Vrijdag 22 juni 1984
Christmas Memories (Frankie Yankovic)
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Christmas Memories
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Donderdag 21 juni 1984
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
Composer(s): Bruce Springsteen
First release by: Bruce Springsteen - 1973
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
I could walk like Brando right into the sun, then dance just like a Casanova
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds, just like a Harley in heat
When I strut down the street, I could feel its heart beat
The sisters fell back and said, "Don't that man look pretty"
The cripple on the corner cried out, "Nickels for your pity"
Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
I was the king of the alley, Mama, I could talk some trash
I was the prince of the paupers, crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
I was the pimp's main prophet, I kept everything cool
Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
And when the heat came down it was left on the ground
The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street
Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat
I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street
And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead
As the tracks clack out the rhythm, their eyes fixed straight ahead
They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
But it's too hot in these tunnels, you can get hit up by the heat
You get up to get out at your next stop, but they push you back in your seat
Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet
Then you're outa that hole and back up on the street
And them South Side sisters sure look pretty
The cripple on the corner cries out, "Nickels for your pity"
And them downtown boys sure talk gritty
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
Donderdag 21 juni 1984
Christmas Memories (Frank Sinatra)
Christmas Memories
Composer(s): Alan Bergman - Marilyn Bergman - Don Costa
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra
and multiple other artists
Singing carols, stringing popcorn
Making footprints in the snow
Memories, Christmas memories
They're the sweetest ones I know
Cookies baking in the kitchen
Carols in rhythm everywhere
Precious, Christmas memories
Float like snowflakes in the air
Oh the joy of waking Christmas morning
The family 'round the tree
We had a way of making Christmas morning
As merry as can be
I close my eyes and see shining faces
Of all the children who now have children of their own
Funny, but comes December
And I remember every Christmas I've known
Woensdag 20 juni 1984
It's Happening To You
It's Happening To You
Composer(s): John Prine; John Burns
Performer(s): John Prine; Chris Hillman
Well it's the same old song
Boy meets girl
And girl meets boy
They carry on
They close their eyes
And kiss until the world is gone
Oh yes it's true
It's happening to you
You know what they say
They pledge their love forever
Then they add a day
They hold their hands so tight
In the fear
That one might stray
Oh yes it's true
It's happening to you
I loved her
She loved me too
We had a lot of love
Now it's all through
And for a while
Their hearts beat one
As they match each other
Smile for smile
They dance away the night
As they praise
The others style
Oh yes it's true
It's happening to you
Woensdag 20 juni 1984
Christmas Memories (Alabama)
Christmas Memories
Composer(s): Randy Albright - John Greenebaum - Becky Hobbs
Performer(s): Alabama; Groovegrass Boyz; Eddie Kamae
There's a blanket of snow coverin' up the old road
To the house where I was raised
Through the window I see the lights on the tree
And a glow from the old fireplace
Though it all looks the same, so much has changed
From the way it used to be
Christmas memories of happy years gone by
They come back to me and keep me warm inside
Still those memories make me cry
Now the stockings are filled, the oldhouse is still
And the kids are dreamin' away
There's that old easy chair, me and Daddy sat there
Waiting for Santa's sleigh
Now Daddy's gone, but we'll carry on
'Cause the little ones still need
Christmas memories of happy years gone by
They come back to me and keep me warm inside
Still those Christmas memories
Oh, they mean so much to me
Woh, those Christmas memories make me cry
Dinsdag 19 juni 1984
It's Happened To Me
It's Happened To Me
Composer(s): Les Chadwick; Gerry Marsden
Performer(s): Gerry & The Pacemakers
People tell you that you can't find love
Or you'll never find your turtle dove
Don't believe a word of what they say
'Cause when I met you, my love
I knew, I knew it had happened to me
It's happened to me
You can tell by the way I walk
Or even tell it when I talk
& I'm so proud it's plain to see
'Cause when I met you, my love
I knew, I knew it had happened to me
It's happened to me
I don't mind telling everyone
I'm proud to say you're my only one
(x2):
So if they you that you can't find love
Or you'll never find your turtle dove
Don't believe a word of what they say
'Cause when I met you, my love
I knew, I knew it had happened to me
It's happened to me
It's happened to me
Dinsdag 19 juni 1984
Christmas Man Blues
Christmas Man Blues
Composer(s): Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
Performer(s): Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Won't somebody have mercy on poor me?
