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Lyrics/Songteksten: Oldies A-Z

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Lite A Flame


Lite A Flame
Composer(s): Laura Nyro
Performer(s): Laura Nyro



In the zoo
They gave him a cage
Circus put a sparkle
On his face
Away from life
The elephant walks
Shadow across a dream
Lost for ivory

Oh freedom
Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Masai moon
In the morningrise

Africa
The world comes alive
A matriarch
Leads the tribe
To the sweet water
The cool feelin'
And the way to survive

Oh freedom
Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Of the plain
For greed not need
Societies sleep
Lead the killing hand on

Young ones full of spark
A wave of birds across the park
Kids climbing
Sliding, riding free
Elephant child hiding
Behind a tree

Prejudice
For an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

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More Than Just A Joy


More Than Just A Joy
Performer(s): Aretha Franklin



You’re more than just a joy, baby
You’re more than just a joy, baby

Loving you tenderly is just what I need for me
Oh, the way you warm my buns sweet
Honey begins to run

You’re more than just a joy, baby
You’re more than just a joy
You’re more than just a man, baby

Takes my kind of woman to understand you, baby
I’m sweet willing proof
Your one woman stock, best of breed
You know when I show I’ll be just what my baby needs

You make it so easy
So easy to please me
I’ve had so many to find out
I really haven’t had any
Your sincerity, baby, makes me true
I’m gonna stretch on out right here
And just go ahead and do what I’ve got to do

Give me good feelings beyond my mind’s belief
But when it’s finally over
I must confess that I’m relieved

You’re more than just a joy, baby
You’re more than just a joy

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Lys Og Varme


Lys Og Varme
Performer(s): Åge Aleksandersen



Når mørket no har sænka sæ
Går æ stilt igjennom rommet
Og følelsan dæm slit i mæ
Ka vill framtida gi
Og dein arven vi har gitt dæ
Kain vær tung å ta med sæ
Vill du spør oss
Vill du last oss
Vill du kaill det for
Ett svik

Men sola som gikk ned i kveld
Ho ska skin før dæ min kjære
Og føglan som e fri
Dæm ska vis veg
Og ailt ska bli
Mijtti lys og myjtti varme
Tru og håp
Det kain du få med
Mange tåra
Tunge stunde
E æ redd før at det bli

Nå sola jage natta bort
Så kryp du godt innte mæ
Og gjømt e aill de tunge tankan
Dæm æ hadd i går
I liv og latter spør du mæ
Om regnet og om sola
Og svaran
Som æ gir dæ
E itj dæm æ hadd
I går

Sola som gikk ned i kveld
Ho ska skin før dæ min kjære
Og føglan som e fri
Dæm ska vis veg
Og ailt ska bli
Mijtti lys og myjtti varme
Tru og håp
Det kain du få med
Mange tåra
Tunge stunde
E æ redd før at det bli

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More Than I Can Say


More Than I Can Say Composer(s): Sonny Curtis - Jerry Allison First release by: The Crickets - 1960 Covered by multiple other artists



Oh oh yeah yeah
I love you more than I can say
I love you twice as much tomorrow
I love you more than I can say
Oh oh yeah yeah
I'll miss you every single day
Why must my life be filled with sorrow
I love you more than I can say

Don't you know I need you so
Tell me please I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry
Am I just another guy
Oh oh yeah yeah
I miss you more that I can say
Why must my life be filled with sorrow
I love you more than I can say

Don't you know I need you so
Please tell me I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry
Or am I just another guy

Oh oh yeah yeah
I love you more than I can say
I love you twice as much tomorrow
I love you more than I can say
I love you more than I can say
I love you more than I can say

Ooh, I love you more than I can say
Ooh, I love you more than I can say
Ooh, I love you twice as much tomorrow
Ooh, I love you twice as much tomorrow
Ooh, mmmm

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Lynda


Lynda
Composer(s): Bill LaBounty - Pat McLaughlin
Performer(s): Steve Wariner



I woke up screamin' this mornin'
I sat bolt upright in bed
I saw a red sky a-dawnin'
Must've been somethin' I read

Lynda do ya wanna dance
Lynda give me half a chance
Lynda just a passin' glance
And we're fallin' in love

