Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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The Damage Is Done Composer(s): Lou Gramm - Mick Jones Performer(s): Foreigner
Is there a reason For things that you say? The way you're treating me All the games I won't play Well it's too late, no longer one Don't want you, the damage is done
Will you miss me When I leave you behind? Will you tell your friends I treated you unkind? Well it's over now, and I'm on the run I don't want you, the damage is done
There have been rumors That my sense of humor is lacking in some ways To me that's no reason, it's tantamount to treason See what the judge has to say You need to find someone half as blind As I am to your games And maybe you'll find out what it's all about And it can drive you insane
Ooh the damage is done And now I feel it's too late The damage is done It's over Now I'm on the run And baby you and I know The damage is done
Cargo Culte
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
Performer(s): Serge Gainsbourg; Jane Birkin
Je sais moi des sorciers qui invoquent les jets
Dans la jungle de Nouvelle-Guinée
Ils scrutent le zénith convoitant les guinées
Que leur rapporterait le pillage du fret
Sur la mer de corail au passage de cet
Appareil ces créatures non dénuées
De raison ces papous attendent des nuées
L'avarie du Viscount et celle du Comet
Et comme leur totem n'a jamais pu abattre
À leurs pieds ni Bing ni même D.C. quatre
Ils rêvent de hijacks et d'accidents d'oiseaux
Ces naufrageurs naïfs armés de sarbacanes
Qui sacrifient ainsi au culte du cargo
En soufflant vers l'azur et les aéroplanes
Où es-tu Melody et ton corps disloqué
Hante-t-il l'archipel que peuplent les sirènes
Ou bien accrochés au cargo dont la sirène
D'alarme s'est tue, es-tu restée
Au hasard des courants as-tu déjà touché
Ces lumineux coraux des côtes guinéennes
Où s'agitent en vain ces sorciers indigènes
Qui espèrent encore des avions brisés
N'ayant plus rien à perdre ni Dieu en qui croire
Afin qu'ils me rendent mes amours dérisoires
Moi, comme eux, j'ai prié les cargos de la nuit
Et je garde cette espérance d'un désastre
Aérien qui me ramènerait Melody
Mineure détournée de l'attraction des astres
"Tu t'appelles comment?
Melody
Melody comment?
Melody Nelson"
From A Moving Train Composer(s): Gerry Beckley Performer(s): America
I've seen the ides of march And I've seen the fall of rome I've seen all kinds of stuff But I never see my home
If my life-line is These million miles of track One thing I know by now There is no turning back
From a moving train From a moving train From a moving train From a moving train
If every venture was A path to no avail I'd still be rolling down This never ending trail
If we had a destination In our sights We would be helpless as We passed it in the night
From a moving train (hear the engine running) From a moving train (you can get on board) From a moving train (hear the motor humming) From a moving train (see, you've gotta see the light)
And if by chance you find a woman That you might love along the way You better hold her tight Tell her everything's alright Or she might jump along the way
From a moving train (hear the engine running) From a moving train (you can get on board) From a moving train (hear the motor humming) From a moving train (see, you've gotta see the light)
From a moving train (hear the engine running) From a moving train (you can get on board) From a moving train (hear the motor humming) From a moving train (see, you've gotta see the light)
Fiskar'n Och Jungfrun English Title: Bend In The Water Composer(s): Ola Magnell; Gordon Lightfoot Performer(s): Lill Lindfors
Kom min vän, flyg min tärna Till mitt sommarsund Vagga fram längs vassar och holmar Till ett aborrgrund Glid mot land och lys min stjärna På min friarstråt Vagga fram längs vassar och holmar I din fiskebåt
Men det tar sin tid i panik och trafik Att bli fri och få sin frid på vattnet i min vik Vagga fram längs vassar och holmar Till ett aborrgrund Glid till land och lys min stjärna Kom och sitt en stund
Drick ditt vin för en gångs skull Utan oro för nästa dag Se månen lika fin och full Som du och jag är svag Men det tar sin tid att få känna rustik Och banal och gammal galen romantik
Kom min vän, flyg min tärna Till mitt sommarsund Vagga fram längs vassar och holmar Till ett aborrgrund Ro min vän och lys min stjärna På min friarstråt Vagga fram längs vassar och holmar I din fiskebåt
D, D, D, D Daddy dear, oh daddy dear do dogs have dreams, do ducks have ears? Do dragons dance, why do gophers dig holes? Do gophers dress up in their dirty clothes?