Won't somebody have mercy on poor me?
I ain't got nobody to trim my Christmas tree
Santa Claus is comin', my stockings hangin' on the wall
Santa Claus is comin', my stockings hangin' on the wall
If you can't bring me a man, don't bring nothing at all
Santa oh Santa, bring me a full-grown man
Santa oh Santa, bring me a full-grown man
If you ain't got a good one, Santa do the best you can
You find me weepin', everybody hear the news
You find me weepin', everybody hear the news
Bring me a man to cure these Christmas blues
Maandag 18 juni 1984
It's Great To Be Alive
It's Great To Be Alive
Composer(s): Johnny Mercer; Robert Emmett Dolan
Performer(s): Jo Stafford
It's great to be alive
To work from nine to five
To have a piece of land to farm
It's great to be alive
To have a car to drive
And have your baby on your arm
In spite of bills
And other minor ills
Somehow we manage to survive
It's great to be in love
To have a roof above
And watch the little ones around
Your own descendant
Deductable dependents
It's great to be alive
It's great to be alive
(It's great to be here and kickin')
To work from nine to five
(To hear an alarm clock tickin')
And have a piece of land to farm
(It's really a kick to cultivate chickens on a little ol' farm)
It's great to be alive
(It's up to work and strivin')
To have a car to drive
(Then take your girl to a drive-in)
And swing your baby on your arm
(To know that at five you're really arrivin', she'll be holding your arm)
In spite of bills
(Even though the bills just pile up by the million)
And other minor ills
(We manage to find the proper pills)
Somehow me manage to survive
(To lose the little ills, straight, that really is great)
It's great to be alive
(That girl to love you)
To have a roof above
(That roof above you
To watch the little ones arrive)
(Especially with the little ones arrivin' and all that jive)
Your own descendants
(Your descendants)
Deductable dependents
(In attendance)
It's great, it's great to be alive
We're livin', thanksgivin'
It's great to be alive
Maandag 18 juni 1984
The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington
The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington
(Traditional)
There was a youth, and a well belov'd youth
And he was a esquire's son
He loved the bailiff's daughter dear
That lived in Islington
She was coy, and she would not believe
That he did love her so
No, nor at any time she would
Any countenance to him show
But when his friends did understand
His fond and foolish mind
They sent him up to fair London
An apprentice for to bind
And when he had been seven long years
And his love he had not seen
Many a tear have I shed for her sake
When she little thought of me
All the maids of Islington
Went forth to sport and play
All but the bailiff's daughter dear
She secretly stole away
She put off her gown of gray
And put on her puggish attire
She's up to fair London gone
Her true-love to require
As she went along the road
The weather being hot and dry
There was she aware of her true-love
At length come riding by
She stept to him, as red as any rose
And took him by the bridle ring
"I pray you, kind sir, give me one penny
To ease my weary limb"
"I prithee, sweetheart, canst thou tell me
Where that thou wast born?"
"At Islington, kind sir," said she
"where I have had many a scorn"
"I prithee, sweetheart, canst thou tell me
Whether thou dost know
The bailiff's daughter of Islington?"
"She's dead, sir, long ago"
"Then will I sell my goodly steed
My saddle and my bow
I will into some far country
Where no man doth me know"
"O stay, O stay, thou goodly youth!
She's alive, she is not dead
Here she standeth by thy side
And is ready to be thy bride"
Zondag 17 juni 1984
It's Good To Be The King
It's Good To Be The King
Composer(s): Mel Brooks; Pete Wingfield
First performance: Mel Brooks - 1981
Now get down people
And listen to me
Gonna tell you how I made history
You can call me Louis
I'm the king of France
Check out my story
While you do your dance
Now it's seventeen hundred and eighty nine
The peasants were starving
But I was fine
We were hanging out
Down in old Versailles
That's the weekend pad of my queen and I
In the alleys of Paris
They was eating rats
But it was fillet mignon
For the aristocrats
There was Dukes and Counts and
Barons and Earls
I gave them the title
But I kept the girl
Blond, redhead, wild, brunette
Ladies in wait
I didn't wait to get
There was truffles for breakfast
Toast for brunch
The lion of the folley's version for lunch...
