Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Tear Drops Composer(s): Edwin Charles - Helen Stanley - Roy Calhoun Performer(s): Lee Andrews & The Hearts; Debbie Harry
I sit in my room looking out at the rain My tears are like crystals, they cover my window pane I'm thinking of our lost romance and how it should have been Oh if we only could start over again
I know you never forgive me dear, for running out on you I was wrong to take a chance with somebody new I sit in my room looking out at the rain My tears are like crystals, they cover my window pane
I know you never forgive me dear, for running out on you Oh I long to do the things we used to do I'm lonely and I'm blue yet I'll try to get along Without you
Teardrops, teardrops, teardrops
I have to gain faith, hope and charity God only knows the girl who will love me Oh if we only could start over Again
Without You
(Dutch Version: Zonder Jou)
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Julie Andrews
and multiple other artists
Eliza: What a fool I was! What a dominated fool! To think you were the earth and sky What a fool I was! What an addle-pated fool! What a mutton-headed dolt was I! No, my reverberating friend You are not the beginning and the end! There'll be spring every year without you England still will be here without you There'll be fruit on the tree And a shore by the sea There'll be crumpets and tea Without you Art and music will thrive without you Somehow Keats will survive without you And there still will be rain On that plain down in Spain Even that will remain without you I can do without you You, dear friend, who talk so well You can go to Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire! They can still rule the land without you Windsor Castle will stand without you And without much ado We can all muddle through without you! Without your pulling it, the tide comes in Without your twirling it, the earth can spin Without your pushing them, the clouds roll by If they can do without you, ducky, so can I! I shall not feel alone without you I can stand on my own without you So go back in your shell I can do bloody well Without you!
Good Time Music Composer(s): John Sebastian Performer(s): The Lovin' Spoonful; and various other artists
I've been listening to my radio For two or three years And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad That it's offendin' to my ears But them kids come over from the Mersey river Made us think back 'til then So let's put on our shoes And think about the blues And start all over again
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
I don't want no cryin' violins No sax or slide trombones I don't want no screaming ya-ya girls And no honkin' English horns I don't want no symphony orchestra With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir All I want is a guitar, a harp, and drum Just to set my soul on fire
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
I've been listening to my radio For two or three years And the music they've been playing is so doggone bad That it's offendin' to my ears But them kids come over from the Mersey river Made us think back 'til then So let's put on our shoes And think about the blues And start all over again
With that good time music Like we played so long ago Wo-oh don't you know oh-yeah With that good time music Yes, it's back on the radio
Teacher's Pet Composer(s): Joe Lubin Performer(s): Doris Day and multiple other artists
(Pum, pa dum pa dum) (Pum pa dum pa dum) (Pa dum pa dum) (Pum pa dum pa dum)
Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum pa dum) I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to you as I can get (That's the lesson we're guessin' you're best in)
Mm, teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be teacher's pride (pa dum pa dum) I wanna be dated, paraded, the one most likely at your side (Ya got a burnin' yearnin' to learn)
I wanna learn all your lips can teach me One kiss will do at the start (are you really?) I'm sure with a little homework I'll graduate to your heart (to your heart)
Teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too (That ya love me, too) So I can be teacher's pet long after school is through
(Oh, teacher's pet) Mm, mm (You wanna be teacher's pet) Ah, ah (You wanna be huddled and cuddled as close to him as you can get)
I wanna learn all your lips can teach me One kiss will do at the start I'm sure with a little homework I'll graduate to your heart
Teacher's pet (you love the teacher), I wanna be teacher's pet (pa dum pa dum) I wanna take home a diploma and show Ma that ya love me, too (Wow!) So I can be teacher's pet (yeah!) long after school is through (Teacher, teacher she loves you)
You Did It Dutch Title: Fantastisch Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe Performer(s): Rex Harrison & Robert Coote and various other artists
Pickering: Tonight, old man, you did it! You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it And indeed you did I thought that you would rue it I doubted you'd do it But now I must admit it That succeed you did You should get a medal Or be even made a knight
Henry: It was nothing Really nothing
Pickering: All alone you hurdled Ev'ry obstacle in sight
Henry: Now, wait! Now, wait! Give credit where it's due A lot of the glory goes to you
Pickering: But you're the one who did it Who did it, who did it! As sturdy as Gibraltar Not a second did you falter There's no doubt about it You did it! I must have aged a year tonight At times I thought I'd die of fright Never was there a momentary lull
Henry: Shortly after we came in I saw at once we'd easily win And after that I found it deadly dull
Pickering: You should have heard the ooh's and ah's Ev'ry one wondering who she was
Henry: You'd think they'd never seen a lady before
Pickering: And when the Prince of Transylvania Asked to meet her And gave his arm to lead her to the floor...! I said to him: You did it! You did it! You did it! They thought she was ecstatic And so damned aristocratic And they never knew That you Did it!
