Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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One staff officer jumped right over another staff officer's back
And another staff officer jumped right over that other staff officer's back
A third staff officer jumped right over two other staff officers' backs
And a fourth staff officer jumped right over all the other staff officers' backs
They were only playing leapfrog
They were only playing leapfrog
They were only playing leapfrog
When one staff officer jumped right over another staff officer's back
Walked in Line Composer(s): Bernard Sumner - Peter Hook - Stephen Morris - Ian Curtis First release by: Joy Division - 1981 Covered by multiple other artists
All dressed in uniforms so fine They drank and killed to pass the time Wearing the shame of all their crimes With measured steps they walked in line They walked in line
They carried pictures of their wives And numbered tags to prove their lies And made it through the whole machine With dirty hearts and hands washed clean They walked in line
Full of a glory never seen They made it through the whole machine To never question any more Hypnotic trance - they never saw They walked in line -- They walked in line
They Should Have Given You The Oscar Composer(s): Gerry Goffin - Carole King Performer(s): James Darren
I'd like to contest the awards given out by the academy 'Cause I know of a great performance that the judges didn't see
They should have given you the oscar For the way you went and broke my heart There's no name that you could mention Who'd have done quite as much with a part
And just for the way you said you loved me And the way you made each lie sound sincere Oh, they should have given you the oscar For the best performance of the year
If the critics could have seen Your acting on the screen I'm sure they would have cried as much as I You knew your lines so well How was I supposed to tell That all along you loved another guy?
They should have given you the oscar For the scene where you promised to be true Every word was so convincing Any audience would fall in love with you
And just for the way you said you loved me And the way you made each lie sound sincere Oh, they should have given you the oscar For the best performance of the year
Yeah they should have given you the oscar For the best performance of the year...
Yeah they should have given you the oscar For the best performance of the year
The Perfect Song Composer(s): Joseph Carl Breil - Clarence Lucas Performer(s): Billy Vaughn
If you want this choice position Have a cheery disposition Rosy cheeks, no warts Play games, all sorts
You must be kind, you must be witty Very sweet and fairly pretty Take us on outings, give us treats Sing songs, bring sweets
Never be cross or cruel Never give us castor oil or gruel Love us as a son and daughter And never smell of barley water
If you won't scold and dominate us We will never give you cause to hate us We won't hide your spectacles so you can't see Put toads in your bed or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Nanny Many thanks sincerely Jane and Michael Banks
The Perfect Nanny Composer(s): Richard M. Sherman - Robert B. Sherman First release by: Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
If you want this choice position Have a cheery disposition Rosy cheeks, no warts Play games, all sorts
You must be kind, you must be witty Very sweet and fairly pretty Take us on outings, give us treats Sing songs, bring sweets
Never be cross or cruel Never give us castor oil or gruel Love us as a son and daughter And never smell of barley water
If you won't scold and dominate us We will never give you cause to hate us We won't hide your spectacles so you can't see Put toads in your bed or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Nanny Many thanks sincerely Jane and Michael Banks
Dieu ((English & Spanish Versions: We (Charles Aznavour); Dios (Charles Aznavour)) Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Jacques Plante Performer(s): Charles Aznavour; Waldir Calmon
Dieu, je ne suis qu'un homme, Dieu, aie pitié de moi Si c'est ta volonté, je suis résigné à porter ma croix Dieu, si tu m'abandonnes, qui te remplacera? Non, cherche autour de moi, personne ne mourir à les bras
Dieu, si tu me le condamnes, Dieu, qu'il en soit ainsi Si je n'ai plus l'amour, à quoi vont les jour ? Qu'importe ma vie? Tu as pris mon âme Va, ne me laisse rien, va, jette aussi mon coeur aux flammes Je n'en ai plus besoin, mon Dieu...
