Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Holiday time, some sunny clime, calling to you and me You quickly choose a wonderful cruise, out on the open sea The first day you're content, you're awfully glad you went On a pleasure cruise to drive away your blues The pleasures of a pleasure cruise
Down the companion way you fall ten times a day Someone finds you sitting on the point of the Captain's compass On the deck you nearly break your neck, your sea legs you can't use You dive into the ocean for a swim, it's such a lark Till you find you've been bitten in the bulwarks by a shark Oh, what a pleasure cruise to drive away your blues The pleasures of a pleasure cruise
Steamers and tramps show coloured lamps Amber and green and red Your ship runs aground, but somehow you've found The street traffic lights instead You sail once more then find, you've left half the ship behind On a pleasure cruise to drive away your blues The pleasures of a pleasure cruise
Your cabin's far too small, you've got no room at all Someone finds you sitting in your bunk with your feet through the porthole One dark night I turn first left, then right, my way I seemed to lose A honeymooning couple, they created such a scene Because I was discovered where the bridegroom should have been Oh, what a pleasure cruise to drive away your blues The pleasures of a pleasure cruise
(Oh, what a pleasure cruise to drive away your blues) (The pleasures of a pleasure cruise)
Don't know what's the matter with me I ain't feelin' the same Since I met Miss Cindy Lee, folks say I'm insane Thinkin' 'bout her all the time
Guess this darkey's in love Night and day, when at work or play I'm a-thinkin' of this turtle dove Oh!
Cindy, you're my dream For, ever since I met you, honey gal I seem to have a funny feelin' here within the region of my heart
Got it good and smart From the very start Cindy, you're the cream Of all the yaller gals that I have ever seen
In the night or in the mornin' When it's fine or when it's stormin' Cindy, you're my dream
Birds sing sweeter than before I met Cindy Lee Loafin' 'round ain't got no more Fascination for me Goin' to buy some bran new clothes Dress up mighty gay Like a dove, on the wing of love I will coo and this is what I'll say Oh!
Cindy, you're my dream For, ever since I met you, honey gal I seem to have a funny feelin' here within the region of my heart
Remember The Rain ((Italian Version: È La Pioggia Che Va (The Rokes) - 1966)) Composer(s): Bob Lind First release by: Bob Lind - 1966
Angel that you are You still remember summer walks And quiet talks we had before our clouds were broken In the heaven of your mind Your hopeful heart has put behind All the ugly jealous times our hearts were aching Now that your pain has been mended You're only seeing one side Behind the bright easy laughter Rivers of tears have been cried So remember the rain When you think of the sunshine You've got to try and see That's it's gone for you and me And there is no way to bring it back again In a sad unstable way I love you more than I can say But it's locked in yesterday and must remain there The gentle prisoner in the stall Sometimes forgets the very walls That gave her shelter in the fall have also chained her Drink from the spring of tomorrow Yesterday's well has gone dry All the good times are behind us Whenever you ask yourself why Just remember the rain when you think of the sunshine On the ocean of a smile we floated easy for awhile But now we're drifted to the shore where beauty dies It isn't easy to explain I never dreamed you felt the same And even though you're not to blame we can't continue Don't let yourself pretend that we've got something to defend You've got to try to face the end with all that's in you I can't deny that I love you But my soul can no longer be bound Fly on the wings of your freedom But whenever you look to the ground Just remember the rain when you think of the sunshine Try to understand that it's fallen from our hands And just be thankful that your soul is still your own
Planet Of New Orleans Composer(s): Mark Knopfler Performer(s): Dire Straits
Standin' on the corner Of Toulouse and Dauphine Waitin' on Marie-Ondine I'm tryin' to place a tune Under a Louisiana moonbeam On the planet of New Orleans
In a bar they call The Saturn And in her eyes of green And somethin' that she said in a dream Inside of my suit I got my mojo root And a true love figurine For the planet of New Orleans
New Orleans - the other planet With other life upon it And everythin' that's shakin' in between If you should ever land upon it You better know what's on it The planet of New Orleans
Now I'm tryin' to find my way Through the rain and the steam I'm lookin' straight ahead through the screen And then I heard her say Somethin' in the Limousine 'Bout takin' a ride across the planet of New Orleans
If she was an ace And I was just a jack And the cards were never seen We could have been the king and queen But she took me back to her courtyard Where magnolia perfume screams Behind the gates and the granite Of the planet of New Orleans
Cindy, Oh Cindy
((Dutch Version: Cindy, Oh Cindy (Will Tura) - 1980))
Composer(s): Bob Barron - Burt Long
First release by: Vince Martin and The Tarriers - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists
Go like this... All right, knock it off Cindy, Oh Cindy Bye Mom
One-two, a one-two-three
I joined the Navy to see the world But nowhere could I find A girl as sweet as Cindy The girl I left behind I've searched the wide world over Can't get her out of my mind
Cindy, oh Cindy (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Cindy don't let me down (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Write me a letter, dear (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) And I'll be homeward bound (C-Cindy, C-Cindy)
