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Dinsdag 17 februari 1976

Road To Hell

Road To Hell
Composer(s): Chris Rea
Performer(s): Chris Rea

Well I'm standing by the river
But the water doesn't flow
It boils with every poison you can think of
And I'm underneath the streetlight
But the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows
And the perverted fear of violence
Chokes the smile on every face
And common sense is ringing out the bell
This ain't no technological breakdown
Oh no, this is the road to hell

And all the roads jam up with credit
And there's nothing you can do
It's all just pieces of paper flying away from you
Oh look out world, take a good look
What comes down here
You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway
Oh no, this is the road
Said this is the road
This is the road to hell

Eng. Songs

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Dinsdag 17 februari 1976

Clopin-Clopant (Barbra Streisand)

Clopin-Clopant
Performer(s): Barbra Streisand

In France when one is walking sadly
They say he walks Clopin Clopant
His step is slow, his fault is badly
Perhaps the one he loves is gone
Clopin Clopant I hear his footsteps
As in the night he passes by
And as I hear his endless footsteps
I get to thinking they'll go out
I'll go along Clopin Clopant
Whispering he's gone, he is gone, he is gone
My childish heart cries like a baby
Without my love what will each day be?
So I go on Clopin Clopant
Trudging alone Clopin Clopant
Love is a dance and one must learn it
I had my chance, why did I spurn it?
What can I do? Why carry on?
Going alone Clopin Clopant, Clopin Clopant, Clopin Clopant...

Eng. Songs

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Dinsdag 17 februari 1976

Résurrection

Résurrection
Composer(s): Jeannine Deckers
Performer(s): Jeaninne Deckers (aka Soeur Sourire)

Quand la lune et les étoiles
Au dernier jour s'éteindront
Les anges sonneront l'alarme
Pour rassembler les nations
Lors de tous les cimetières
Surgiront les trépassés
Les ancêtres de nos pères
Et les gloires du passé
Et les gloires du passé

Dans la foule des patriarches
Venu de la nuit des temps
Le vieux Noé dans son arche
Etonnera petits et grands
Installé sur son échelle
Jacob jugera de bien haut
Le célèbre Diogène
Voyageant dans son tonnçau
Voyageant dans son tonnçau

Dans leurs savants emballages
les momies des musées
quitteront leurs sarcophages
Pour une autre éternité

Archimède dans sa baignoire
Débordera d'émotion
Devant les marins notoires
Et les champions de natation
Et les champions de natation

Les amoureux de l'histoire
Pourront à nouveau s'aimer
Et Antoine et Cléopâtre
Se retrouveront nez à nez
En des amours immortelles
Ils rediront leur espoir
En écoutant d'une oreille
La musique de Mozart
La musique de Mozart

Aux vitrines des librairies
Laton, Goethe, Mallarmé
Reliront l'uvre de leur vie
Face à leur postérité
Charles Quint et Charlemagne
Visiteront à vélo
le vieux champ de bataille
et le Lion de Waterloo
et le Lion de Waterloo

Vélasquez et Michel-Ange
De loin se reconnaîtront
Et pleins d'une joie sans mélange
Dessineront l'homme du Cro-Magnon
Pour accomplir leur B.A.
Et nourrir les affames
Les petits scouts de l'Alaska
Vendront des chocolats glacés
Vendront des chocolats glacés

Les reporters photographes
guetteront le cheval Bayard
et le précieux batiscaphe
Du grand professeur Picard
Le bienheureux Dominique
Et Saint-François retrouvé
Boiront la bénédictine
Pour fêter leur amitié
Pour fêter leur amitié

Imaginez l'allégresse
Qui fleurira en ce jour
L'humanité en liesse
S'éveillera pour toujours
Lors les élus de la terre
Entreront dans le pays
Que Dieu promit à leurs pères
Pour renaître à la vraie vie
Pour renaître à la vraie vie

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Maandag 16 februari 1976

The Road To Cairo

The Road To Cairo
((Finnish Version: Tie Kairoon (Kirka) - 1977))
Composer(s): David Ackles
First release by: David Ackles - 1968

A fella told me
This here road leads to Cairo
I got to get me a ride
I got to go back
Go back to my children
I got to see my little bride

I been travellin'
Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'll find
Scared of what I'll find
But I just got to see them again