Henry: Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karparthy If it weren't for him I would have died of boredom He was there, all right And up to his old tricks
Mrs. Pearce: Karparthy? That dreadful Hungarian? Was he there?
Henry: Yes That blackguard who uses the science of speech More to blackmail and swindle than teach He made it the devilish business of his "To find out who this Miss Doolittle is" Ev'ry time we looked around There he was, that hairy hound From Budapest Never leaving us alone Never have I ever known A ruder pest Fin'lly I decided it was foolish Not to let him have his chance with her So I stepped aside and let him dance with her Oozing charm from ev'ry pore He oiled his way around the floor Ev'ry trick that he could play He used to strip her mask away And when at last the dance was done He glowed as if he knew he'd won! And with a voice to eager And a smile too broad He announced to the hostess That she was a fraud!
Mrs. Pearce: No!
Henry: Jawohl! Her English is too good, he said Which clearly indicates that she is foreign Whereas others are instructed in their native language English people aren't And although she may have studied with an expert Di'lectician and grammarian I can tell that she was born Hungarian! Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood, she is a princess!
Servants: Congratulations, Professor Higgins For your glorious victory! Congratulations, Professor Higgins! You'll be mentioned in history!
Rest of Servants (Simultaneously): Congratulations Professor Higgins! For your glorious Victory! Congratulations Professor Higgins! Sing hail and hallelujah! Ev'ry bit of credit For it all belongs to you!
Footman (Simultaneously with Rest of Servants): This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it And indeed you did This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it! We know that we have said it But-you did it and the credit For it all belongs to you!
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues Composer(s): Danny O'Keefe Performer(s): Elvis Presley; and various other artists
Everybody's gone away Said they're movin to L.A. There's not a soul I know around Everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight, some caught a plane Find the sunshine, leave the rain They said this town were a waste of time I guess they're right, it's wasting mine
Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues
You know my heart keeps tellin' me You're not a kid at thirty-three Play around you'll lose your wife You play too hard you'll lose your life
Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues
Some gotta win, some gotta lose Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues Good time Charlie's got the blues
Teachers ((Italian Version: Maestri (Claudio Daiano) - 1974)) Composer(s): Leonard Cohen First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
I met a woman long ago Her hair the black that black can go Are you a teacher of the heart Soft she answered no
I met a girl across the sea Her hair the gold that gold can be Are you a teacher of the heart Yes but not for thee
I met a man who lost his mind In some lost place I had to find Follow me the wise man said But he walked behind
I walked into a hospital Where none was sick and none was well When at night the nurses left I could not walk at all
Morning came And then came noon Dinner time the scalpel blade Lay beside my silver spoon
Some girls wander by mistake Into the mess that scalpels make Are you the teachers of my heart We teach old hearts to break
One morning I woke up alone The hospital, the nurses gone Have I carved enough, my lord Child, you are bone
I ate and ate and ate No, I did not miss a plate Well, how much do these suppers cost Well take it out in hate
I spent my hatred every place On every work on every face Someone gave me wishes And I wished for an embrace
Several girls embraced me Then I was embraced by men Is my passion perfect No, do it once again
I was handsome, I was strong I knew the words of every song Did my singing please you No, the words you sang were wrong
Who is it whom I address Who takes down what I confess Are you the teachers of my heart We teach old hearts to rest
Well, teachers are my lessons done I cannot do another one They laughed and laughed and said Well, child are your lessons done
My Face In The Rain Composer(s): R. Dassin; Vangelis Performer(s): Demis Roussos; Vangelis
My face in the rain I walk all alone It's Sunday time is slow I'm happy that is all I know My face into the sun My life is my own It's Sunday time is slow I am happy that is all I know
My thoughts in the rain I walk all alone It's Sunday time is slow I am happy that is all I know
Good Thing Composer(s): Mark Lindsay; Terry Melcher Performer(s): Paul Revere & The Raiders