Don't see no ship goin' under
Don't hear no pourin' rain
Don't hear no lightnin' and thunder
I just hear the sound of your name

Lynda do ya' wanna dance
Lynda give me half a chance
Lynda just a passin' glance
And we're fallin' in love

Keep the machinery runnin'
If it ever gets out of hand
You can be my Wonder Woman
I'll just be your Spider Man

Lynda do ya' wanna dance
Lynda give me half a chance
Lynda just a passin' glance
And we're fallin' in love

Ooohhhh
Lynda do ya' wanna dance
Lynda give me half a chance
Lynda just a passin' glance
And we're fallin' in love

Lynda ... Lynda ...

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More Than Ever (Malcolm Vaughan)


More Than Ever
Performer(s): Malcolm Vaughan



More than ever, more than ever
More than ever, more than ever

More than ever, more than ever every day
I will love you more than ever, come what may
When the day breaks, I’ll be there walking beside you
When the moon wakes in my dreams, I’ll hold you near

More than ever, more than ever than before
We have found love, only true love ever more
From this moment till forever; close together we will stay
For I love you more than ever, every day

When the day breaks, I’ll be there walking beside you
When the moon wakes in my dreams, I’ll hold you near
More than ever, more than ever than before
We have found love, only true love ever more
From this moment to forever, close together we will stay
For I love you more than ever, every day

More than ever
More than ever, my love ….

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Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire


Lyin' In A Bed Of Fire
Composer(s): Steven Van Zandt
Performer(s): Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul



Where does all the smoke come from baby
Ain't it hard to see through it
Don't it hurt your eyes to try
It was so much easier yesterday
When all we had to do was survive

Well it's trust somebody or we're all goin' down baby
But the neighborhood ain't what it used to be
In case you ain't looked lately
You wait and pray, maybe it'll all go away
It clings like a curse
But being nowhere is worse

We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Did we come all this way just to blow it
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
We're burnin' and we don't even know it
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
If you want to keep what you got then defend her
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Better wake up now or surrender

Whatever happened to everybody I heard talkin' so loud
All the changes that never came to be
I've still got that same old bad taste in my mouth
Somebody took something that once belonged to me

Well it may not be in my best interest to be pointing my finger
But I'm still pointing my finger right at you
Take control or keep following blind
I'm trying to get straight but I'm running out of time

We're lyin' in a bed of fire
Can't you feel the heat all around us
We're lyin' in a bed of fire
The flames threatening to drown us

Had me a real bad dream last night
This morning my bad dream was alive walking the streets of New York City
Somebody has to face this thing somehow
There's no one left but us now
We're all just lyin' in a bed of fire

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More Than Ever (Dan Fogelberg)


More Than Ever
Composer(s): Dan Fogelberg
Performer(s): Dan Fogelberg



If there are any words
That we haven't said
Let us say them
I know all too well
How people's lies betray them

More than ever
I'll wait for you there
More than ever
I will need you to care
And I'll never
Need more than a prayer
To be near you
To be near you

Time is a baby child
Found in the rain
Born of fever
She'll bring you pretty songs
Laced through with lies
But don't you believe her

More than ever
I'll wait for you there
More than ever
I will need you to care
And I'll never need
More than a prayer
To be near you
To be near you

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Lyin' Eyes


Lyin' Eyes
Composer(s): Glenn Fry - Don Henley
First release by: Eagles - 1975
Covered by multiple other artists



City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night that big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has it's price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feeling down
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms, they fall together
She whispers that it's only for a while
She swears that soon she'll be coming back forever
She goes away and leaves him with a smile

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night that's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired, or did she just get lazy
She's so far gone, she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny you knew how life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

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More Than A Woman


More Than A Woman
Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Robin Gibb; Maurice Gibb
Originally performed by: Bee Gees
Covered by various other artists



Oh, girl I've known you very well
I've seen you growing everyday
I never really looked before
but now you take my breath away

Suddenly you're in my life
part of everything I do
you got me working day and night
just trying to keep a hold on you

Here in your arms I found my paradise
my only chance for happiness
and if I lose you now I think I would die

Oh say you'll always be my baby
we can make it shine, we can take forever
just a minute at a time