Hey thanks for stoppin'
Are you headed down to Cairo?
I wrecked my Lincoln in Saint Jo
Why to little old Cairo?
No special reason
Look up some folks I used to know

Me I travel some
Have my share of fun
Now that's a life a man can live
Sure I've played and lost
But who minds the cost
You got to take more than you give

Hey you got another cigar?
Son I sure like this car
Oh from your daddy as a gift
Say on second thought
There's gifts I haven't bought
Just drop me here
Thanks for the lift

Yes I've travelled some
Yes I've been a bum
Never have a dime for gin
Left to make my way
Told her I can't stay
To see my children poor as sin

I know this road
It leads straight into Cairo
Twenty-two miles straight ahead
I can't I can't walk down this road to Cairo
They're better thinkin' I'm dead

I been travellin'
Gone a long long time
Don't know what I'd find
Scared of what I'd find
I can't I just can't walk down this road

Eng. Songs

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Maandag 16 februari 1976

Clink, Clink, Another Drink

Clink, Clink, Another Drink
Composer(s): Foster Carling; Phil Ohman
Performer(s): Spike Jones

Clink, clink, another drink
Plenty in the cellar when it's gone
Drink, drink, the glasses clink
Making tinkly music till the dawn is breaking

Clang, clang, who cares a dang?
What's the difference when you're on a spree?
Over the teeth, behind the gums
Look out stomach here she comes
Hi! Have another drink on me

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle

Trinkle, trinkle, trinkle, trinkle
Slice of cheese and bite of pickle
Doesn't even cost a nickel
Now to wash it down

Clink, clink, no more to drink
I had a cellar full, but now it's gone
Drink, drink, the glasses clink
Like the anvil chorus and my head is splitting
uh, brinking, uh, busting
Oh brother!

Oh, ow, what'll I do now
Pink elephants are running after me
Oh, that stuff was smooth as silk
From now on I'll stick to milk
Nothing else to drink for me

Eng. Songs

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Maandag 16 februari 1976

Resurrection

Resurrection
Composer(s): Rob Halford; Roy Z
Performer(s): Rob Halford

I'm digging deep inside my soul
To bring myself out of this God-damned hole
I rid the demons from my heart
And found the truth was with me from the start

Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
Resurrection bring me home

I walked alone into a Fight
No longer standing in satanic light
I tried to look too far ahead
And saw the road go to my past instead

Holy angel lift me from this burning hell
Resurrection make me whole
Son of Judas bring the saints to my revenge
Resurrection bring me home

I've faced the things I've said and done
There is no bastard left to overcome
The peace of mind I thought was lost
Was right in front of me on paths I've crossed

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Zondag 15 februari 1976

The Road Goes On

The Road Goes On
Performer(s): Toto

Not by way of an apology
For the things that I have done
Do I set my boat upon the sea

So like thunder I am breaking free
In the landscape of the heart
It's hard to tell what's really taken me

Now I see it all through different eyes
This emotion can't be wrong
Past the mountains under empty skies
And the road goes on and on...

I've been living through this poetry
Tangled words and worn out prose
Love is needing, love is bleeding me

Now I see it all through different eyes
This emotion can't be wrong
Past the mountains under empty skies
And the road goes on...

Now I see it all through different eyes
This emotion can't be wrong
Past the mountains under empty skies
And the road goes on...

Now I see it all through different eyes
Where I'm going, where I've gone
All I know - I'm still surprised
That the road goes on and on

Eng. Songs

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Zondag 15 februari 1976

Climbing Through

Climbing Through
Performer(s): The Yardbirds

The day's gonna come
Just wait and see
When we'll be together
Just you and me
The world outside
Won't tell no lies
Won't have no say
Won't criticise
'Cause we ain't gonna listen
And we aint gonna care
Because our love
Is too deep to share
And you are

Climbing through
Yeah that's you
Always know
Just what to do
And love me
As much as I love you

I'm gonna be happy
I'm gonna be good
Just doing the things
I know I should
I'm gonna get married
And have a boy child
He's gonna be strong
He ain't gonna get wild
Gonna teach him how
To live a good life
Some day he'll find
A very beautiful wife
And she'll be

Climbing Through
Just like you
Always know
Just what to do
And love him
As much as I love you