Seems this world's got you down You're feelin' bad vibrations 'round Well open your eyes girl, look at me (look at me) I'm gonna show you how it ought to be (ought to be) We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby
And when your world don't seem just right And-a life's gettin' you uptight You can change that wrong to right (wrong to right) 'Cause I was there myself last night (there last night) I really had a good thing, such a good thing, baby
I won't have no-one now (no-one around to bring you down) Well, it's a groovy world, girl Let me bring you to a (Good, good, good, good thing) Good thing, girl
Gotta hear me you can breeze 'em off should you try They don't care if you live or die 'Cause they're losers, what a shame (cryin' shame) I'm gonna show you to a brand new game (brand new game) We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby
I won't tell you no, no no lies When I'm through you'll realized For the first time it seems right (feels so right) I'm gonna stay right here tonight (stay tonight) We'll really have a good thing, such a good thing, baby
Ah-nobody (no-one around to bring you down) Well, groovy world, girl Let me bring you to a (Good, good, good, good thing) Such a good thing, girl
Teacher Composer(s): Ian Anderson Performer(s): Jethro Tull
Well the dawn was coming heard him ringing on my bell He said, "My name's the teacher that is what I call myself And I have a lesson that I must impart to you It's an old expression but I must insist it's true
Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun no sense in sitting there hating everyone No man's an island and his castle isn't home the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown"
So I took a journey threw my world into the sea With me went the teacher who found fun instead of me
Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed I try to socialize but I can't seem to find what I was looking for, got something on my mind
Then the teacher told me it had been a lot of fun Thanked me for his ticket and all that I had done
Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed I try to socialize but I can't seem to find what I was looking for, got something on my mind
My Eyes Adored You Composer(s): Robert Crewe; Kelly Nolan Performer(s): Andy Williams
My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
Carried your books from school Playing "make-believe you're married to me" You were fifth-grade, I was sixth When we came to be Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay Till we grew into the me and you Went our separate ways
My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
Headed for city lights Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame I worked my fingers to the bone Made myself a name Funny I seemed to find That no matter how the years unwind Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss And the love I left behind
My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you So close, so close and yet so far
(My eyes adored you) All my life I will remember (Though I never laid a hand on you) How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby (Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you) Oh, the feeling, sad regrets (So close, so close and yet so far) I know I won't ever forget you, my childhood friend
(My eyes adored you) (Though I never laid a hand on you) (My eyes adored you) (Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you)
Good Shepherd Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
If you want to get to heaven Over on the other shore Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit Oh good shepherd Feed my sheep One for Paul One for Silas One for to make my heart rejoice Can't you hear my lambs acallin Oh good shepherd Feed my sheep If you want to get to heaven Over on the other shore Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar Oh good shepherd Feed my sheep If you want to get to heaven Over on the other shore Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil Oh good shepherd Feed my sheep
Teach Your Children Composer(s): Graham Nash First release by: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1970 Covered by multiple other artists
You, who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so, become yourself Because the past is just a goodbye Teach your children well Their father's hell did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry So just look at them and sigh and know they love you
And you, of tender years Can't know the fears that your elders grew by And so please help them with your youth They seek the truth before they can die Teach your parents well Their children's hell will slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry So just look at them and sigh and know they love you...