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
more than a woman, more than a woman to me
more than a woman, oh, oh, oh

There are stories old and true
of people so in love like you and me
and I can see myself
let history repeat itself

Reflecting how I feel for you
thinking about those people then
I know that in a thousand years
I'd fall in love with you again

This is the only way that we should fly
this is the only way to go
and if I lose you I know I would die

Oh say you'll always be my baby
we can make it shine, we can take forever
just a minute at a time

More than a woman, more than a woman to me
more than a woman, more than a woman to me
more than a woman, oh, oh, oh

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Lydia, The Tattooed Lady


Lydia, The Tattooed Lady
Composer(s): Harold Arlen - E.Y. Harburg
Performer(s): Groucho Marx
and multiple other artists



Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady
She has muscles men adore-so
And a torso even more-so
Oh, Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the queen of tattoo
On her back is the battle of Waterloo
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too
and proudly above waves the red white and blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia

There's Grover Walen unveilin' the Trylon
Over on the West Coast we have Treasure Island
There's Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
And Lady Godiva--but with her pajamas on
She can give you a view of the world in tattoo
If you step up and tell her where
Mon Paree, Kankakee, even Perth by the sea
Or of Washington crossing the Delaware

Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia, now have you met Lydia
Lydia the queen of them all
She has a view of Niagara which nobody has
And Basin Street known as the birthplace of jazz
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz!
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
Lydia the queen of tattoo!

Lydia, oh Lydia, have you met
Lydia, the queen of them all!
She once knocked an admiral off of his feet
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
And now the old man is in command of the fleet
For he went and married Lydia!

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More Than A Feeling


More Than A Feeling
Composer(s): Tom Scholz
Originally performed by: Boston



I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

It's more than a feeling
when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
'till I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away

So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
as clear as the sun in the summer sky

It's more than a feeling
when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
'till I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away

When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
and dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away
She slipped away

It's more than a feeling
when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)
I begin dreaming (more than a feeling)
'till I see Marianne walk away
I see my Marianne walkin' away

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Lycka


Lycka
Composer(s): Björn Ulvaeus - Benny Andersson
Performer(s): Anni-Frid Lyngstad



Vaije kväll när det är tyst
och barnen sent omsider sover
Kommer du till mig
och det drar sig emot midnatt
och nu så har vi tid
att få rå om varann en stund
Att bara trycka din hand
den mycket kära
Det kallar jag för lycka
att känna att jag har dig nära
Det är vad lycka är för mig

Ligga så och lyssna
till de ljud som bara hörs om natten
med din hand i min
Ja, det menar jag är lycka
man har nå'n som man får tycka
riktigt mycket om, som vi
Att riktigt känna en vän
det är en gåva
att känna pulsar bränna
att först få älska se'n få sova
Det är vad lycka är för mig

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More Songs About Chocolate And Girls


More Songs About Chocolate And Girls
Composer(s): Damian O'Neill
Performer(s): The Undertones



It`s not that urgent wanting some attention
Our teenage dreams are surely worth a mention

Cos here`s more songs about chocolate and girls
It`s not so easy but it will be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here`s more songs about chocolate and girls

So down the pints and cancel all other engagements
It`s never too late to enjoy dumb entertainment

Cos here`s more songs about chocolate and girls
It`s not so easy but it will be heard
A lot less time but a lot more care
So here`s more songs about chocolate and girls

Boys will be boys and they`ve done all they can do
So just let`s dance and the rest is up to you

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L-Y


L-Y
Composer(s): Tom Lehrer
Performer(s): Tom Lehrer



You're wearing your squeaky shoes
And right there taking a snooze
Is a tiger! So how do you walk on by?

Silently, silently, silent, L-Y

You're a Secret Agent Man
Who's after The Secret Plan
How do you act so they don't know you're a spy?

Normally, normally, normal, L-Y

At an eating contest you boast
That you can eat the most!
How do you down your 50th piece of pie?

Eagerly (ughh!), eagerly (yecch!), eager, L-Y

On the lake your boat upset
And your clothes got soaking wet
How do you stand and wait for them to dry?

D-d-d-d-d-d-patiently, D-d-d-d-d-d-patiently, d-d-d-d-d-d-patient, L-Y

In the public library
You fall and hurt your knee
But the sign says "Quiet, Please" so how can you cry?