And if in a family
We're blessed with a girl
She's gonna be the prettiest
Little girl in the world
She ain't gonna cheat
She ain't gonna flirt
She's gonna have brains
She ain't gonna get hurt
And think and study
And pass exams
And when the right boy comes
She's gonna give him her hand
And she'll be

Climbing through
Just like you
Always know
Just what to do
And love him
As much as I love you

Eng. Songs

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Zondag 15 februari 1976

Resumen De Noticias

Resumen De Noticias
Composer(s): Silvio Rodríguez
Performer(s): Silvio Rodríguez

He estado al alcance de todos los bolsillos
porque no cuesta nada mirarse para adentro
He estado al alcance de todas la manos
que han querido tocar mi mano amigamente
Pero, pobre de mi, no he estado con los presos
de su propia cabeza acomodada
no he estado en los que ríen con solo media risa
los delimitadores de las primaveras

No he estado en los archivos ni en las papelerías
y se me archiva en copias y no en originales
No he estado en los mercados grandes de la palabra
pero he dicho lo mío a tiempo y sonriente
No he estado enumerando las manchas en el sol
pues sé que en una sola mancha cabe el mundo
He procurado ser un gran mortificado
para, si mortifico, no vayan a acusarme

Aunque se dice que me sobran enemigos
todo el mundo me escucha bien quedo cuando canto
Yo he preferido hablar de cosas imposibles
porque de lo posible se sabe demasiado
He preferido el polvo así, sencillamente
pues la palabra amor aún me suena hueco
He preferido un golpe así, de vez en cuando
porque la inmunidad me carcome los huesos

Agradezco la participación de todos
los que colaboraron en esta melodía
Se debe subrayar la importante tarea
de los perseguidores de cualquier nacimiento
Si alguien que me escucha se viera retratado
sépase que se hace con ese destino
Cualquier reclamación que sea sin membrete
Buenas noches, amigos y enemigos

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Zaterdag 14 februari 1976

The Road And The Sky

The Road And The Sky
Performer(s): Jackson Browne

When we come to a place where the road and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
They told me I was going to have to work for a living
But all I want to do is ride
I don't care where we're going from here
Honey, you decide

Well I spend my time at the bottom of a wishing well
And I can hear my dreams singing clear as a bell
I used to know where they ended and the world began
But now it's getting hard to tell
I could be just around the corner from Heaven or a mile from Hell

I'm just rolling away from yesterday
Behind a wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality

Now can you see those dark cloud gathering up ahead?
They're going to wash this planet clean like the Bible said
Now you can hold on steady and try to be ready
But everybody's gonna get wet
Don't think it won't happen just because it hasn't happened yet

I'm just rolling away from yesterday
Behind the wheel of a stolen Chevrolet
I'm going to get a little higher
And see if I can hot-wire reality

Eng. Songs

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Zaterdag 14 februari 1976

Climb Ev'ry Mountain

Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Composer(s): Richard Rogers; Oscar Hammerstein II
Originally performed by: Patricia Neway
Covered by various other artists

Climb every mountain
Search high and low
Follow every byway
Every path you know

Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
'Til you find your dream

A dream that will lead
all the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you live

Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
'Til you find your dream

A dream that will lead
All the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you live

Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
'Til you find your dream

Eng. Songs Patricia Neway

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Zaterdag 14 februari 1976

Restless Kid

Restless Kid
Composer(s): Johnny Cash
Performer(s): Ricky Nelson; Waylon Jennings

I came in like a restless wind on a wagon train
But I'm gonna go like a July snow
Back to where I came from
Gonna leave this humdrum it's too slow and tame

None of your business where I've been
Don't ask me what I've done
Run your ranch and punch your cows
And stay behind my gun man

Colorado's right hand will put you on the run
I've got a gal in Denver town
That's crying over me
But I said goodbye and I let her cry

I miss her company but
I'll get out of this rut, Rio Bravo's killing me
They gotta man locked in a cell
That's a freer man than I

He's gonna laugh right in their face
When they lead him out to die and
He's gonna leave these badlands
And ride off in the sky

You're gonna see old Colorado
Headed for the door
You better believe I'm gonna leave
Like the 904 train

