Donderdag 12 juni 1975
Rainbow
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Woensdag 11 juni 1975
The Magic Piper (Of Love)
The Magic Piper (Of Love)
Composer(s): Edwyn Collins
Performer(s): Edwyn Collins
I'm through with love hangovers
It's best that I stay sober
No rolling in the clover
No Gretna Green trip over
No honeymoon in Paris
I only feel embarrassed
For the cool cats
The charmed kittens
Both smitten by the love songs
That he's written
Caught in the sights
Of a deadly sniper
The magic piper of love
The magic piper of love
Of love, of love
My girlfriend, she go blotto
Of cunnings and his grotto
It turns out he's a dirty old man
The nice place that I want to be
Is sat up on this Christmas tree
While playing these games of
Catch as catch can
'Cause he's a sweet talker
A silent stalker
All the savvy of a street walker
More deadly than a horned viper
The magic piper of love
The magic piper of love
Of love, of love
He's a heart breaker
A mover and a shaker
The magic piper of love
It's kind of hard to swallow
You know you've gotta follow
The magic piper of love
'Cause he's a city slicker
An expert politic-er
The magic piper of love
Of love, of love
Of love, of love
Of love, of love
Woensdag 11 juni 1975
Check Yourself
Check Yourself
Composer(s): Al Bryant - David English - Berry Gordy Jr. - Otis Williams
Performer(s): The Temptations
and multiple other artists
Otis (& then Melvin):
By and by, you knew that you make me cry
(By and by, knew you'd make me cry)
And my love for you will never die
(My love will never, never die)
But I had to find out on my own
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Paul:
Aww, that's what they told me
(Check yourself, check yourself)
I paid no mind
(Check yourself, check yourself)
I kept on breaking hearts
(Check yourself, check yourself)
All down the line
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Sometimes you just got to lose
That's when you pay your dues
I guess I was a fool, I guess I was a fool
To think that... you'd stayed so true
Aww, I really played in the game
(Check yourself, check yourself)
I'd always win
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Now the tables turn
(Check yourself, check yourself)
And I'm on the losing end
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Oh don't, feel sorry
I had it coming, it's true
'Cause I'm losing, yes, I'm losing, I'm losing you
Before I go, I'd like for you to know
You've had my heart from the very start
But there's one more thing, before we part
And that's I'm sorry, sorry, sorry to my heart
Aww, I'm on my sad way
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Because I know I'd lost your love
(Check yourself, check yourself)
I'll kick it, like a pass
(Check yourself, check yourself)
But I'll be thinking of....
The good times
(The good times)
The bad times
(The bad times)
But good or bad, happy or sad
Of memories
(Memories)
Sweet, sweet memories
(Memories)
Aww, memories... are all I have
Aww, that's what they told me
(Check yourself, check yourself)
That's what they told me
(Check yourself, check yourself)
That's what they... what they told me
(Check yourself, check yourself)
Hmmm...
Woensdag 11 juni 1975
Rain, Rain, Rain
Rain, Rain, Rain
Composer(s): Bernard Toorish
Performer(s): Frankie Laine; The Four Lads
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain
Well, didn't it rain children
God's gonna send new orders from Zion
He's good raise his heaven up higher
It's gonna rain
Well stop! Great God, stop still and listen
My God walked down by the briny sea
Beheld the evil of the sinful Man
Declared that he would destroy the land
He spoke to Noah, Noah stopped
He said, Noah I want you to build an ark
And I want you to build it big and strong
Build it three hundred cubits along
Thirty high and fifty wide
Cause it's got to stand that rain and tide
Well, rain children
God's gonna send new orders from Zion
He's good raise his heaven up higher
It's gonna rain
Well, after God told him what to do
Noah began to cut and hew
The ringing of the saw cried "Judgement"
The ringing of the hammer cried "Sinner repent"
A hundred years he hammered and sawed
Building the Ark by the Grace of God
After the foundation was laid
He hewed the timber and the Ark was made
Lord, let it rain
Behold the Ark is made
Well he called in the animals two by two
The ox, the camel, and the kangaroo
Well they called in Japeth, Ham and Shem
And God began to flood the land
He raised his hands to heaven on high
He knocked the sun, the moon from the sky
Shook the mountains around the sea
And he hitched his reins to the chariot wheel
Stepped on the land and stood on the shore
And declared that time would be no more
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Oh, Noah, Noah, didn't it rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain, rain
My Lord had to wait until the float and the Ark did rock
And Noah couldn't find nowhere to dock
My God spoke and he whispered low
Showed old Noah where he wanted him to go