Dogs dream of meat and their dreams are delicious Ducks do have ears but they don't do the dishes Gophers dig holes to hide their candy bars Dragons don't dance and they don't smoke cigars
Daddy dear, oh daddy sweet do dandylions roar, do daisies have feet? May I have a drink of water and a dish of tadpoles? Daddy how deep is a doughnut hole?
Dandylions roar and your daddy is deaf The daisies drank the water and the tadpoles left Your eyes are drooping darling daughter and you're dizzy in the head The toads are eating dinner so it's time to go to bed
You go down Piggy Lane through the flowers That paint the hills as far as you can see And that´s where I while away my hours Hours of eternity
In a little tin shed on the hillside Where we sit and drink our peppermint tea And the candlelight flickers inside `Cos we haven´t got electricity
But I know I´ve found peace in Carey Gully And I haven´t known that state of mind before And I sing as I walk down in the valley `Cos those city-things don´t bother me no more
Well it´s taken such a long time to get there And we´ve travelled a long winding road Now I sit in my old rocking chair And my darling I never will go
But I know I´ve found peace in Carey Gully And I haven´t known that state of mind before And I sing as I walk down in the valley `Cos those city-things don´t bother me no more No, those city-things don´t bother me no more
Fishnet Stockings Composer(s): Brian Setzer Performer(s): Stray Cats; Mad Marge & The Stonecutters; The Quakes; Brian Setzer
Well my sweet baby wears fishnet stockings When she starts a rockin' there ain't no stoppin'
Singing wop bop a doo dop fishnet stockings Shoo wop a doo dop when she's rockin' Bop bop a doo dop there ain't no stoppin' Rockin' with my baby in her fishnet stockings
Well she's got a pair in pink She's got a pair in red When she puts the black ones she makes me loose my head
Singing wop bop a doo dop fishnet stockings Shoo wop a doo dop when she's rockin' Bop bop a doo dop there ain't no stoppin' Rockin' with my baby in her fishnet stockings
One time
Well she's got a pair in pink She's got a pair in red When she puts the black ones she makes me loose my head
Singing wop bop a doo dop fishnet stockings Shoo wop a doo dop when she's rockin' Bop bop a doo dop there ain't no stoppin' Rockin' with my baby in her fishnet stockings
Rock it again now
Well my sweet baby wears fishnet stockings When she starts a rockin' there ain't no stoppin'
Singing wab bop a doo dop fishnet stockings Shoo wop a doo dop when she's rockin' Bop bop a doo dop there ain't no stoppin' Rockin' with my baby in her fishnet stockings
The Curtain Falls Composer(s): Sol Weinstein Performer(s): Bobby Darin and multiple other artists
Off comes the makeup, off comes the clown's disguise The curtain's falling, the music softly dies But I hope you're smiling as you're filing out the door As they say in this biz that's all there is, there isn't any more
We've shared our moment, and as the moment ends I've got a funny feeling we're parting now as friends Your cheers and laughter will linger After they've torn down these dusty walls
If I had this to do again And the evening were new again I would spend it with you again But now the curtain falls
People say I was made for this Nothing else would I trade for this And just think I get paid for this Good night, Ladies and Gentlemen and God love you
Careless Memories
Composer(s): Simon LeBon - Nick Rhodes - Andy Taylor - John Taylor - Roger Taylor
First release by: Duran Duran - 1981
So soon just after you've gone my senses sharpen But it always takes so damned long before I feel how much my eyes have darkened
Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke drifting in our room so easy to disturb with a thought with a whisper... with a careless memory
On the table signs of love lie scattered... and the walls break with a crashing within It's not as though as though you really mattered But being close how could I let you go without some feeling some precious sympathy following
Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke drifting in our room so easy to disturb with a thought with a whisper... with a careless memory
I walk out into the sun I try to find a new day but the whole place it just screams in my eyes where are you now? cuz I don't want to meet you I think I'd die I think I'd laugh at you I think I'd cry What am I supposed to do follow you?