The People That You Never Get To Love Composer(s): Rupert Holmes Performer(s): Rupert Holmes
You're browsing through a second hand bookstore And you see her in non-fiction V through Y She looks up from World War Two And then you catch her catching you catching her eye And you quickly turn away your wishful stare And take a sudden interest in your shoes If you only had the courage, but you don't She turns and leaves and you both lose
And you think about The people that you never get to love It's not as if you even have the chance So many worth a second life But rarely do you get a second glance Until fate cuts in on your dance
And you'll see her on a train that you've just missed At a bus stop where your bus will never stop Or in a passing Buick when you've been pulled over by a traffic cop Or you'll share an elevator, just you two And you'll rise in solemn silence to your floor Like the fool you are you get off And she leaves your life behind a closing door
And you think about The people that you never get to love The poem you intended to begin The saddest words that anyone has ever said Are "Lord what might have been" But noone said you get to win
Still you're never gonna miss what you don't know And you don't know who you'll meet at half past three It could be a total stranger who looks something just exactly much like me
One of the people that you never get to love One of the people that you never get to love The people that you nver get to love
Oh, How Much I Love You ((Adapted from: Dio, Come Ti Amo (Domenico Modugno) - 1966)) Composer(s): Domenico Modugno - Paul Vance - Lee Pockriss Performer(s): Domenico Modugno - 1966 and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1966 - Dios, Como Te Amo 1966 - Meus Deus, Como Te Amo (Giane) 1977 - Nu Gasesc Cuvinte (Alla Baianova) 2007 - Boe, Kako Te Volim (Tereza Kesovija)
Remember? Why must I remember? Why can't I simply close my eyes and go to sleep And make her disappear? Why must I always hear?
Dio, come ti amo I still can hear her say Oh God, how much I love you And yet I walked away
The wind began to blow And all the leaves went flying She stood there in the night And tried to keep from crying
Dio, come ti amo What could I say or do? When love has lost its meaning It's over and it's through?
And so I went away From someone who was waiting To hold me in her arms In an embraced celebrating
But that was long ago And many loves had I But only one was real And that I let slip by
Dio, come ti amo
Dio, come ti amo Those were the words she said Oh God, how much I love you Keeps running through my head
I know it's much too late But I go right on prey To have her back again So she can hear me say
The Pennsylvania Polka Composer(s): Lester Lee - Z. Manners Performer(s): Harry Roy & His Band and multiple other artists
Him: Strike up the music the band has begun The Pennsylvania Polka Pick out your partner and join in the fun The Pennsylvania Polka It started in Scranton, its now No 1 Its bound to entertain you Everybody has a mania To do the polka from Pennsylvania
Her: While theyre dancing
Him: Everybodys cares are quickly gone
Her: Sweet romancing
Him: This goes on and on until the dawn
Her: Theyre so carefree
Him: Gay with laughter happy as can be They stop to have a beer Then the crowd begins to cheer They kiss and then they start to dance again
The Payback
Composer(s): Fred Wesley - John Starks - James Brown
First release by: James Brown - 1974
Hey! Gotta gotta pay back!! (The big payback)
Revenge!! I'm mad (the big payback)
Got to get back! Need some get back!! Pay Back! (the big payback)
That's it!! Payback!!! Revenge!!!
I'm mad!!
Get down with my girlfriend
That ain't right!!
Hollarin' cussin', you wanna fight
Payback is a thing you gotta see
Brother do any damn thing to me
Sold me out, for chicken change (yes you did!!)
Told me that they, they had it all arranged
You had me down, and thats a fact
Now you punk
You gotta get ready
For the big payback!! (the big payback!!)
That's where I am, the big payback (the big payback!!)
I can do wheelin', I can do dealin' (yes you can!!)
But I don't do no damn squealin'
I can dig rappin', I'm ready!! I can dig scrappin'
But I can't dig that backstabbin' (Oh No!!)
The brother get ready!! Thats a fact!!
Get ready you Mother, for the big payback (The big Payback!!)
Let me hit 'em hit'em!! Hey Hey!! woooooooooooo!
Took my money, you got my honey
Don't want me to see what you doing to me
I got to get back I gotta deal with you!!
I got to get back I gotta deal with you!!
I got to get back I gotta deal with you!!
I got to get back I gotta deal with you!!
Hey let me tell ya!!
Get down with my woman, that ain't right!
You hollarin' and cussin', you wanna fight!!
Don't do me no darn favor,
I don't know karate, but I know Ka-Razor!!!! (yes we do!!)