He said, "Lookit here, Noah, the rain's done stopped
And I want you to land on the mountaintop"
He showed old Noah a rainbow sign
Said it won't be a rain but fire next time
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Oh, Noah, Noah, didn't it rain
Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain
Oh, Noah, Noah, didn't it rain
Dinsdag 10 juni 1975
The Mad Hatter's Song
The Mad Hatter's Song
Composer(s): Robin Williamson
Performer(s): The Incredible String Band
Oh seekers of spring how could you not find contentment
In a time of riddling reasons in this land of the blind
By the joke of fate alone
it's sure that as the loved hand leaves you
You clutch for the slip-stream, the realness to find
But do what you like, do what you like, do what you like
do what you like, do what you like, do what you can
do what you can, live till you die
My poor little man
For Jesus will stretch out his hand no more
But in the south there's many a waving tree
Oh would that musky fingers move your pain
In the warm south winds the lost flowers bloom again
And if you cried, you know you'd fill a lake with tears
Still wouldn't turn back the years
Since the city has took you
Mad Hatter is on my mind
So sad, sad to see the way it grew
Those other people that I knew
That have either fell or faltered
Mad Hatter is on my mind
And you must have to see clear some time
Prometheus the problem child
still juggling with his brains
Gives his limping leopard's visions
to the miser in his veins
Within the ruined factory is the normal soul insane
As he sets the sky beneath his heel
And learns away the pain
But I am the archer the lover of laughter
And mine is the arrowed flight
I am the archer, and my eyes yearn after the unsullied sight
Born of the dark waters of the daughters of night
Dancing without movement after the clear light
Oh Perithian fate be kind in the rumbling and trundling rickshaw of time
Hooked by the heart to the king fisher's line
I will set my one eye for the shores of the blind
Dinsdag 10 juni 1975
Cheatin' On You
Cheatin' On You
Composer(s): Jon Cleary
Performer(s): Taj Mahal; Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
It's the end to all my high jinks
It's the end to all my capers
Sort of a three-way story
The kind you'd read about in the Sunday papers
Thought I was getting over
Having both cakes and eatin' `em too
But to my surprise, my slice on the side
Been eatin' the forbidden fruit
Oh, I been cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you
Been cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Thought I was Jimmy Slick (yeah, I thought that)
Thought I was Charlie Cool (thought that too)
But I'm just Sammy Stupid
My friends call me Freddy Fool
Wooooo, Cupid played a trick on me
Turned the duper into the duped
I'm so surprised to find my slice on the side
Been eatin' the forbidden fruit
Oh, I been cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Wooooo, Cupid played a trick on me
Turned the duper into the duped
I'm so surprised to find my slice on the side
Been eatin' the forbidden fruit
I been cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Baby, Baby been cheatin' on you
Cheatin' on you
I been cheatin' on you
Been cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Cheatin' on you with somebody's
Been cheatin' on me
Dinsdag 10 juni 1975
Rain, Rain Go Away
Rain, Rain Go Away
Composer(s): Noel Regney; Gloria Shayne
Performer(s): Bobby Vinton
I can still remember
When you moved in next door
I brought you some choc'late
From the corner candy store
When it started raining
You started crying too
That was the first time
I sang this song to you
Rain rain go away
Come again some other day
Rain rain go away
Bring my love a sunny day
We grow up together
And as the years went by
Ev'rybody knew that we were
Sweethearts you and I
Through many april showers
I held your hand in mine
Between the raindrops
We sang time after time
Rain rain go away
Come again some other day
Rain rain go away
Bring my love a sunny day
I went away to college
You said you'd wait for me
Then I got your letter
Asking me to set you free
Tomorrow you'll be maried
There's nothing I can do
But wish you sunshine
Now and your whole life through
Rain rain go away
Tomorrow is her wedding day
Rain rain go away
Bring my love a sunny day
Maandag 9 juni 1975
The Lusty Month Of May
The Lusty Month Of May
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Julie Andrews
and multiple other artists
Tra la, it's May, the lusty Month of May
That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray
Tra la, it's here, that shocking time of year
When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear
It's May, It's May, that gorgeous holiday
When every maiden prays that her lad will be a cad
It's mad, it's gay, alive, a lust display
Those dreary vows that everyone takes, everyone breaks
Everyone makes divine mistakes
The Lusty Month of May
Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does it's scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating everywhere?