Outside the thoughts come flooding back now... I just try to forget you... So easy to disturb with a thought... with a whisper... with a careless memory...
Fishin' In The Dark Composer(s): Wendy Waldman; Jim Photoglo Performer(s): The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; and various other artists
Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonite shinin' thru the trees Crickets are singin' and lightning bugs are floatin on the breeze Baby get ready.....
Across the field where the creek turns back by the ole stump road I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows Baby get ready..... OooooooOooo
You and me going fishing in the dark Lying on our backs and counting the stars Where the cool grass grows Down by the river in the full moon light We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night Just movin' slow...
Stayin' the whole night thru feels so good to be with you...
Spring is almost over and the summer's come and the days are gettin' long Waited all winter for the time to be right just to take you along Baby get ready.....
And it don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite Jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night Baby get ready..... OoooooooOoo.
The Curse Of An Aching Heart Composer(s): Henry Fink - Al Piantadosi Performer(s): Will Oakland and multiple other artists
You made me what I am today, I hope you're satisfied You dragged and dragged me down until the soul within me died You've shattered each and every dream, fooled me right from the start And though you're not true, may God bless you That's the curse of an aching heart
You made me what I am today, I should hope you're satisfied You dragged, you dragged me down until the soul within me died You've shattered each and every dream, you fooled me right from the start And although you're not true, may God bless you That's the curse of an aching heart
You made me what I am today I hope you're satisfied You dragged me down and down until the soul within me died
You shattered each and every hope I loved you from the start And although, you're not true, May God bless you That's the curse of an aching heart
Careless Love
Composer(s): Blind Boy Fuller
First recording/First release by: Gabriel Brown - 1935/Blind Boy Fuller - 1937
Covered by multiple other artists
Love, oh love, oh careless love Love, oh love, oh careless love Oh it's love, oh love, oh careless love You see what careless love has done
Once I wore my apron low Once I wore my apron low Oh it's once I wore my apron low You'd follow me through rain and snow
Now I wear my apron high Now I wear my apron high Oh it's now I wear my apron high You'll see my door and pass it by
I cried last night and the night before I cried last night and the night before Oh I cried last night and the night before Going to cry tonight and cry no more
Love, oh love, oh careless love Love, oh love, oh careless love Oh it's love, oh love, oh careless love You see what careless love has done
Fishin' Blues Composer(s): Henry Thomas Performer(s): Taj Mahal; and various other artists
Bet ya goin' fishin' all o' de time Baby goin fishin' too Bet your life your sweet wife Catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait Uh here's a little tip that I would like to relate Many fish bite if you got good bait
I'm a goin fishin' Yes I'm goin' fishin' And my baby goin' fishin too
I went on down to my favorite fishin' hole Baby grabbed me a pole and line Throw my pole on in, caught a nine pound catfish Now you know I brought him home for suppertime
Provin' any fish bites if you got good bait Uh here's a little tip that I would like to relate Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a goin fishin' Yes I'm goin fishin' And my baby goin fishin' too
Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind Say 'can I go fishin wit' you?' I took him on down to de fishin' hole Now what do you think that he did do? Pulled a great big fish out the bottom of the pond Now he laughed and jumped 'cause he was real gone
Many fish bites if you got good bait I'm a goin fishin', Yes I'm goin fishin' and my baby goin fishin' too
Put em in the pot baby Put him in the pan, Honey cook him till he nice n brown Make a batch of buttermilk hoecakes mama, And chew dem things And then ya chomp 'em on down
Singin' any fish bites if ya' got good bait Here's a little tip that I would like to relate Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a goin fishin' Yes I'm goin fishin' And my baby goin fishin' too
Play de blues