Get ready that's a fact
Get ready you Mother for the big payback (the big payback!)
Hey!! I'm a man! I'm a man!
I'm a son of a man, but don't they tell ya then pappa can
Get ready for the big payback (the big payback!!) Hit 'em again!!
Get ready I need it, I need a hit again!!
Say it once
Say it once
Say it once
Hit 'emagain!!(the big payback!!)
Sold me out for chump change
Said my woman had it all arranged
Tryin' to make a deal, she wants to squeal
But I had my boys on her heals
Saw me comin', told a lie
Went down like you wanted to cry
I don't care what she does, she'll be doin' just like she was
Take those kids and raise them up
Somebody teach em to be rightous tough
Take her, take that woman, it's one place she found
Just run that mother out of town!!
Got to get up!! Got to get up, get out!!
Got to get up!! Got to get up, get out!!
I'm mad!! I want revenge, I want revenge (the big payback!!)
I want revenge
I want revenge
I want revenge (the big payback!!)
Give me those hits!! I want some hits!!
I need those hits, hit me!!
The Patty Duke Show Theme Composer(s): Sid Ramin - Bob Wells
Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere From Zanzibar to Barclay Square But Patty's only seen the sights A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights What a crazy pair!
But they're cousins Identical cousins all the way One pair of matching bookends Different as night and day
Where Cathy adores a minuet The Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette Our Patty loves to rock and roll A hot dog makes her lose control What a wild duet!
Still, they're cousins Identical cousins and you'll find They laugh alike, they walk alike At times they even talk alike You can lose your mind When cousins are two of a kind
The Path Of Love Composer(s): Tony Romeo Performer(s): The Cowsills
Well come on follow down the Path of Love Come on little children gather 'round me and hear what I say To lead the life you should you got to strive to be good ev'ry day You can brighten the dark with a light in your heart that'll shine like the sun above So come on follow down the Path of Love Come on, ev'rybody together Come on, let me show you the way Come on, we can do much better follow down the Path of Love Come on, ev'rybody together Come on, let me show you the way Come on, we can do much better follow down the Path of Love Believe there is someone who loves you no matter what You can count your blessings and be happy with whatever you've got Won't you brighten the dark with a light in your heart you better shine like the sun above So come on follow down the Path of Love Come on, ev'rybody together Come on, let me show you the way Come on, we can do much better follow down the Path of Love Come on, ev'rybody together Come on, let me show you the way Come on, we can do much better follow down the Path of Love
The Past Sure Is Tense Composer(s): Don Van Vliet First release by: Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - 1982
The past sure is tense they're heading up for the main event all those people seem to be hell-bent see those people up on top of the fence and the man down there selling knotholes through the fence the little shoe generation man I found your print on a dollar bill I found your print on an Indian mound I found your print on the statue at the sound I found your print on the elephant ground I found your print in the beautiful mountains the grass no longer grew around I found your print in my mind the past sure is tense the past sure is tense no you got the wrong idea no you got the wrong intent the carpenter carpenterized my vent the only peephole where is my dent the past sure is tense the past sure is tense the past sure is now I don't see how see those people that used to throw those tents you can't see them now they're in past tense the past sure is tense
The Passenger Composer(s): Iggy Pop - Ricky Gardiner First release by: Iggy Pop - 1977 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1992 - O Passageiro (Capital Inicial) 2004 - De Reiziger (Aliaz)
I am a passenger And I ride and I ride Ride through the city's back sides See stars come out of the sky Yeah the bright and hollow sky You know it looks so good tonight I am a passenger I stay under glass I look through my window so bright See the stars come out tonight I see the bright and hollow sky Over the city's red back side And everything looks good tonight
Sing it La la la la la la La la la la la la La la la la la la La la
Get into the car We'll be the passengers We'll ride through the city at night See the city's red back side See the bright and hollow sky See the stars that shine so bright The stars made for us tonight