Don't you know, it's that dear forbidden fruit
It's May, the lusty month of May
That darling month when everyone throws self-control away
It's time to do a wretched thing or two
And try to make each precious day one you'll always rue
It's May, it's May, the month of "Yes, you may"
The time for every frivolous whim, proper or im-
It's wild, it's gay, depraved in every way
The birds and bees with all of their vast amorous past
Gaze at the human race aghast
The Lusty Month of May
Tra la, it's May, the lusty Month of May
That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray
Tra la, it's here, that shocking time of year
When tons of wicked little thoughts merrily appear
It's May, it's may, the month of great dismay
when all the world is brimming with fun, wholesome or un-
It's mad, it's gay, alive a lust display
Those dreary vows that everyone takes, everyone breaks
Everyone makes divine mistakes
The Lusty Month of May
Maandag 9 juni 1975
Cheatin' On The Sandman
Cheatin' On The Sandman
Composer(s): Sid Carris - Bill McCrystal
Performer(s): Spike Jones
Cheatin' on the sandman, makin' love to you
List'nin' to the band man play his song so blue
Burgers at the drive-in, parkin' by the sea
Makin' love and dreamin', not a soul to see
And Honey, `s we drove through deserted streets
Dark with night's heavenly bloom
We'd stop by the roadside to kiss
Then to drive on too soon
Cheatin' on the sandman, fun when I knew you
Now I'm a lonely blue man missin' makin' love to you
Maandag 9 juni 1975
Rain Sometimes
Rain Sometimes
Composer(s): Arthur Hamilton
Performer(s): Matt Monro;
and various other artists
Rain sometimes
Money down the drain, sometimes
Reason to complain, sometimes
That's how it'll be
But there'll be something, sometimes
Lobster flown from Maine, sometimes
We'll ride the gravy train, sometimes
Just you wait and see
We may be stranded in the rain, sometimes
Dream our dreams in vain, sometimes
Lose more than we gain, sometimes
But this I guarantee
Love is not for sometimes
Love is for all time
For all time, for you and me
We may be stranded in the rain, sometimes
Lose more than we gain, sometimes
But this I guarantee
Love is not for sometimes
Love is for all time
For all time, for you and me
For you and me
For you and me
Zondag 8 juni 1975
The Lullaby Of Spring
The Lullaby Of Spring
Composer(s): Donovan Leitch
Performer(s): Donovan
Rain has showered far her drip
Splash and trickle running
Plant has flowered in the sand
Shell and pebble sunning
So begins another Spring
Green leaves and of berries
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries
In the misty tangled sky
Fast a wind is blowing
In the new-born rabbit's heart
River life is flowing
So begins another Spring
Green leaves and of berries
Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
Mother bird eating cherries
Zondag 8 juni 1975
Cheatin' Is
Cheatin' Is
Composer(s): Rafe Van Hoy
First release by: Barbara Fairchild - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists
Cheatin' is a thing that starts when you bring two lonely people
face to face with a brand new kiss
She blames him, he blames her
But neither one is ever quite sure which way it really is
And all of the time in the back of their minds,
they know they're gonna have to lie about where they've been
Cheatin' is a thing that'll take a little ring
And break it into pieces that'll never go together again
Cheatin' is the part of loving that starts
when true love isn't what lovers are looking for
A stranger here, a stranger there
Then you turn around and swear that you'll never go back for more
And lying at night, when you're holding him tight,
is something that a cheater's heart just has to learn
Cheatin' is a thing that's guaranteed
to bring two unhappy people to the point of no return
The worst of cheatin' is the sad little kids hanging in the middle
while Mommy and Daddy choose
Cheatin' is a game where nobody wins
And the ones that aren't big enough to play are the ones who lose
Zondag 8 juni 1975
Rain On The Scarecrow
Rain On The Scarecrow
Composer(s): George M. Green; John Mellencamp
Performer(s): John Cougar Mellancamp
Scarecrow on a wooden cross Blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm
I grew up like my daddy did
My grandpa cleared this land
When I was five I walked the fence
while grandpa held my hand
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow
This land fed a nation, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry there's no legacy for you now
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow
Rain on the scarecrow, blood on the plow
The crops we grew last summer were'nt enough to pay the loans
Couldn't buy the seeds to plant this spring and the Farmers Bank foreclosed
Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land
He said John it's just my job and I hope you understand
Hey callin' it your job ol' hoss sure don't make it right
If you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight
And grandma's on the front porch swing with a bible in her hand
Sometimes I hear her singing "Take me to the Promised Land"
When you take away a mans dignity he can't work his fields and cows
There'll be blood on the scarecrow, blood on the plow
Well there's ninety seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard
Ninety seven families who lost ninety seven farms
I think about my grandpa, my neighbors and my name
And some nights I feel like dying, like that scarecrow in the rain
Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
this land fed a nation, this land made me proud
And son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now
Zaterdag 7 juni 1975
The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
Composer(s): Jim Capaldi - Steve Winwood
Performer(s): Traffic
and multiple other artists
If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
The low spark of high-heeled boys
If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys
If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
The low spark of high-heeled boys
Zaterdag 7 juni 1975
Cheater
Cheater
Composer(s): Dennis Brown
Performer(s): Dennis Brown
By the look on your face, girl, you're my enemy
By the look on your face, girl, you're my enemy, yeah
Remember that Friday night
When you stole my pants off the line
So please tell me
How you wanna make love to me
Whoah, girl, oh girl
By the look in your eyes, girl, you're a cheater
By the look in your eyes, girl, you're a cheater
Going around and stealing people's clothing everyday
Oh please tell me, do you wanna be a cheater?
