ringards de la terre et aux paumés comme moi Celui à qui je voudrais plaire À ceux qui ne m'aiment pas je dédie ceci Aux plays boys finis À Rosa, Rosine et à moi aussi
À qui se voit dans une glace et finalement ne se voit plus À qui n'a pas de glace et cela revient au même Ne se voit plus non plus À tous les solitaires À tous les ramasses misére et à l'amour perdu
À ceux qui ont cherché la manière et qui ne l'on pas trouvé À la gueule que j'avais hier Dédié à ceux qui ont souffert et n'ont pas crié À tous les prisonniers À ceux qui ont retrouvé la liberté À celui qui a voulu mes levres et qui n'en a plus voulu Dédié à ceux qui comprennent Qu'il faut quitter la scène quand on a perdu À l'Italie, à la nostalgie et à moi aussi
Mais cette chanson sans importance ne pourrait pas finir ainsi Comme un petit air de danse, une simple romance sans que je la dédie Aux amours morts que l'oubli emporte et à mol aussi Aux amours morts que l'oubli emporte et à mol aussi
Let's All Chant Composer(s): Alvin Fields - Michael Zager Performer(s): Michael Zager Band
(Ooh ooh) (Ooh ooh) (Ooh ooh) (Ooh ooh)
(Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant
Your body, my body Everybody move your body Your body, my body Everybody work your body Everybody work your body
Ah ah eh eh let's all chant Ah ah eh eh let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Your body, your body (Ooh ooh) Oh work your body
(Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant (Ooh ooh) Let's all chant
Your body, my body Everybody move your body Your body, my body Everybody work your body Your body, my body Everybody move your body Your body, my body Everybody jack your body!
Dedication
Composer(s): Guy Fletcher - Doug Flett
Performer(s): Bay City Rollers
I phoned the local station I kinda like the things they're playing So I settled down to listen nice and easy The DJ plays our kind of music He's asked us folk to choose it But it all adds up to another night without you
Now and then he takes a phone-in And anyone who's feeling lonely Can call him up And make a little conversation And in the night there's music playing Soft behind the words he's saying Would I like to make a dedication
This song I wanna dedicate to you And to everyone who feels the way we do As long as you're a part of me The song will play on endlessly I hope my dedication's getting through
I'm standing in this lonely city There's not enough to keep me busy And we can't meet til I can take a short vacation You'll never know how much I love you Lying here thinking of you And all I got is a late night music station
This song I wanna dedicate to you And to everyone who feels the way we do As long as you're a part of me The song will play on endlessly I hope my dedication's getting thru Dedication playing just for you
This song I wanna dedicate to you And to everyone who feels the way we do As long as you're a part of me the song will play on endlessly I hope my dedication's gettin' thru Dedication's playing just for you
Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening
Composer(s): Hugh Hopper
Performer(s): Soft Machine; Caveman Hughscore; Caveman Shoestore
Famous parabolic versions Songs that promise Beauty, sleep, love, sadness Do I dream that something's missing? Hungry, thirsty, open off-peak mind Give me the truth, give me the truth give me the truth, tell me...
Songs and verses Handy captions Photographs of Real-life action, horror, madness Can it be that something's happening? Wash me, paint me, but please don't t'aint me Give me a chance, give me chance give me a chance...
When I was young, the sky was blue And everyone knew what to do But now it's gone, the telly's here Mass media, the sewer too
Universal maximillion Eight rare cases Chickenpox and crawling gladness Seemingly it's nothing happening Cure my doctor don't swallow him down Give me the cure, give me the cure give me the cure...
The night was cool, the moon was bright The air was clear with oxygen The stars were there, and in my eyes Were thousands of chrysanthemums
Don't use magnets Geophysics carry you back Wholesome, healthfood, homepride Satisfied Something outside gives out hunger Face my mirror Electricity...