Bet ya' goin fishin' all o' the time Baby goin' fishin' too Bet your life your sweet wife She gonna catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya' got good bait Oh, here's a little tip that I would like to relate Many fish bites if you got good bait
I'm a goin' fishin' Mama's goin' fishin' And the baby goin' fishin' too
Curragh Of Kildare (Traditional) Performer(s): Christy Moore and multiple other artists
The winter it is past and the summer's come at last The birds they are singing in the trees Their little hearts are glad, but mine is very sad For my true love is far away from me And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
The rose upon the briar by the water running clear Brings joy to the linnet and the deer Their little hearts are blessed, but mine know no rest For my true love is far away from me And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
A livery I will wear and I'll comb back my hair And in velvet so green I will appear And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
I'll wear a cap of black with some frills around my neck Golden rings on my fingers I will wear Oh yes, this I'll undertake for my own true lover's sake For he lives in the Curragh of Kildare And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
Oh, you who are in love and cannot it remove I pity the pain you do endure For experience lets me know that your hearts are full of woe Yes, a woe that no other can cure And straight I will repair to the Curragh of Kildare For it's there I'll find tidings of my dear
Careless Hands
Composer(s): Bob Hilliard - Carl Sigman
First release by: Mel Tormé - 1949
Covered by multiple other artists
I let my heart fall into careless hands Careless hands broke my heart in two You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through I brought you joy And girl I loved you so But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow If you don't change Someday you'll know the sorrow of careless hands That can't hold onto love
I let my heart fall into careless hands Careless hands broke my heart in two You held my dreams like worthless grains of sand Careless hands don't care when dreams slip through I brought you joy And dear I loved you so But all that sunshine didn't make the roses grow If you don't change Someday you'll know the sorrow of careless hands That can't hold onto love Careless hands that can't hold onto love Talking 'bout those hands That can't hold onto love Talking 'bout those hands That can't hold onto love
Fish And Chips Composer(s): John Taylor; David Heneker Performer(s): Paul Nicholas; Jack Wild; Joe Brown
My Uncle `Enry's got a shop down the `Igh Street With marble on the counter and a big glass door My Uncle `Enry's very famous down the `Igh Street So let me tell you what `e's very famous for `E found one day `is customers was getting' thin They'd pass `'is fish and chip shop but they'd not go in So Uncle stepped outside, threw back `is `ead and cried In a voice as loud as sin Oh
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Well, Uncle `Enry soon attracted a crowd there All sorts of funny people like you never saw! But when they `eard me Uncle shoutin' out aloud there They come to see what all the blinkin' noise was for From Acton Town to `Ackney Wick an' all around They flocked to Uncle's like it was a football ground A fish `e didn't sell, but still they paid `im well Just to `ear `is great new sound Oh!
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Soon Uncle `Enry was a signin' a contract For `alf a dozen records an' TV an' all Not only that, but someone else `ad bin in contact An' offered him a concert at the Albert `All But Uncle wasn't bothered by `is rise to fame `E kept `is fish and chip shop going just the same Though NOW `e made `is cash, at `alf a crown a bash Singin' out `is old refrain Oh!
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried `Ot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
Now Uncle `Enry's clientele, they inform us Includes eleven Ministers an' one MP Dukes and their Duchesses in numbers quite enormous An' chinless Debs `oo dend you up the family tree! When questioned by reporters on `is great success `E never makes a speech, `e Merely says "I guess It's just because me voice is everybody's choice Would you like to `ear it?" Yes!
(Spoken "I thought you might")
`Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oi!
(Fast) `Addock or Cod or Sprats or `Ake Filleted Dover Sole Kippers or Scampi, Plaice or Skate Mackerel by the shoal I tell yer ev'rythin's fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten till you've tried Ol' `Enry's Fish and Chips! Oh!
