Zondag 23 juli 1972
Good Thing
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Good Thing
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Zaterdag 22 juli 1972
Teacher
Teacher
Composer(s): Ian Anderson
Performer(s): Jethro Tull
Well the dawn was coming
heard him ringing on my bell
He said, "My name's the teacher
that is what I call myself
And I have a lesson
that I must impart to you
It's an old expression
but I must insist it's true
Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun
no sense in sitting there hating everyone
No man's an island and his castle isn't home
the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown"
So I took a journey
threw my world into the sea
With me went the teacher
who found fun instead of me
Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find
what I was looking for, got something on my mind
Then the teacher told me
it had been a lot of fun
Thanked me for his ticket
and all that I had done
Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find
what I was looking for, got something on my mind
Zaterdag 22 juli 1972
My Eyes Adored You
My Eyes Adored You
Composer(s): Robert Crewe; Kelly Nolan
Performer(s): Andy Williams
My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far
Carried your books from school
Playing "make-believe you're married to me"
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways
My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far
Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind
My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far
(My eyes adored you)
All my life I will remember
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you)
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
(So close, so close and yet so far)
I know I won't ever forget you, my childhood friend
(My eyes adored you)
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
(My eyes adored you)
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you)
So close, so close and yet so far
Zaterdag 22 juli 1972
Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd
Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen
Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
One for Paul
One for Silas
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
Vrijdag 21 juli 1972
Teach Your Children
Teach Your Children
Composer(s): Graham Nash
First release by: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so, become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you
And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you...
Vrijdag 21 juli 1972
My Elusive Dreams
My Elusive Dreams
Composer(s): Curly Putman; Billy Sherrill
Originally performed by: Curly Putman
Covered by various other artists
I followed you to Texas
I followed you to Utah
We didn't find it there, so we mo-oved on
I followed you to Alabam'
Things looked good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
I had your child in Memphis
You heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska
To a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
And now we've left Alaska
Because there was no gold mine
But this time, only two of us move on
Now all we have is each other
And a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go on alone
I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
(Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh)
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
Vrijdag 21 juli 1972
Good Rockin' Tonight
Good Rockin' Tonight
((French Version: Et La Voix D'Elvis (Eddy Mitchell) - 1977))
Composer(s): Roy Brown
First release: Roy Brown - 1947
Covered by multiple other artists
Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
I say, well, meet me in a hurry
Behind the barn
Don’t you be afraid, darling
I’ll do you no harm
I want you to bring
Along my rockin’ shoes
’cause tonight I’m gonna rock away
All my blues
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
Well, we’re gonna rock
we’re gonna rock
Let’s rock
come on and rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away
Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight
Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight
I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Well, tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
Well, we’re gonna rock, rock, rock
Come on and rock, rock, rock
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock
Let’s rock, rock, rock, rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away
Donderdag 20 juli 1972
Teach You To Rock
Teach You To Rock
Composer(s): Freddie Bell - Joey Lattanzi
Performer(s): Freddie Bell & The Bellboys; Tony Crombie & His Rockets; The Jive Romeros
Hello ev'rybody!
I mean ev'rybody!
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
If you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around, you don't have no cares
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
I said One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock
One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock, Yes!
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
Well, if you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around and don't have no cares
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us
Donderdag 20 juli 1972
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
Composer(s): Mann Curtis; Vic Mizzy
Performer(s): Les Brown & Doris Day
and various other artists
Well, what do you know
He smiled at me in my dreams last night
My dreams are getting better all the time
And, what do you know
he smiled at me in a different light
My dreams are getting better all the time
To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time
To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time
Donderdag 20 juli 1972
Good Planets Are Hard To Find
Good Planets Are Hard To Find
Composer(s): Steve Forbert
Performer(s): Steve Forbert
Good planets are hard to find
Temp'rate zones and tropic climes
True currents in thriving seas
Winds blowin' through breathing trees
Strong ozone and safe sunshine
Good planets are hard to find
Good planets are in demand
Clean beaches and sparkling sand
Land masses with room to spare
Jet streams and perfect air
High forests and low wetlands
Good planets are in demand
And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...