(Ride, ride, ride, Russian lady Ride, ride, ride, let it ride)
Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady Don't wait too long, leave the cold behind Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady 'Cause in my arms is all the warmth you can find
Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady And warm your jelly heart on the fire of my love
Step in your sleigh, then ride, ride, ride Yell at the dogs and glide, glide, glide Over the snowflakes, fly to my side Over the frozen lakes, ride, lady, ride
(Ride, ride, ride, Russian lady Ride, ride, ride, let it ride)
Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady Don't wait too long, leave the cold behind Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady 'Cause in my arms is all the warmth you can find
Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady And warm your jelly heart on the fire of my love
Come back to me (Come back), my Russian lady And warm your jelly heart on the fire of my love
Dedicated To You
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Saul Chaplin - Hy Zaret
First recording/First release by: Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - 1936/1937
Covered by multiple other artists
If I should write a book for you That brought me fame and fortune too That book would be like my heart and me Dedicated to you. And, if I should paint a picture too That showed the loveliness of you My art would be, like my heart and me Dedicated to you To you, because your love is the beacon that lights up my way To you because with you I know one lifetime could be just one heavenly place If I should find a twinkling star One half so wonderous as you are That star would be, like my heart and me Dedicated to you To you, because your love is a beacon that lights up my way To you because with you I know one lifetime could be just one heavenly place If I should find a twinkling star One half so wonderous as you are That star would be like my heart and me Dedicated to you
Another's Lifetime Composer(s): Wayne Berry Performer(s): Steppenwolf; Ted Neeley
What's the name of your latest companion? Do I know him, have you told him what you told me? What's the course of your latest adventure? Does he track you, will he back you, can he keep you free?
There is more to life than dreaming There is more to love than makin' it There is more to you than meets the eye
What's the state of your new situation? Is he giving, is he willing to let you be? What's the chance for your new true confession? Does he make it, will he fake it, can he really see?
There is more to life than dreaming There is more to love than makin' it There is more to you than meets the eye
One way or another, we all lose a lover Some live, some die, some never learn to try One love for another's lifetime
What's the price of your passing confusion? Have you sold out, can I hold out, can I live that long? What's the dream in the back of you memory? Can you say it, do you pray, has your memory gone?
There is more to life than dreaming There is more to love than makin' it There is more to you than meets the eye
One way or another, we all lose a lover Some die, some live, some never learn to give One love for another's lifetime
Dedicated To The One I Love
Composer(s): Ralph Bass - Lowman Pauling
First release by: The "5" Royales - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists
While Im far away from you my baby I know its hard for you my baby Because its hard for me my baby And the darkest hour is just before dawn
Each night before you go to bed my baby Whisper a little prayer for me my baby And tell all the stars above This is dedicated to the one I love (love can never be exactly like we want it to be)
I could be satisfied knowing you love me (and theres one thing I want you to do especially for me) And its something that everybody needs
While Im far away from you my baby Whisper a little prayer for me my baby Because its hard for me my baby And the darkest hour is just before dawn
If theres one thing I want you to do especially for me Then its something that everybody needs
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
Composer(s): Ray Davies
First release by: The Kinks - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists
They seek him here, they seek him there His clothes are loud, but never square It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion
And when he does his little rounds 'Round the boutiques of London Town Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion
Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) He thinks he is a flower to be looked at And when he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight He feels a dedicated follower of fashion
Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery One week he's in polka-dots, the next week he is in stripes 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion
They seek him here, they seek him there In Regent Street and Leicester Square Everywhere the Carnabetian army marches on Each one an dedicated follower of fashion
Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) His world is built 'round discoteques and parties This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion
Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is) He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly In matters of the cloth he is as fickle as can be 'Cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion He's a dedicated follower of fashion He's a dedicated follower of fashion