Gonna breathe some air again
That ain't been breathed before

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Vrijdag 13 februari 1976

The Road

The Road
Composer(s): Terry Kath
Performer(s): Chicago

If you'd like to get together
Then come right over to me
Ooh, We can do anything
That you like to do

If you'd like to give your love
Then please just feel free
Because I may be gone tomorrow
And not even know your name

Now please don't misunderstand my loneliness
Let's never ever talk of time
'Cause friends may fade away
And our hopes will say goodnight
And our friendship would be lost
It would be such a waste of time
So let's just
Let's have a good thing girl
And let's not worry
Let's do everything we want
And let's not cry
When it's over
When I leave
Our thing won't die

If you really understand
Then come right over to me
We can play together for a while
And still be free

Eng. Songs

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Vrijdag 13 februari 1976

Climb A Tree With Me

Climb A Tree With Me
Composer(s): Chas. K. Harris

I've come to see the little girl
I loved from year to year
I've come to watch each little curl
That made your head so dear
Let's go out to the orchard where, we roamed in childish glee
There's something I would tell you if, you'll climb a tree with me

I've left the noisy city with, its heart-aches and its strife
To make you happy sweetheart in
The noon time of your life
Success was hard to win my dear, at last it came to me
I'll tell you all about it if, you'll climb the same old tree

Oh come and climb a tree with me
As we climbed long years a-go
All the birds sang birdie words
And they meant "I love you so"
From care let's flee and climb a tree
If you slip I'll hold your hand
So let's climb a tree, you and me
And dream of baby land
Ohio

Eng. Songs

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Vrijdag 13 februari 1976

Restless (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates)

Restless Composer(s): Teddy Wadmore - Dale Stanley - Frederick Heath First release by: Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - 1960

You don’t know how restless you’ve made me
Don’t know baby what a fool you’ve made out of me
Are you still to be my lovin’ baby?
Come and take a chance, a re-e-e-eal romance

You keep me waiting for a date
And when you do you turn up late
And try to play it cool
Not cool enough to make it stick
I knew it was another trick
To keep me waiting and keep me waiting

Ooh baby, you made me so restless
Yeah, well, I’m so restless

Now I’m through with love, maybe
I don’t want romance
I’ll never ever take another chance

Eng. Songs

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Donderdag 12 februari 1976

The River's Too Wide

The River's Too Wide
Composer(s): Bob Morrison
First release by: Jim Mundy - 1973

The river's too wide now for crossin'
The water rushed too loud for talkin'
We never built bridges for walkin'
Now the river's too wide

A gentle stream once flowed between us
But love could cross it easily
Till stormy skies brought bitter teardrops
And made that stream a ragin' river
Come between you and me

The river's too wide now for crossin'
The water rushed too loud for talkin'
We never built bridges for walkin'
There's no getting' to the other side

The river's too wide for crossin'
The hurtin' goes too deep for mendin'
It looks like an unhappy endin'
`Cos the river's too wide

Good lessons learned are not forgotten
We gave up love to save our pride
Next time I'm faced with risin' water
I'll build a bridge of love and kindness
Reachin' to the other side

And the river's too wide now for crossin'
The water rushed too loud for talkin'
We never built bridges for walkin'
There's no getting' to the other side

The river's too wide for crossin'
The hurtin' goes too deep for mendin'
It looks like an unhappy endin'
`Cos the river's too wide

Eng. Songs

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Donderdag 12 februari 1976

Cleveland Rocks

Cleveland Rocks (aka England Rocks)
Composer(s): Ian Hunter
Originally performed by: Ian Hunter
Covered by various other artists

Three! Four!
Three! Four!
Three! Four!

(Bunch of Ah-ah-ah's here)

All this energy calling me
Back where it comes from
It's such a crude attitude
It's Back where it belongs
All the little kids growing up on the skids are goin'
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Jumpin' (Jean) Gene genies, moody James Deanies goin'

Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks

Mama knows but she don't care
She's got her worries too
Seven kids and a phony affair
And the rent is due
All the little chicks with the crimson lips go
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
She's livin'in sin with a safety pin
She's goin' Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks

Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks

I got some records from World War Two
I'll play 'em just like me Grand dad do
He was a rocker and I am too
Oh Cleveland Rocks, Yeah Cleveland Rocks
So find a place
Grab a space
and yell and scream for more

Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks
Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks, Cleveland Rocks