Good planets are rare indeed
Rain fallin' on crops and seed
Big rivers and good topsoil
Fuel sources from cane to oil
Green gardens of all we need
Good planets are rare indeed
And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...
Good planets are scarce and few
Earthworms and caribou
Strong food chains and tasty meals
Textiles and plants that heal
Iron mountains and skies of blue
Good planets are scarce and few
Woensdag 19 juli 1972
Teach Me Tonight
Teach Me Tonight
((Danish Version: Lær Os Det Nu (Ulla & Grethe) - 1968))
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Gene DePaul
First release by: Janet Brace - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists
Did you say that I've got a lot to learn
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight
The sky's a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by
I'll use that star to write "I love you"
A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
You'd better teach me tonight
I've played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I've also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight
I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there's no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two
What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate
If you want me to matriculate
You'd better teach me tonight
What do you get for lessons
Teach me... come on and teach me... teach me tonight
Woensdag 19 juli 1972
My Dream (The Platters)
My Dream
Composer(s): Buck Ram
Performer(s): The Platters
My Dream
Is a wondrous dream
It's the answer too
Wanting only you
My Dream
Is a true delight
My escape at night
From a world that's blue
The world we know
Seems so far away
And where we go
Is for us to say
My Dream
Is a wealth of joy
No one can destroy
When I dream my dream
It's no common dream
It's a wondrous dream
Dream...
Woensdag 19 juli 1972
Good Ole Boys Like Me
Good Ole Boys Like Me
Composer(s): Bob McDill; Don Williams
Performer(s): Don Williams
When I was a kid uncle Remus he put me to bed
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
With gin in his breath and a bible in his hand
And he talked about honor and things I should know
Then he staggered a little as he went out the door
(Chorus)
And I still hear the soft southern wind in the live oak trees
Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me?
Well, nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
John R. and the wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head
(Chorus)
When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed
But I was smarted than most, and I could choose
Learned to talk like the man on the six o’clock news
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the road
But it don’t seem to matter how far I go
(Chorus)
Dinsdag 18 juli 1972
Teach Me Tiger
Teach Me Tiger
Composer(s): Nino Tempo
First release by: April Stevens - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists
Hi Tiger
Teach me tiger how to kiss you... wah wah wah wah wah
Show me tiger how to kiss you... wah wah wah wah wah
Take my lips, they belong to you...
But teach me first, teach me what to do...
Touch me tiger when I´m close to you wah wah wah wah wah
Help me tiger I don't know what to do wah wah wah wah wah
I know that you could love me to
But show me first, show me what to do
This is the first love, that I have ever known
What must I do to make you my very own...?
Teach me tiger how to tease you wah wah wah wah wah
Tiger, tiger I wanna squeeze you wah wah wah wah wah
All of my love I will give to you
But teach me Tiger... or I´ll teach you
Tiger... Tiger... Tiger...