Quietly, quietly, quiet, L-Y

As you walk along the street
A porcupine you meet!
How do you shake his hand when he says "Hi!"?

Carefully, carefully, careful, L-Y

You enter a very dark room
And sitting there in the gloom
Is Dracula! Now how do you say goodbye?!
Immediately, immediately, immediate, L-Y!
Bye-bye!

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More Pretty Girls Than One


More Pretty Girls Than One
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Lyle Lovett
and various other artists



Mama talked to me last night
She gave to me some good advice
She said Son you ought to quit
This old ramblin' all around
And marry you a sweet loving wife

But there's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one

So Honey look down that old lonesome road
Hang down your pretty head and cry
'Cause I'm thinking all about
Them pretty little gals
And hoping that I never die

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Luz Y Sombra


Luz Y Sombra
Composer(s): Ruben Fuentes - R. Cárdenas
Performer(s): Javier Solís



Yo sé que te han dicho que no valgo nada, que no valgo nada
que vivo tan solo para los caprichos de tu corazón
Si a nadie le pido y a nadie le ruego, a quién le preocupa
a quién le preocupa si vivo si muero por esta pasión

Quién sepa de amores que calle y comprenda
que me dejen solo sufriendo en silencio mis penas de amores
Si yo soy dichoso teniéndote cerca
qué le importa a nadie si eres luz y sombra de mi corazón
si eres luz y sombra de mi corazón

Quién sepa de amores que calle y comprenda
que me dejen solo sufriendo en silencio mis penas de amores
Si yo soy dichoso teniéndote cerca
qué le importa a nadie si eres luz y sombra de mi corazón
si eres luz y sombra de mi corazón

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More Love


More Love
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Originally performed by: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles



Let it be soon, don't hesitate
Make it now, don't wait
Open your heart and let my love come in
I want the moment to start when I can fill your heart with...

More love, more joy
Than age or time could ever destroy
My love will be so sound
It would take about 100 lifetimes
To live it down, wear it down, tear it down

This is no fiction, this is no act
This is real, it's a fact
I'll always belong only to you
Each day I'll be living to make sure I'm giving you...

More love, more joy
Than age or time could ever destroy
My love will be so sound
It would take about 100 lifetimes
To live it down, wear it down, tear it down

As we grow older no need to fear
When you need me I'll be here
I'll be beside you every step of the way
A heart that's truthful & keeping you youthful with...

More love, more joy
Than age or time could ever destroy
My love will be so sound
It would take about 100 lifetimes
To live it down, wear it down, tear it down

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Luz Do Sol


Luz Do Sol
Composer(s): Caetano Veloso
Performer(s): Caetano Veloso
and multiple other artists



Luz do sol, que a folha traga e traduz
Em verde novo, em folha, em graça, em vida, em força, em luz
Céu azul, que vem até onde os pés
Tocam a terra e a terra inspira e exala os seus azuis
Reza, reza o rio, córrego pro rio, rio pro mar
Reza a correnteza, roça, beira, doura a areia
Marcha o homem sobre o chão, leva no coração uma ferida acesa
Dono do sim e do não diante da visão da infinita beleza
Finda por ferir com a mão essa delicadeza
A coisa mais querida, a glória da vida

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More Like The Movies


More Like The Movies
Composer(s): Shel Silverstein
Performer(s): Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show;
Dennis Locorriere



I guess the dance is over now
So you just curtsey and I'll bow
And ask the band to play us Auld Lang Syne

Then I'll just take what's left of me
Right back to where it used to be
And you'll go sail your magic carpet, far across the sky

I wish I could have made it
More like the movies for you
Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been
I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
Did you girl?
No you never got to hear those violins, no

The castles that you built so high
Were just too steep for me to climb
And I guess these dirty streets of mine
Were just too rough for you

I wish I could've helped you see
Just one of your sweet childhood dreams
But though I tried I could not make not one of them come true

And I wish I could have made it
More like the movies for you
Some pretty Technicolor way it's never been
I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
Did you girl?
No you never got to hear those violins

Oh I'm sorry when I kissed you
You only heard me whisper
You never got to hear those violins
No you never got to hear those violins

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