Whoah, girl, oh girl. Whoah, girl, whoah girl
Whoah!
Going around and stealing people's clothing everyday
Oh please tell me, do you wanna be a cheater?
Whoah, girl, whoah...
Zaterdag 7 juni 1975
Rain On The Roof
Rain On The Roof
Composer(s): John Sebastian
Performer(s): The Lovin' Spoonful;
and various other artists
You and me and rain on the roof
Caught up in a summer shower
Dryin' while it soaks the flowers
Maybe we'll be caught for hours
Waitin' out the sun
You and me were gabbin' away
Dreamy conversation sittin' in the hay
Honey, how long was I laughing in the rain with you
'Cause I didn't feel a drop 'til the thunder brought us to
You and me underneath the roof of tin
Pretty comfy feelin' how the rain ain't leakin' in
We can sit and dry just as long as it can pour
'Cause the way it makes you look makes me hope it rains some more
You and me and rain on the roof
Caught up in a summer shower
Dryin' while it soaks the flowers
Maybe we'll be caught for hours
Waitin' out the sun
Vrijdag 6 juni 1975
The Loving Song
The Loving Song
Composer(s): Lee Pockriss
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri
There is a song I hear everytime you're near
That goes on and on inside my ear
It's a natural song for two I'm singing with you
It's a melody just for you and me
And it's got the sweetest harmony
And as long as you want me to I'm singing with you
La la la la la la I'm singing my loving song
La la la la la la I'm singing it all day long
Not a song that's going strong
On any music chart
Just a la la la la la la la playing in my heart
It goes round and round with a special sound
That you hear wherever love is found
And loving you like I do I'm singing with you
Nothing can go wrong when we've got a song
And someone else to sing along
And I hope I will live life through singing with you
La la la la la la I'm singing my loving song
La la la la la la I'm singing it all day long
Not a song that's going strong
On any music chart
Just a la la la la la la la playing in my heart
Just a la la la la playing in my heart
Vrijdag 6 juni 1975
Cheaper To Keep Her
Cheaper To Keep Her
Composer(s): Mack Rise
First release by: Johnnie Taylor - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists
Alright, Lonnie, Junior, the band, the girls and I
we're gonna do a song for you now, a little Mac Rise number
Hey, all you married men, if you're tied up, you better stay tied up
Because it's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It is cheaper to keep her
When your little girl makes you mad
You get an attitude and pack your bag
Five little children that you're leaving behind
You're gonna pay some alimony or do some time
It's cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
It's cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
See when you get to staring that judge in the face
You're gonna wanna cuss the whole human race
It's cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
Too much to leave that little girl (Cheaper to keep her)
It's cheaper, it's cheaper, cheaper, it's cheaper
It's cheaper, it's cheaper
It's cheaper cheaper cheaper cheaper, yeah
You didn't pay for two dollars to bring the girl home
Now you're about to pay two thousand to leave alone
See another woman out there, you wanna make a change
She ain't gonna watch you 'cause you won't have a damn thing
It's cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
Cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
The time you get to looking at the judge in the face
You're gonna wanna cuss the whole human race
It's cheaper to keep her (Cheaper to keep her)
Cost too much to leave (It's cheaper to keep her)
It's cheaper, cheaper, it's cheaper, it's cheaper
It's cheaper, cheaper
Cheaper cheaper cheaper cheaper, yeah
If you decide to roam
and leave your happy home
You gotta pay the house note
The child support, your insurance
Alimony, morgage 1, morgage 2
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper, to keep her!
Vrijdag 6 juni 1975
Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs
Composer(s): Tom Waits
Performer(s): Tom Waits
Inside a broken clock
Splashing the wine with all the rain dogs
Taxi, we'd rather walk
Huddle in a doorway with the rain dogs
For I am a rain dog, too
Oh, how we danced and we swallowed the night
For it was all ripe for dreaming
Oh, how we danced away all of the lights
We've always been out of our minds
The rum pours strong and thin
Beat out the dustman with the rain dogs
Aboard a shipwreck train,
Give my umbrella to the rain dogs
For I am a rain dog, too
Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee
Her long hair black as a raven
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me
You'll never be going back home
Oh, how we danced with the Rose of Tralee
Her long hair black as a raven
Oh, how we danced and you whispered to me
You'll never be going back home
Donderdag 5 juni 1975
The Lovin' Machine