Oh the passenger How how he rides Oh the passenger He rides and he rides Looks through his window What does he see? Sees the bright and hollow sky Sees the stars come out tonight Sees the city's red back side Sees the winding ocean drive And everything was made for you and me All of it was made for you and me It just belongs to you and me So let's take a ride See what's mine
Sing it La la la la la la La la la la la la La la la la la la La la
Sing it La la la la la la La la la la la la La la la la la la La la
Sing it La la la la la la La la la la la la La la la la la la La la
O Passageiro ((Adapted from: The Passenger (Iggy Pop) - 1977)) ((Dutch Version: De Reiziger (Aliaz) - 2004)) Composer(s): Iggy Pop - Ricky Gardiner - Dinho Ouro Preto - Bozzo Barretti Performer(s): Capital Inicial - 1992
Eu sou o passageiro Eu rodo sem parar Eu rodo pelos subrbios escuros Eu vejo estrelas saindo no cu o claro e o vazio do cu Mas essa noite tudo soa to bem Entre no meu carro Ns vamos rodar Seremos passageiros da noite E veremos a cidade em trapos E veremos o vazio do cu Sob os cascos dos subrbios daqui Mas essa noite tudo soa to bem Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) l-l-l Olha o passageiro Como, como ele roda Olha o passageiro Roda sem parar Ele olha pela janela E o que ele v Ele v sinais no cu E ele v as estrelas que saem E ele v a cidade em trapos E ele v o caminho do mar E tudo isso foi feito pra mim e voc Tudo isso foi feito pra mim e voc Simplesmente pretence a mim e voc Ento vamos rodar e ver o que meu Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) l-l-l Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) Cantando l-l, l-l (l-l-l-l) l-l-l Eu sou o passageiro Eu rodo sem parar Eu sou o passageiro Eu rodo sem parar Eu sou o passageiro
The Party's Over Composer(s): Willie Nelson Performer(s): Willie Nelson
Turn out the lights The party's over They say that All good things must end Call it tonight The party's over And tomorrow starts The same old thing again
But the crazy crazy party Never seen so many people Laughing dancing Look at you you're having fun But look at me I'm almost cryin' That don't keep her love from dyin' Misery cause for me the party's over Turn out the lights...
Once I had a love undyin' I didn't keep it but I tried Life for me was just one party And then another I broke her heart so many times I had to have my parting wife I had to have my party Why broke her heart so many times But one day she said Sweetheart the party's over Turn out the lights...
The Party's Over Composer(s): Betty Comden - Adolph Green - Jule Styne First performance/First release by: Judy Holliday - 1956 Covered by multiple other artists
The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away It's time to wind up the masquerade Just make your mind up The piper must be paid
The party's over, the candles flicker and dim You danced and dreamed through the night It seemed to be right just being with him Now you must wake up, all dreams must end Take off your makeup, the party's over It's all over, my friend
The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away Now you must wake up, all dreams must end Take off your makeup, the party's over It's all over, my friend
The Partisan ((Adapted from: La Complainte Du Partisan (Anna Marly) - 1963)) Composer(s): Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie - Anna Marly - Hy Zaret Performer(s): Leonard Cohen - 1969 and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1974 - Il Partigiano (Daiano) 2004 - De Partizane (Yasmine & Thé Lau)
When they poured across the border I was cautioned to surrender this I could not do I took my gun and vanished
I have changed my name so often I've lost my wife and children but I have many friends and some of them are with me
An old woman gave us shelter kept us hidden in the garret then the soldiers came she died without a whisper
There were three of us this morning I'm the only one this evening but I must go on the frontiers are my prison
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing through the graves the wind is blowing freedom soon will come then we'll come from the shadows
Les Allemands étaient chez moi ils me dirent, "Signe toi" mais je n'ai pas peur j'ai repris mon arme J'ai changé cent fois de nom j'ai perdu femme et enfants mais j'ai tant d'amis j'ai la France entière Un vieil homme dans un grenier pour la nuit nous a caché les Allemands l'ont pris il est mort sans surprise
(The Germans were at my home They said, "Sign yourself" But I am not afraid I have retaken my weapon I have changed names a hundred times I have lost wife and children But I have so many friends I have all of France An old man, in an attic Hid us for the night The Germans captured him He died without surprise)
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing through the graves the wind is blowing freedom soon will come then we'll come from the shadows
