Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Composer(s): Bill Austin; Louis Jordan First recording/First release by: Louis Jordan 1943/1944 Covered by multiple other artists
I got a gal who's always late Any time we have a date But I love her Yes I love her
I'm gonna walk right up to her gate And see if I can get it straight Cause I want her I'm gonna ask her
Is you is or is you ain't my baby Way you're acting lately makes me doubt Youse is still my baby, baby Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
A woman is a creature that has always been strange Just when you're sure of what you'll find She's gone and made a change
Is you is or is you ain't my baby Maybe baby's found somebody new Or is my baby still my baby true
Is you is or is you ain't my baby Maybe baby's found somebody new Or is my baby still my baby true
Night Game Composer(s): Paul Simon Performer(s): Paul Simon; Sam Yahel
There were two men down And the score was tied In the bottom of the eighth When the pitcher died
And they laid his spikes On the pitcher's mound And his uni-form was torn And his number was left on the ground
Then the night turned cold Colder than the moon The stars were white as bones The stadium was old Older than the screams Older than the teams There were three men down And the season lost And the tarpaulin was rolled Upon the winter frost
Is This Love Composer(s): David Coverdale; John Sykes Performer(s): Whitesnake and multiple other artists
I should have known better Than to let you go alone Its times like these I cant make it on my own Wasted days, and sleepless nights And I cant wait to see you again
I find I spend my time Waiting on your call How can I tell you, baby My backs against the wall I need you by my side To tell me its alright cos I dont think I can take anymore
Is this love that Im feeling Is this the love, that Ive been searching for Is this love or am I dreaming This must be love cos its really got a hold on me A hold on me...
I cant stop the feeling Ive been this way before But, with you Ive found the key To open any door I can feel my love for you Growing stronger day by day An I cant wait to see you again So I can hold you in my arms
Is this love that Im feeling Is this the love, that Ive been searching for Is this love or am I dreaming This must be love cos its really got a hold on me A hold on me...
Is this love that Im feeling Is this the love, that Ive been searching for... Is this love or am I dreaming Is this the love, that Ive been searching for...
Night Full Of Voices Composer(s): Colin Blunstone; Stuart Elliott Performer(s): Keats
I couldn't say for sure At first it was just the softest sound I wouldn't say I saw But I could feel it all around me
I heard the night full of voices Telling me: "Don't surrender It doesn't end here!" The night's full of voices Falling free Once you've heard them You will remember
I never said before I knew that no one would believe I don't care anymore If you think I want to deceive you
I hear the night full of voices Calling me "Beware, the changes Have hidden dangers!"
Is There Still Room For Me 'Neath The Old Apple Tree
Is There Still Room For Me 'Neath The Old Apple Tree Composer(s): Maurice Abrahams; Lew Brown; Edgar Leslie Performer(s): Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
Hello there long distance, please don't make me wait in vain I asked you to connect me with a homestead down in Maine I hate to hold the wire, don't get mad if I complain I long to hear my sweetheart's voice again Oh, hello dear, yes, this is me, I'm many miles away I'm lonesome and I just called up to say
Is there still room for me 'Neath the old apple tree Where there once was a bench for two Oh, that bench wasn't long And you know it wasn't strong When I sat there with you
I've got fare back to Maine And I'll jump on a train If your heart beats as fond and as true Is there still room for me 'Neath the old apple tree If there is I'll come back to you
Listen operator, what's the matter with this phone It seems to me you never had a sweetheart of your own You say there's wire trouble and you've got the numbers mixed Well, hurry up and get the wires fixed Is that you dear? Yes I can hear, they cut us off somehow I'm waiting and I want your asnwer now
Is there still room for me 'Neath the old apple tree Where there once was a bench for two Oh, that bench wasn't long And you know it wasn't strong When I sat there with you
I've got fare back to Maine And I'll jump on a train If your heart beats as fond and as true Is there still room for me 'Neath the old apple tree If there is I'll come back to you
Night Flight Composer(s): John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page; Robert Plant Performer(s): Led Zeppelin; Jeff Buckley