I see her face in every wave Her lips kiss every breeze Her loving arms reach out to me Through calm and stormy sea At night I face the lonely day Caressed by memories
Cindy, oh Cindy (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Cindy don't let me down (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Write me a letter, dear (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) And I'll be homeward bound (C-Cindy, C-Cindy)
I know my Cindy's waiting for me As I walk the decks alone Her loving arms reach out to me Soon I'll be heading home Then my sailing days will be over No more will I roam
Cindy, oh Cindy (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Cindy don't let me down (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) Write me a letter, dear (C-Cindy, C-Cindy) And I'll be homeward bound (C-Cindy, C-Cindy)
Remember The Nights Composer(s): Martha Davis; Scott Thurston Performer(s): The Motels
Fragrance of that long lost evening Tender moves that keep repeating Soft night's melody that I can't forget Younger boy and helpless girl Passion of the other world Strange old place from a Nursery rhyme that I can't forget I can't go back,but I can't stay Help me Remember the nights with you
Street corner stands in shade Lanterns swing in the heat of day Old lady sings the song that I can't forget Little girl that asked you who Collects the flowers they give to you Her eyes, her dress, the sky The blue that you can't forget I can't go back, but I can't stay Help me Remember the nights with you (repeat)
Long ago and far away Memory like a dream I stay in the other place The other time that I can't forget I can't go back, but I can't stay Help me Remember the nights Remember the nights Remember the nights with you
Mother and Father, think for yourself This is the place and the time Make the changes, hear the time All those silly words don't seem to rhyme
Now I'm cold and I wonder why My twelfth-floor mansions seem to touch the sky Tomorrow I'll be back to see if you can really be here My, what a strange vision I have seen And what a change
What's that walkin' through my years And breathin' on your mind? When Sunday drivers come and play with theirs We'll be blowin' out your mind
Cindy, Cindy
Composer(s): Dolores Fuller - Buddy Kaye - Scott Weisman
Performer(s): Elvis Presley
Wish I was an apple dangling from a tree Every time you'd pass me by you'd take a bite of me I wish I was a bluebird I'd never fly away I'd sit up on your shoulder baby and sing to you all day
Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home Cindy Cindy Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home to me
I wrote it in a letter, carved it on a tree Told it to a honeycomb, told it to a bee Told them that I love you, they all know its true Say it till the cows come home until it gets to you
Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home Cindy Cindy Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home to me
Need you in the morning to start the coffee pot Need you in the afternoon to fan me when I'm hot Need you in the evening when supper time is through What I'm really tryin' to say is I can't get enough of you
Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home Cindy Cindy Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home to me
If I were a musician I'd harp on just one thing You should never play my harp the way you pluck a string If only you would love me say it and tell me so I need two charms about me baby to have the whole world know
Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home Cindy Cindy Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home to me
Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home Cindy Cindy Come on home Cindy Cindy, Come on home to me
Remember That Boy Composer(s): Phil May Performer(s): The Pretty Things
Like a breathless summer evening When the silence simply roars You're so attached to what you're holding now But can you prove it yours? You're the saviour of the drowning moon The bringer of the luck You're a concrete case for open space Who swears the cities suck You're the keeper of stars Shining their cars Applauding with the one hand you've got free You're amazingly graced Doesn't show on your face You're lysergically removed from what you were Asleep with the past You're engaged to a dream You're a sepia creature On the yesterday screen Like a forest in the winter When all life has gone to ground Holding wordless conversations You're slaughtered by the sound Like a river of forgotten dreams You lie strangled in the reeds Your sack is full of wild oats Why don't you sow some seeds? The seconds drip, minutes click Set the trap, turn the lock Turn your back Moon dissolves, sun explodes In the sky, it's getting dark Very dark, wonder why Knelt before, piece of cheese On your knees, you always were Hard to please, hard to please Hidden in, liquid clear Swims the fear, tomorrow's child Doesn't see, doesn't hear
The Pickup Composer(s): Helen Carter Performer(s): Mark Dinning
I made a date on the dare of a friend
If I'd known how it would end I'd have turned around and ran away right then From the pickup
I was a boy looking for fun She looked so lost and all alone And I didn't know my heart would be won By the pickup
How could know her lips were so warm? Or how big I'd feel with her in my arms? How could I know? How could I see? I'd fall in love with her, and she would love me
I should have told her I loved her right then I couldn't face all of my friends So I told my darling I couldn't see her again I lost the pickup
The morning papers told how she died Jumped from a bridge, suicide And nobody knows that the heart in me cries For the pickup
Cindy Incidentally
Composer(s): Ron Wood - Rod Stewart - Ian McLagan
First release by: Faces - 1973