Ev'rythings fresh and newly fried Hot to the finger tips You've never eaten Never, ever eaten
Till you've tried those can't be beaten Uncle `Enry's Fish and Chips
The Curly Shuffle Composer(s): Peter Quinn Performer(s): Jump 'N The Saddle Band and multiple other artists
When me and my friends go out on town We can't sit still, we can't sit down We don't like to fight and we don't like to scuffle But we dance all night, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) La-da-dee, la-da-dee (la-da-dee, la-da-dee) Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!(Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Well, me and my friends love Larry and Moe We love Curly's brother, Shemp, and his fat clone, Joe It's such a delight to boogie and hustle, Dancing all night, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) Wee-dee-dee-wee-dee-dee-dee! (Wee-dee-dee-wee-dee-dee-dee!) Oh, a wise guy! (Oh, a wise guy!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Mmmm Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Aahh!
Well, me and my friends, we all love to see Comedy classics on late night TV Those knuckleheads get in a scuffle They push and they shove, doing the Curly Shuffle
Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe! (Hey, Moe! Hey, Moe!) Well-a nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) Look at the grouse, look at the grouse! (Look at the grouse, look at the grouse!) Ruff, ruff! (Ruff, ruff!) Well, we never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle That's right
(We do the Curly Shuffle) Whatd'ya say? (We do the Curly Shuffle) That's what I thought ya said! (We do the Curly Shuffle) Ah-ah-ah! (We do the Curly Shuffle) Soitenly! We never miss a chance We get up and dance And do the Curly Shuffle
Careless Darlin'
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb - Lou Wayne - Bob Shelton
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb
and multiple other artists
You said you'd love me and me alone And that you'd always by mine my own But someone new came and you did not Care to remember so you forgot
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Your last goodbye will forever ring Within my ear and will heartaches bring I kept my promise, I kept my vow But you kept nothing it's so plain now
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Now if tomorrow these bygone years These olden mem-ries should bring you tears Think of our parting that luckless day You carelessly threw my love away
Oh Careless Darlin', how carelessly You broke the vow that you made to me With all my heart I believed in you But Careless Darlin' you were untrue
Firth Of Fifth Composer(s): Tony Banks; Phil Collins; Peter Gabriel; Steve Hackett; Mike Rutherford Performer(s): Genesis; and various other artists
The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid down long before And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen Though many times they've seen the way to leave
He rides majestic Past homes of men Who care not or gaze with joy To see reflected there The trees, the sky, the lily fair The scene of death is lying just below
The mountain cuts off the town from view Like a cancer growth is removed by skill Let it be revealed A waterfall, his madrigal An inland sea, his symphony
Undinal songs Urge the sailors on Till lured by sirens' cry
Now as the river dissolves in sea So Neptune has claimed another soul And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen Until the Shepherd leads his flock away
The sands of time were eroded by The river of constant change
Cuff Of My Shirt Composer(s): Bob Merrill Performer(s): Guy Mitchell
Oh I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry And deep in my heart there's a hurt Lost the phone and address of the girl I love best Wrote it all on the cuff of my shirt
Now we met just by chance at the Saturday dance And she promised to date me tonight But her address and stuff I wrote down on my cuff And that shirt of mine's nowhere in sight
Oh her hair was red and her eyes were blue And I dream of holding her tight But the moon's on the rise and there's tears in my eyes `Cause my arms will be empty tonight
While I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry The girls think I'm down here to flirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt
Now we met just by chance at the Saturday dance And she promised to date me tonight But her address and stuff I wrote down on my cuff And that shirt of mine's nowhere in sight
Oh her hair was red and her eyes were blue And I dream of holding her tight But the moon's on the rise and there's tears in my eyes `Cause my arms will be empty tonight
While I stand in a quandary in front of the laundry The girls think I'm down here to flirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt I'm a man without hope if the suds and the soap Wash her name of the cuff of my shirt My Shirt