My Elusive Dreams Composer(s): Curly Putman; Billy Sherrill Originally performed by: Curly Putman Covered by various other artists
I followed you to Texas I followed you to Utah We didn't find it there, so we mo-oved on I followed you to Alabam' Things looked good in Birmingham We didn't find it there, so we moved on
I know you're tired of followin' My elusive dreams and schemes For they're only fleeting things My elusive dreams
I had your child in Memphis You heard of work in Nashville We didn't find it there, so we moved on To a small farm in Nebraska To a gold mine in Alaska We didn't find it there, so we moved on
And now we've left Alaska Because there was no gold mine But this time, only two of us move on Now all we have is each other And a little memory to cling to And still you won't let me go on alone
I know you're tired of followin' My elusive dreams and schemes For they're only fleeting things My elusive dreams (Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh) For they're only fleeting things My elusive dreams
Good Rockin' Tonight ((French Version: Et La Voix D'Elvis (Eddy Mitchell) - 1977))
Composer(s): Roy Brown
First release: Roy Brown - 1947
Covered by multiple other artists
Well, I heard the news Theres good rockin tonight Well, I heard the news Theres good rockin tonight
Im gonna hold my baby As tight as I can Tonight shell know Im a mighty, mighty man I heard the news Theres good rockin tonight
I say, well, meet me in a hurry Behind the barn Dont you be afraid, darling Ill do you no harm I want you to bring Along my rockin shoes cause tonight Im gonna rock away All my blues I heard the news Theres good rockin tonight
Well, were gonna rock were gonna rock Lets rock come on and rock Were gonna rock all our blues away
Have you heard the news? Everybodys rockin tonight Have you heard the news? Everybodys rockin tonight
Im gonna hold my baby As tight as I can Well, tonight shell know Im a mighty, mighty man I heard the news Theres good rockin tonight
Well, were gonna rock, rock, rock Come on and rock, rock, rock Well, rock, rock, rock, rock Lets rock, rock, rock, rock Were gonna rock all our blues away
Teach You To Rock Composer(s): Freddie Bell - Joey Lattanzi Performer(s): Freddie Bell & The Bellboys; Tony Crombie & His Rockets; The Jive Romeros
Hello ev'rybody!
I mean ev'rybody!
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
If you can't swing, get out of the way 'Cause we don't want no squares Once you learn and you get in the groove You jump around, you don't have no cares
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
I said One-Two-Three-Four Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock! We're gonna teach you to rock
One-Two-Three-Four Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock! We're gonna teach you to rock, Yes!
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
Well, if you can't swing, get out of the way 'Cause we don't want no squares Once you learn and you get in the groove You jump around and don't have no cares
We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock We're gonna teach you to rock Come on and rock with us
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time Composer(s): Mann Curtis; Vic Mizzy Performer(s): Les Brown & Doris Day and various other artists
Well, what do you know He smiled at me in my dreams last night My dreams are getting better all the time And, what do you know he smiled at me in a different light My dreams are getting better all the time
To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago And though it's a dream I never dreamed he'd ever say hello Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight when the moonbeams shine My dreams are getting better all the time
To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago And though it's a dream I never dreamed he'd ever say hello Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight when the moonbeams shine My dreams are getting better all the time
Good Planets Are Hard To Find Composer(s): Steve Forbert Performer(s): Steve Forbert
Good planets are hard to find Temp'rate zones and tropic climes True currents in thriving seas Winds blowin' through breathing trees Strong ozone and safe sunshine Good planets are hard to find
Good planets are in demand Clean beaches and sparkling sand Land masses with room to spare Jet streams and perfect air High forests and low wetlands Good planets are in demand
And the mind don't know If the heart can't see Let the blind man go To his destiny...
Good planets are rare indeed Rain fallin' on crops and seed Big rivers and good topsoil Fuel sources from cane to oil Green gardens of all we need Good planets are rare indeed
And the mind don't know If the heart can't see Let the blind man go To his destiny...
Good planets are scarce and few Earthworms and caribou Strong food chains and tasty meals Textiles and plants that heal Iron mountains and skies of blue Good planets are scarce and few
Teach Me Tonight ((Danish Version: Lær Os Det Nu (Ulla & Grethe) - 1968)) Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Gene DePaul First release by: Janet Brace - 1954 Covered by multiple other artists
Did you say that I've got a lot to learn Well don't think I'm trying not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it Getting right down to the XYZ of it Help me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight
The sky's a blackboard high above you And if a shooting star goes by I'll use that star to write "I love you" A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love Graduation's almost here my love You'd better teach me tonight
I've played loves scenes in a flick or two And I've also met a chick or two But I still can learn a trick or two Hey teach me tonight
I who thought I knew the score of it Kind of think I should know much more of it Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping When there's no one there but you There must be more to life than sleeping Single in a bed for two
What I need most is post graduate What I feel is hard to articulate If you want me to matriculate You'd better teach me tonight
What do you get for lessons Teach me... come on and teach me... teach me tonight