I received a message from my brother across the water He sat laughin' as he wrote the end's in sight So I said goodbye to all my friends And packed my hopes inside a matchbox 'Cause I know it's time to fly Come on, meet me in the morning, meet me in the middle of the night The morning light is comin', don't it make you wanna go and feel alright? I just jumped a train that never stops So know somehow they'll know I never finished payin' for my ride Just n' someone pushed a gun into my hand Tell me I'm the type of man to fight the fight that I'll require Come on, meet me in the morning, meet me in the middle of the night The morning light is comin', don't it make you wanna go and feel alright? Oh, mama, well I think it's time I'm leavin' Nothin' here to make me stay Whoa, mama, well it must be time I'm goin' They're knockin' down them doors They're tryin' to take me away Please Mr. Brakeman, won't you ring your bell, and ring loud and clear? Please Mr. Fireman, won't you ring your bell? Tell the people they got to fly away from here I once saw a picture of a lady with a baby Suddenly they have a very, very special smile We are in the middle of a change in destination When the train stops, all together we will smile Oh, meet me in the morning Won't you meet me in the middle of the night, night, night Everybody know the mornin' time is comin' Don't it make you wanna feel alright, ah, ah, yeah Make me feel alright, fly now, baby Get to fly, yeah, fly now, baby
Is There Something I Should Know? Composer(s): Roger Taylor; Simon John Charles Le Bon; John Nigel Taylor; Nick Rhodes; Andy Taylor First release by: Duran Duran - 1984 Covered by multiple other artists
I made a run, I run out yesterday Tried to find my mountain hideaway maybe next year, maybe no go
I know you're watching me every minute of the day, yeah I've seen the signs and the looks and pictures That give your game away, yeah
There's a dream that strings the road With broken glass for us to hold and I cut so far before I had to say
Please, please tell me now Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say? That would make you come my way Do you feel the same 'cos you don't let it show
People stare and cross the road from me And jungle drums they all clear the way for me Can you read my mind, can you see in the snow and fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door Don't say you're easy on me, you're about as easy as a nuclear war
Please, please tell me now Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say? That would make you come my way Do you feel the same 'cos you don't let it show
Please, please tell me now Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say? That would make you come my way
Please, please tell me now Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say? That would make you come my way
Please, please tell me now Can you see what makes me blow? Can you see how much I die? Every time it passes by
Please, please tell me now What it takes to make you show Is there something I should know? Is there something I should say?
Night Flight Composer(s): Jeff Wayne; Paul Vigrass Performer(s): Justin Hayward
We were two lonely travelers In the sky that night Two lonely travelers, high flying Alone in the night on an endless flight Killing time with polite conversation Killing time in your shy hesitating way Killing time, killing my isolation
Two lonely travelers breaking ice By opening up a few old back pages
We were two golden eagles in the sky today Two golden eagles high flying Who swept through the air To a secret lair Flying free slowly wheeling and gliding Flying free on the sea and the high plateau Flying free on the breeze without trying
Two lonely travelers breaking ice By opening up a few old back pages And letting secrets out of their cages But wanting to remain perfect strangers
'Cos I was on a night flight Floating above the world Yes it was the moonlight Painting the wings in pearl High above the clouds High above the world
Yes I was on a night flight Lost in a different world I can see the starlight Silver a gypsy girl High above the clouds High above the world
We were two lonely travelers In the sky that night Two lonely travelers, high flying Alone in the night on an endless flight Killing time with polite conversation Killing time in your shy hesitating way Killing time, killing my isolation
Two lonely travelers breaking ice By opening up a few old back pages And letting secrets out of their cages But wanting to remain perfect strangers
'Cos I was on a night flight Floating above the world Yes it was the moonlight Painting the wings in pearl High above the clouds High above the world
Yes I was on a night flight Lost in a different world I can see the starlight Silver a gypsy girl High above the clouds High above the world
Yes I was on a night flight Floating above the world Yes it was the moonlight Painting the wings in pearl High above the clouds High above the world
Yes I was on a night flight Floating above the world Yes it was the moonlight Painting the wings in pearl High above the clouds High above the world
Is That All There Is? (French Version: Si Ce N'est Que Ça - 1973) Composer(s): Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller Performer(s): Leslie Uggams - 1968 and multiple other artists
I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire"
Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is
And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to a circus, the greatest show on earth There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle I had the feeling that something was missing I don't know what, but when it was over I said to myself, "is that all there is to a circus?
Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is
Then I fell in love, head over heels in love, with the most wonderful boy in the world We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes We were so very much in love Then one day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"
Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
I know what you must be saying to yourselves if that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all? Oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment for I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself
Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is
Night Fever Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb Performer(s): The Bee Gees; and various other artists
Listen to the ground There is movement all around There is something goin' down And I can feel it
On the waves of the air There is dancin' out there If it's somethin' we can share We can steal it
And that sweet city woman She moves through the light Controlling my mind and my soul When you reach out for me Yeah, and the feelin' is bright
Then I get night fever, night fever We know how to do it Gimme that night fever, night fever We know how to show it
Here I am Prayin' for this moment to last Livin' on the music so fine Borne on the wind Makin' it mine
Night fever, night fever We know how to do it Gimme that night fever, night fever We know how to show it
In the heat of our love Don't need no help for us to make it Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin' I got fire in my mind I got higher in my walkin' And I'm glowin' in the dark I give you warnin'
And that sweet city woman She moves through the light Controlling my mind and my soul When you reach out for me Yeah, and the feelin' is bright
Then I get night fever, night fever We know how to do it Gimme that night fever, night fever We know how to show it
Here I am Prayin' for this moment to last Livin' on the music so fine Borne on the wind Makin' it mine
Night fever, night fever We know how to do it Gimme that night fever, night fever We know how to show it
Is She Really Going Out With Him? Composer(s): Joe Jackson First release by: Joe Jackson - 1979 Covered by multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages: 1991 - Geht Die Süße Wirklich Aus Mit Ihm? 2003 - Zijn We Werkelijk Te Oud, Meneer?
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold Look over there! (Where?) There's a lady that I used to know She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told
Is she really going out with him? Is she really gonna take him home tonight? Is she really going out with him? 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me There's something going wrong around here
Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth Look over there! (Where?) Here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend They say that looks don't count for much If so, there goes your proof
Is she really going out with him? Is she really gonna take him home tonight? Is she really going out with him? 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me There's something going wrong around here
But if looks could kill There's a man there who's more down as dead Cause I've had my fill Listen you, take your hands off her head I get so mean around this scene
Is she really going out with him? Is she really gonna take him home tonight? Is she really going out with him? 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me There's something going wrong around here
Night Dreamer Composer(s): Kurt Elling; Wayne Shorter Performer(s): Kurt Elling
Lonely the roses of Avondaire sing as though somebody still may care They live only for the dream of living so come follow where they will take you there
I once was apprenticed to a man who was living in the eye if the hurricane to know despair
He knew all the dreams by heart just like sailing in a boat of crystal silence seeing visions of the world of life within a life
In a turning like a burning came turning out of everything stirring and what had begun before
but all wrapped up in one great godly becoming
Tumbling and fumbling and stumbling into bumbling and rumbling along
whirling it and swirling it and twirling it and hurling it and overturning it and burning it again
I shared a whirling dervish out on the side of a hill called metaphore vivace swinging en route to a nascent solar with the scissored visored blizzard wizard gizzarding planets and secrets within like an avatar
While meanwhile in turnstyling and spinning over him spells bespeaking kingdoms in the dark
calling me to yield knighting me in a field covered with armies and with princes All were signing cannons shining pennants flying
And when he spoke to me he sang and his words really rang this child of the knowledge of the beauty of the night
he sang to me of masters passing on of father after father after father climbing up into the lotus bloom upon the tortoise's back