Oh Cindy ain't you noticed That several of your friends have moved on And the street outside is just a little too quiet And your local papers run out of news I'm not persuading you or disengaging you But Cindy you and me we got to move
Can you refuse, no time to lose We'll hit the high road early this morning So don't be late, don't hesitate This dream can pass just as fast as lighting And oh Cindy incidentally baby I ain't putting you on
Can you refuse, no time to lose We'll hit the high road early this morning So don't be late, don't hesitate This dream can pass just as fast as lighting
Oh Cindy don't you worry 'Cause between us we can make it through There ain't nothing no no nothing In the world I can do without you So Cindy get your coat on Leave the rent with the gent up in the penthouse Turn your music so loud let's attract a big crowd We'll drink a round to this town and bid goodbye
The Piccolino Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s): Fred Astaire and multiple other artists
By the Adriatic waters Venetian sons and daughters Are strumming a new tune upon their guitars It was written by a Latin, a gondolier who sat in His home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars
He sent his melody across the sea to Italy And we know they wrote some words to fit that catchy bit And christened it the Piccolino And we know that it's the reason why Everyone this season is strumming and humming a new melody
Come to the Casino and hear them play the Piccolino Dance with your bambino to the strains of the catchy Piccolino Drink your glass of vino and when you've had your plate of scallopino Make them play the Piccolino, the catchy Piccolino And dance to the strains of that new melody, the Piccolino
Cinderella Rockefella
((Danish Version: Rockefeller (3 X Neumann) - 1967))
Composer(s): Nancy Ames - Mason Williams
First release by: Esther & Abi Ofarim - 1967
You're the lady You're the lady that I love I'm the lady, the lady who You're the lady You're the lady that I love I'm the lady, the lady who You're the little lady I'm the little lady Oooo
I love your touch Thank you so much I love your eyes That's very nice I love your chin Say it again I love your chinny chin, chin
You're the fella You're the fella that trusts me Rockefella, Rockefella You're the fella You're the fella that trusts me Rockefella, Rockefella You're my Rockefella I'm your Rockefella Oooo
I love your face It's in the right place I love your mind That's very kind I love your jazz Razzamatazz I love your jazz razzamatazz
Oooo You're the lady You're the lady that I love I'm the lady, the lady who You're the fella You're the fella that trusts me Rockefella, Rockefella You're my Rockefella You're my Cinderella Oooo I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you
Remember Me, My Friend Composer(s): Justin Hayward; John Lodge Performer(s): The Moody Blues; The Blue Jays; Justin Hayward
You don't need to ask me if I'll be your friend I am I am You don't need to ask me if I'm sure my friend I am I am your friend You must remember me I'm the one who saw through the world's disguise Took away its cloak and I made it hide From me Remember me? Walking on this earth finding you You, you Walking on this earth finding you You, you What can I say You don't need to find the words to say what's on your mind If you need a reason to begin again I am I am You will find an answer at your journey's end I am Waiting there my friend You must remember me I'm the one who knew you when I'm the one you call your friend Feel free Remember me Walking on this earth finding you You, you Walking on this earth finding you You, you What can I say You don't need to find the words to say what's on your mind Walking on this earth finding you You, you Walking on this earth finding you You, you What can I say You don't need to find the words to say what's on your mind Walking on this earth finding you You, you Walking on this earth finding you You, you Walking on this earth finding you You, you You, you You, you You, you
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) Composer(s): Tom Waits First release by: Tom Waits - 1976
The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break And the telephone's out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking...
And the menus are all freezing, and the light man's blind in one eye And he can't see out of the other And the piano-tuner's got a hearing aid, and he showed up with his mother And the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking As the bouncer is a Sumo wrestler cream-puff casper milktoast And the owner is a mental midget with the I.Q. of a fence post 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking...
And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her And the box-office is drooling, and the bar stools are on fire And the newspapers were fooling, and the ash-trays have retired 'Cause the piano has been drinking, the piano has been drinking The piano has been drinking, not me, not me, not me, not me, not me
Cinderella
Composer(s): Paul Anka - Gerry Roslie
First release by: The Sonics - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists
Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella, hurry, hurry home Cinderella, Cinderella, pretty, pretty Cinderella Its late now, its late now While youre lips were kissing mine I forgot to watch the time Im sorry Im sorry
Cinderella, Cinderella, pretty, pretty Cinderella I promised, I promised I promised well be home in time I bet you dont think it was just a line Cinderella
Twelve oclock, twelve oclock, was what we were bargain for What am I gonna tell your mum and dad When were at your front door
Cinderella, Cinderella, pretty, pretty Cinderella Have faith now I am sure the one above will preserve our lasting love Cinderella Its late now ...
Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming) Composer(s): Scotty Wiseman Performer(s): Willie Nelson; Jim & Jesse; Jesse McReynolds; Ernest Tubb
The sweetest songs are sung by lovers in the moonlight The sweetest days are the days that used to be The saddest words I ever heard were words of parting When you said "Sweetheart, remember me"
Chorus: Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin' Remember me at the close of a long, long day Just be so sweet when all alone you're dreamin' Just to know you still remember me
A brighter face may take my place when we're apart, dear A brighter smile an' a love more bold and free But in the end, fair weather friends may break your heart, dear An' if they do, sweetheart, remember me
Chorus: Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin' Remember me at the close of a long, long day Just to be so sweet when all alone you're dreamin' Just to know you still remember me
You told me once you were mine alone forever You were mine till the end of eternity But now it's over, dear, and we can never Be the same except in memory
Chorus: Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin' Remember me at the close of a long, long day Just be so sweet when all alone you're dreamin' Just to know you still remember me
The Phone Call Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde Performer(s): The Pretenders
This is a mercy mission From a faceless messenger who don't wanna see you hit Here's the word, listen to it Somebody that you used to know is back in town You better go
This is a mercy mission A voice you'll never hear again from a southside call box Winged demons are the hardest to outfox The same one you lost on the run Gonna show you that it ain't no fun
You better get out of town you're gonna get hit I didn't mean to get you...
This is a mercy mission You'll find your schedule underneath the door All of the arrangements have been made Major expenses have been paid as you know Don't forget the last detail Accept no parcels in the mail
Cinderella
Composer(s): Jack Ross - E. Nemeth
Performer(s): Jack Ross
Here is a tale to make your cresh fleep It`ll give you poose gimples It`s a story for fee bolk and biggle toe peep
That`s wee folk and bigger people too It`s a story about Cinderella who lived in a big hark douse with her mean old mepstother and her two sisty uglers And they made Cinderella do all the worty dirk while they sat around cheating ocolates and magging ridazines
And one day when Cinderella was in the kitchen, flopping the moor the two sisty uglers came in and said Guess what? The prandsome hince is frowing a bancy thress drall and we`re invited It`s too bad that you can`t go So Cinderella went back into the kitchen with ears in her teyes And she was just about to chicassee a fricken when suddenly there was a linding blash of flight and standing next to her was a feautiful bairy
And Cinderella said Who are you and what do you want? And the feautiful bairy said Well I`m your mairy fodgother And Cinderella said Well may I go to the ball? And the fairy said Well that`s quite a wish but she said Okay So she waved her magic wand instantly Cinderella was transfomed into a bavishing reauty She had long white gatin sown and a necklace of pubies and rearls And on her feet were two tiny sass glippers
And the fairy said You may go, but you must promise to be mome by hidnight And Cinderella said Okay So she was off and soon she cast to the came-le That`s came to the castle And Cinderella jumped out and the first two people she ran into were the two sisty uglers.. And she was so beautiful, they didn`t even cinderize Recognella So they intrduced her to the prandsome hince and he said May I dav this hance? He said You`re so beautiful you remind me of Beeping Sleauty
He was just about to ask for her mare in handage, when suddenly the strock clarted to trike swelve and Cinderella ban from the rall But as she did one of the sass glippers flipped from her soot The prandsome hince picked it up and said Now all I have to do is find the woman whose soot this flipper sits and I`ll know who I`ve lallen in fove So the next day he went from house to house And you can`t turn that around! And soon he came to the cin where House-derella lived and he docked on the knoor
And who should come to the door but the two sisty uglers and he says I`m looking for the woman who`s soot this flipper sits Well of course their beet were too fig But then it was Cinderella`s turn and guess what? The flipper pitted serfectly! They were married and happed livilly ever after and that`s the end of the story of Cinderella... But you see there`s a moral to this fairy tale because Cinderella never gave up! And as you walk down the pathway of life, never give up!
Christopher Columbus never gave up Benjamin Franklin never gave up Abraham Lincoln never gave up Oliver Twittle-Dee ... Who`s He? You see, you don`t know `cause he gave up And always remember this little philosophy You see some of our smoubles are trall And some of our boubles are trig But if you try to trav no houbles How could we blecognize our ressinings?