Dedicate This Heart
Composer(s): Paul Anka - Michael McDonald
Performer(s): The Doobie Brothers; Dionne Warwick
No more goodbye, or waitin' for some lucky day no driftin' along , no walkin' away What I feel inside, ain't some idle game I play this love is alive, and I'm here to stay, baby
Here in your life, there in your heart there by your side, that's where I want to be It's plain to see, it's time for me to dedicate this heart, baby You've grown to be a part of me, so I dedicate this heart You hold the key, to love for me, so I dedicate this heart In your name, baby
I hear the things that make me stay and I realize what I want to say It feels good inside, and I intend to stay that way I won't deny what I found today
Here in your life, there in your heart there by your side, that's where I want to be It's plain to see, it's time for me to dedicate this heart I want to dedicate this heart, baby You've grown to be a part of me, so I dedicate this heart I want to dedicate, I've got to dedicate You hold the key, to life for me, so I dedicate this heart
Oh, brother, if you're on your own dedicate your heart Yeah, if you're out there all alone dedicate your heart Oh, dedicate your heart now, baby
It's plain to see, it's time for me to dedicate this heart I've got to dedicate, I've got to dedicate You'll always be a part of me, so I dedicate this heart
Another World Composer(s): Brian May Performer(s): Brian May
In another world Under another sky I see another story waiting to be told And another you Wakes up with another me For that's the way we've come to be In another world
In a different place Way across time and space A door is open wide Drawn to a different light Maybe we'll step inside
In another world We can show we care You can be sure I'm waiting there In another world
Oooh yeah When the dice were cast They laid a crazy path We follow to our graves But I know in a different world We journey a different way
So we live But life isn't what it seems We're only living in our dreams In another world
You can believe I'll meet you here In another world
Dedicado
Composer(s): José Vaca Flores - Ivano Fossati
Performer(s): Miguel Gallardo; Ivano Fossati
Dedicado a los amantes que se vuelven a encontrar dedicado a los poetas de la libertad y a la luz de una mirada sin maldad A esos locos soñadores que no dejan de soñar a ese niño que comienza con su madre a andar y a la piel de esa muchacha por amar Dedicado a los amigos que se saben respetar y a la gente que camina pero sin pisar al valor de una caricia de verdad Al tendero de la esquina al taxista, al charlatán y a la chica de la vida que ayuda a olvidar mal amor le regalamos sin pensar A ese alegre vagabundo dueño de su libertad a los náufragos del mundo sin calor, ni hogar para ti que estas herida y en soledad Al que odia a la guerra al que tiene buen humor dedicado a la esperanza y ala luz del sol Para ti hombre futuro es mi canción dedicado a la vida y al amor
Another Try Composer(s): Gerry Beckley Performer(s): America
Hey, daddy just lost his pay What did he do it for It never made it through our door He drank the whole week away And what can a family say There must be a better way Now mama dont start to cry Lets give him another try
Pick up the telephone Tell him you want him home To sit and watch the evenings pass And readin the leaves of grass
Im caught in a closing door Its pinning me to the floor Now mama dont start to cry Lets give him another try
Im caught in a closing door Its pinning me to the floor Now mama dont start to cry Lets give him another try
When were old and gray And the things we say are the things we really mean So why cause a scene When things aint what they seem cause the end results the same Now what can a family say There must be a better way Now mama dont start to cry Lets give him another try
Dédé Le Kid Composer(s): Joe Dassin - Pierre Delanoë - Claude Lemesle Performer(s): Joe Dassin
Il est sorti des Beaumettes, est allé voir papa Ça y est, je suis honnête, j'ai raccroché la béretta Un petit boulot bien pépère, c'est ça la vérité Je suis quadragénaire, je vais me recycler
Dédé le Kid garçon boucher Va déposer sa paie au guichet d'la BNP Mais le caissier mains en l'air lui dit "pitié, prenez tout" Et voilà Dédé qui recasse des cailloux
Il est sorti des Baumettes, est allé voir papa Ça y est, je suis vedette, le show-business n'attend que moi A la chorale de la taule, quelqu'un m'a remarqué Tu vois, la vie est drôle, on va me faire chanter
Dédé le Kid à l'Alcazar Voit surgir dans sa loge un polyvalent furibard Vous n'avez rien déclaré, mais on connaît la chanson Et Dédé le Kid se retrouve au violon
Il est sorti des Baumettes, est allé voir papa Tu vas crier peut-être, mais surtout ne tire pas J'ai acheté la pèlerine et le petit sifflet J'ai trouvé la combine, je vais me faire poulet...
Dédé le Kid poulet modèle Sur une vieille affaire mène son enquête personnelle Mais il decouvre affligé que le coupable, c'était lui Et Dédé fair-play se remet à l'abri
Il ne sort plus des Baumettes, il est beaucoup trop vieux En fauteuil à roulettes, il coule enfin des jours heureux Moralité si vous êtes truand à recycler Ayez toujours en tête l'histoire du brave Dédé
Qui est sorti des Baumettes, est allé voir papa Ça y est, je suis honnête, j'ai raccroché la béretta...