and of grandfathers who danced through their living a longer time ago He showed me a palace in time in which all the talismans from all the zeuses swing upon a pendulum of secrets in a circle that remembers and when asked a question will surrender
every secret key to every hero's message given to every heart in time but only known to but a few or so it seems
When I asked of them what shall I do to see the god? They only said the goldenrod which grows inside of every secret dream you dream while waiting for the god it's a symbol from the man in the fire ling you the thing you desire is a garment that covers the riddle of everything secretly wished for and of the world of which you are an inheritor
Suddenly the chamber was flooded with light hurling me skyward like a meteorite
When I fell to earth I saw everything in a blur I saw that time was accelerating in a curve
and the palace in which I had stood it was flowing, like lava, on acres of woodland like a pompei-an mountain volcano making archipelago and destroying the planet at fortissimo
bulldozing everything down to make room for what was a byzantine a labarynthine knotty mess of manifolding passageways a tangle of confusion where the walls made an asylum of baroque
Like a joke words were spoken to provoke me and to toss me nude and empty to the sea
But I would have none of it I simply turned my back and walked out of the dreamscape into landscape like a bedroom where I heard that
Lonely the roses of solitaire sing as though somebody still may care They live only for the dream of living so come follow where they will take you there Stay awake - no mistake - dance the dream awake - and awake
Zijn We Werkelijk Te Oud, Meneer? (Adapted from: Is She Really Going Out With Him? - 1979) (German Version: Geht Die Süße Wirklich Aus Mit Ihm? - 1991 Composer(s): Joe Jackson; Patrick De Witte Performer(s): Patrick Riguelle & Paul Poelmans - 2003
Hugo's sikje is ouder dan de nieuwe ministers Bartje Somers is jonger dan Hugo zijn pijp André Denys (wijs!) Hij wordt zelfs beschouwd als Methusalem Ook Gabriëls moest opzij, hij wordt stilaan wat te rijp
Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Zijn wij plotseling nu rijp voor 't Zilverfonds? Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Nee wij zijn niet versleten We gaan bijlange niet met pensioen
De dictatuur van de jeugd, de dictatuur der vernieuwing Ons grijze haar krijgt geen eerbied meer en geen respect Denys (wijs!) Hij werd al 3 keren over 't hoofd gezien Men wil ministers die wrapper konden zijn op Ketnet
Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Zijn wij plotseling nu rijp voor 't Zilverfonds? Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Nee wij zijn niet versleten We gaan bijlange niet met pensioen
In een korte broek Komen zij naar de wetstraat zestien Nu is het genoeg Luister goed Wij zijn lang niet seniel Zo gaat dat niet, wij zijn nog kwiek Hey, hey, hey
Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Zijn wij plotseling nu rijp voor 't Zilverfonds? Zijn wij werkelijk te oud, meneer? Nee wij zijn niet versleten We gaan bijlange niet met pensioen
Night Calls Composer(s): Jeff Lynne Performer(s): Joe Cocker
The night gang started working With a mile of southern road As I watched I got to thinking You ain't never coming home I looked out of nowhere There was nobody at all To get me help To get through to you
I'm here making night calls Night calls Making night calls Night calls Making night calls I gave
I tried too hard to reach you But you must be moving fast All my hopes about the future Will just live on Into the past You know that it ain't easy And the twilight starts to fade Shouldn't you The chill of the morning Thinking of the plans we made
Oh, night calls Making night calls Let it ring The night calls Making night calls Oh, night calls Give up those night calls
Is Nothing Sacred Composer(s): Jim Steinman; Don Black Performer(s): Meat Loaf
If a love as strong as ours couldn't make it all the way Can anything make sense at all? If a love so deep and true couldn't stand the test of time Then Mount Everest could slide and Jerusalem could fall
Is nothing sacred anymore? Is forever just another word? Is a promise something people used to keep when love was worth fighting for? If we can say goodbye, if we can say goodbye Is nothing sacred anymore? If we can say goodbye Is nothing sacred anymore?
I can hear the final words, every sentance that was said Don't know what turned our lives around It doesn't matter who was right, there's no justice in a dream Never thought that a heart could break without making any sound
Is nothing sacred anymore? Is forever just another word? Is a promise something people used to keep when love was worth fighting for? If we can say goodbye, if we can say goodbye Is nothing sacred anymore? (if we can say goodbye) If we can say goobye Is nothing sacred anymore?