(Bunch of Ah-ah-ah's here)

Three! Four!
Three! Four!
Three! Four!
Ohio

Eng. Songs Ian Hunter

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Donderdag 12 februari 1976

Restless (Carl Perkins)

Restless Composer(s): Carl Perkins First release by: Carl Perkins - 1968 Covered by multiple other artists

Well I walked up to her window I said, gimme a ticket please She said, where to mister? I said, that's all right with me honey I'm just restless I need to get on out of town I need to go right now Take me where the living's easy Baby, that's where I'll be found Huh-huh, right now I said, honey tell that driver To put his big foot on that gas Run this old grey dog Just as long as it might last I'm just restless I need to get on out of town I need to go right now Take me where the living's easy Baby, that's where I'll be found Huh-huh, right now I said, honey tell that driver Take me farther down the road Just take this grey dog Any place he wants to go I'm travelling light Because I might be going far Takin' nothing but the clothes on my back And my big red guitar Honey, I'm just restless I need to get on out of town Take me where the living's easy Baby, that's where I'll be found

Eng. Songs

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Woensdag 11 februari 1976

River Of Life

River Of Life
Composer(s): Jonathan Butler
Performer(s): Jonathan Butler

Everyday, I see your face
Like a prayer, I pray each day
That my heart would be whole
And my soul be filled
And my mind nearing you, with you

With your arms open wide
I can see in my mind
Your letter just waiting for me

I run, I walk, I fly like a bird
(I run, I walk, I fly)
I swim to the sea like a [Incomprehensible]
(I swim to the sea)

But I'm drifting away
Yeah, to the river of life
Oh, to the river of life
You're my river of life

Like a tower, you're my grace
Like a shield, fear every place
Surrounding with angels, the millions above
I stand on the mountain top, you show me your love

The glory around you, is all on my head
Cleanse me from everything I've done
Everything I said

I walk, I run, I swim to the sea
(I walk, I run, I swim)
I fly like a bird, like the eagle with wings
(I fly)

And I fly to your arms, deep down inside
And I fly to your arms 'cos you're my river of life
(My river, my river, my river)
You're the river of life
(My river, my river, my river)

Yeah, I fly to the river
I run to the ocean sea
I know the flowing in me
All the sounds that I hear inside of me

River, yeah
So and I run to the ocean, I circle the sea
To the river of my destiny, to the place where I'll be
Safely in your arms tonight, 'cos you're the river of life
(The river, the river, the river)

Yeah, yeah, river of life
(The river, the river, the river)
To the river of life
(The river, the river, the river)
The river of, the river of, the river of life
(The river, the river)
Yeah, the river of life
(The river, the river, the river)

Eng. Songs

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Woensdag 11 februari 1976

Cleopatterer

Cleopatterer
Composer(s): Jerome Kern; P.G. Wodehouse
Performer(s): Dorothy Greener
and various other artists

In days of old beside the Nile
A famous queen there dwelt
Her clothes were few
But full of style
Her figure slim and swelt

On every man that wandered by
She pulled the Theda Bara eye
And every one observed with awe
That her work was swift
But never raw

I'd be like Cleopatterer
If I could have my way
Each man she met she went and kissed.
And she'd dozens on her waiting list

I wish that I had lived there
Beside the pyramid
For a girl today don't get the scope
That Cleopatterer did

And when she tired as girls will do
Of Bill or Jack or Jim
The time had come, his friends all knew
To say goodbye to him

She couldn't stand by any means
Reproachful, stormy farewell scenes
To such coarse stuff she would not stoop
So she just put poison in his soup

When out with Cleopatterer
Men always made their wills
They knew there was no time to waste
When the gumbo had that funny taste

They'd take her hand and squeeze it
They'd murmur "Oh you kid!"
But they never liked to start to feed
Til Cleopatterer did

She danced new dances now and then
The sort that make you blush
Each time she did them, scores of men
Got injured in the rush

They'd stand there gaping in a line
And watch her agitate her spine
It simply use to knock them flat
When she went like this and then like that

At dancing Cleopatterer
Was always on the spot
She gave these poor Egyptian ginks
Something else to watch besides the spinx

Marc Antony admitted
That what first made him skid
Was the wibbly, wobbly, wiggly dance
That Cleopatterer did

Eng. Songs

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