Dinsdag 18 juli 1972
My Dog's Bigger Than Your Dog
My Dog's Bigger Than Your Dog
Composer(s): Tom Paxton
Performer(s): Tom Paxton; Heather Donovan
My dog's bigger than your dog
My dog's bigger than yours
My dog's bigger
And he chases mailmen
My dog's bigger than yours
My dog's better than your dog
My dog's better than yours
His name is King
And he had puppies
My dog's better than yours
My dad's tougher than your dad
My dad's tougher than yours
My dad's tougher
And he yells louder and
My dad's tougher than yours
My dad's louder than your dad
My dad's louder than yours
Momma buys a new dress
Daddy makes noises
My dad's louder than yours
Our car's faster than your car
Our car's faster than yours
It has a louder horn
It bumps other cars
Our car's faster than yours
Our car's older than your car
Our car's older than yours
It stops running and Daddy kicks the fenders
Our car's older than yours
My Mom's older than your Mom
My Mom's older than yours
She takes smelly baths
She hides the gray hairs
My Mom's older than yours
My Mom's funnier than your Mom
My Mom's funnier than yours
Her hair is pretty and
It changes colors
My Mom's funnier than yours
Dinsdag 18 juli 1972
Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
Composer(s): Charlie Chin; Michael Equine;
Roy Michaels; Larry Packer; Bob Smith
Performer(s): Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys
When I was just a little boy
You know my one and only joy
Was listening to that good old rock and roll
When I was, well, I just turned 23
and if you want to get a message to me
All you gotta do is listen to that good old rock and roll
They're really rockin' in Boston, and Philadelphia, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas to San Francisco Bay
All over L.A. and down in New Orleans
all the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen
I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John
He said he got the misery but know I having fun
Oh baby, yeah, oh baby oh baby
Having lotta fun tonight
Chantilly lace and a pretty face and a ponytail hanging down
Awiggle in her walk, a giggle in her talk
Makes the worl go 'round
There ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
She likes to act so funny, likes to spend my money
Makes me feel real loose like a long neck goose
A like a girl, oh baby that's a what I like
Come along mama whole lotta shakin goin on
I said come on honey
A we got chicken in the barn
Come on woman whole lotta shakin goin on
Well you can knock me down
You can step on my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But uh uh honey lay off of them shoes
Don't step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but lay off my blue suede shoes
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
And I'll make love to you to you
And I'll make love to you
Maandag 17 juli 1972
Teach Me How To Shimmy
Teach Me How To Shimmy
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
Performer(s): The Isley Brothers; The Coasters
Mama you taught me how to do the bop
You taught me how to boogie real slow - yeah
You taught me how to twist and you taught me how to slop
Mama teach me one thing more
Come on and teach me how to shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh
So I can shimmy too (come on get it)
Mama there's gonna be a dance tonight
You gotta teach me the ball creep - yeah
And Mama if I can't do it right
You know Gerry's gonna steal my guy
Come on and teach me how to shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh
So I can shimmy too (come on get it)
I can hully gully good as Gerry can
But Mama hully gully ain't win it
My little boy he loves that we gonna cheat
And there's only one thing - gonna get it now
And teach me how to shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh
So I can shimmy too (come on get it)
Shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it)
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh
So I can shimmy too
Maandag 17 juli 1972
My Discarded Men
My Discarded Men
Composer(s): Steve Bronski; R. Gammons; Eartha Kitt
Performer(s): Eartha Kitt
I'd like to tell a little story
That's been told time and time again
About the foolish men who chased me
My discarded men
They used to tell me they loved me
But I knew better than them
I'd find them looking around the corner
My discarded men
Piercing eyes with a vengion
Tell them to count to ten
They'd bribe me with their diamonds
My discarded men
Telephone calls in the evening
They'd drive me round the bend
Caviar, champagne and roses
From my discarded men
Chased me after a fashion
I could never pretend
No substitute for passion
My discarded men
You think you can thrill me
Ha Ha Ha
You can think again
Watch out or you might become
One of my discarded men
I'd like to dress up in sequins
And treat myself now and then
Perhaps I'll give a little favor
To one of my discarded men
Ha Ha Ha
You think you can win me
And be my special friend
Just take a tip from the others
Grrrrrrr
My discarded men
My discarded men
Maandag 17 juli 1972
Good Old New York
Good Old New York
Composer(s): Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton; Ed Werac
Performer(s): Jelly Roll Morton; Geoff Cole;
M 'N' M Trio; Silver Leaf Jazz Band; Butch Thompson
Good old New York, it's never down
We're gonna have a good time
Lovely, and the weather's fine
Knife and fork, a bottle and a cork
That's the way to spell New York
I will be there
In my easy chair
We'll have a good time, baby
I don't mean maybe
In good old New York
Zondag 16 juli 1972
Teach Me About Love