Our love was certain as the dawn, as solid and save as love can be (our love was as strong) Our love was a star to wish upon (aah) And you though that I'd saved you, could've sworn that you saved me (could've sworn that you saved me)
Is nothing sacred anymore? Is forever just another word? (just another word) Is a promise something people used to keep when love was worth fighting for? (fighting for, fighting for) If we can say goodbye, if we can say goodbye Is nothing sacred anymore?
Is nothing sacred anymore? Is forever just another word? Is a promise something people used to keep when love was worth fighting for? If we can say goodbye, if we can say goodbye Is nothing sacred anymore? (if we can say goodbye) (if we can say goodbye) Is nothing sacred anymore? Is nothing sacred anymore? Is nothing sacred anymore? Is nothing sacred anymore?.............
Night By Night Composer(s): Walter Becker; Donald Fagen Performer(s): Steely Dan; Ana Popovic
Its a beggar's life, said the queen of Spain But dont tell it to a poor man Cause hes got to kill for every thrill The best he can Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem Because no men have all their peace of mind To carry them Well I dont really care If its wrong or if its right But until my ship comes in Ill live night by night
When the joker tried to tell me I could cut it in this rube town When he tried to hang that sign on me I said take it down When the dawn patrol got to tell you twice Theyre gonna do it with a shotgun Yes, Im cashing in this ten-cent life For another one
Well I aint got the heart To lose another fight So until my ship comes in Ill live night by night
Well I dont really care If its wrong or if its right But until my ship comes in Ill live night by night
Is It Yes Or Is It No? Composer(s): James Brown Performer(s): James Brown
Is It Yes Or No? Is it yes, is it no Did you ever, making me cry Did you ever, making me die Was it fun, making me suffer Was it fun, making me suffer Now is your answer ves ro is it no
Is it yes or no
I remember when you went home 'Cause you left me you'll all alone Now was it fun when you said you weren't the one Was it fun now when he made his little run Oh know on the Is it yes or Lorg is it yes Or is it no Is it yes or no
Oh yes now you won't be back But remember you gave me my little sack Now darling you made my life complete Lord just thrown me out in the street now But I want your answer Is it yes, is it yes Oh Lord is it no Is it yes or no
Night Boat Composer(s): Duran Duran; Simon LeBon; Nick Rhodes; Andy Taylor; John Taylor; Roger Taylor Performer(s): Duran Duran
Standing on the edge of the quay No light flashes on the water for me Fog in my mind darkness in my eyes Silently screaming for a distant sound
Ripple river yellows Rising for a breath of breeding and drowns Stillness overcomes me in the night Listen to the rising water moan
I'm waiting, waiting for the nightboat I'm waiting, waiting for the nightboat
Shadows all through me shudder away Echo me echo me am I alone Or is the river alive cause it Echoes me echoes me echoes me
I'm waiting, waiting for the nightboat Waiting, waiting for the nightboat I'm waiting I'm waiting waiting for the nightboat I'm waiting for the nightboat
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? Composer(s): Irving Caesar; Sammy Lerner; Gerald Marks Performer(s): Al Jolson and multiple other artists
Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the sun really shine all the time? Do the sweet magnolias blossom at ev'rybody's door? Do folks keep eating possum Till they can't eat no more?
Is it true what they say about Swanee? Is a dream by that stream so sublime? Do they laugh, do they love, like they say in ev'ry song? If it's true, that's where I belong
Where the jungle shadows fall Like the tick tick tick of the eye of the clock You're standing up against the wall Like the drip drip drip of the rain drops When the sun shines through So a voice within me Keeps revealing you...you
Night and day You are the one Only you beneath the moon And under the sun Whether near to me or far It's no matter, baby where you are I think of you Night and day
Day and night Why is it so That this longing for you follows wherever I go In the roaring traffic gloom In the silence of my lonely room I think of you Night and day
Night and day Under the hide of me Though such a hungry yearning Burning inside of me This torment won't be through 'til you let me spend my life making love to you Day and night Night and day
Night and day Under the hide of me Oh, such a hungry yearning Burning, burning inside of me This torment won't be through 'til you let me spend my life making love to you