Ooh yes it's good to be the king
Ooh la la
Gee but it's good to be the king
Say it girls
You can be sure about one thing
Ooh la la
Mais oui, it's good to be the king
It's good to be the king
Well the palace was rocking
And we were doing it good
When we heard there was some trouble
In the neighborhood
I wasn't too worried
No big deal
We step out of line
Jack, you're near the Bastille
The party kept spinning
All day an dall night
The champagne was flowing
We were feeling all right
They were screaming for breath
Things started to shake
But Marie Antoinette said,
"We'll let 'em eat cake."
Now the rapper wouldn't have it
They was angry and beat
They built a big old razor
Called the Guillotine
Then the people all shouted
We'll have all day
Down with dirty war
Give us Perrier
I said that in the war things might get screwy
But they'd never lay a finger
On good king Louis
Just keep your cool
Don't fret, don't freak
Say hey
Say what
Say magnifico
Ooh yes it's good to be the king
Ooh la la
Gee but it's good to be the king
Your fantasy is my reality
You can be sure about one thing
Ooh la la
Mais oui, it's good to be the king
It's good to be the king
Night and day
Vous, vous voulez
Well they broke down the gate
In one massive assault
And the party came to a grinding halt
They took the midgets and the freakies
With the girls in tote
And a voice said
Louis, it's time to go
They put my neck on the block
They took off my wig
And it occured to me
This was the end of the gig
They asked me did I have any
Last words to say
Well I raised my head
And I hollered hey
Ooh yes it's good to be the king
Ooh la la
Gee but it's good to be the king
Well c'est la vie
Make that one more
You can be sure about one thing
Ooh la la
Mais oui, it's good to be the king
It's good to be the king
Bonjour
Ooh la la
Ooh yes, it's good to be the king
Well it was good while it lasted
Zondag 17 juni 1984
Christmas Letter
Christmas Letter
Performer(s): Sonny James
When it's Christmas time in heaven
Do the angels trim the tree?
And if angels sing Christmas carols
Please ask them, sing one for me
Folks, I'm a tired old postman
Then Christmas eve is here
And I guess I've been kind of grumpy
'Cause the load's been mighty heavy this year
But this morning I picked up a letter
Written in childish scrawl
It said "to my daddy in heaven"
With no return address at all
"Dear daddy" I read
"I miss you so much tonight
Christmas eve is near
Always before this at Christmas
You been living down here
The carols we sang together at night by the open fire
Are you singing them tonight, daddy
To all the kids up there?
I couldn't buy you presents
So I'm lighting a Christmas candle tonight
And I hope when you read my letter
That you look down and see the light
I'll close for now
'Cause I'm crying and I can't see to write
But don't grieve, they're happy tears, daddy
Still I'll miss you, tomorrow on Christmas eve"
When it's Christmas time in heaven
Do the angels trim the tree?
And if angels sing Christmas carols
Please ask them, sing one for me
I folded the letter and put it away
While I brushed aside a tear
Somehow I knew for certain
That there'd been a daddy to hear
'Cause all at once in the distant south
I saw a shining white light
And from far, far away were voices like bells
A great choir sang silent night
When it's Christmas time in heaven
Do the angels trim the tree?
And if angels sing Christmas carols
Please ask them, sing one for me
Zaterdag 16 juni 1984
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Composer(s): Robert Lee McCoy; Sylvia McKinney
First release by: Ike & Tina Turner - 1961
Darling (yes Tina) it's time to get next to me
(honey that was my plan from the very beginning)
Darling (un huh) I never thought that this could be
(What you mean) Oh yeah
Your lips set my soul on fire
You could be my one desire
Oh darling (yes yes) I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I wanna tell you something Ike
Ike, I went to see the preacher man
(The preacher man, you must be losin your mind)
I started (strated what) I started making wedding plans
(Oh really) oh yeah
If your love is half as true As the love I offer you
Oh darling (yes yes) I think it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin ya (I think it's gonna work out fine)
I get the feelin it's a (gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin you (I know it's gonna work out fine)
I'm so glad that you're mine all mine
Remember (remember what) I used to call you dapper Dan
(Yeah those were the good ole days)
But killer, forever and a lovin man (that's me) oh yeah
A whole lot of love just to be your speed
But now pretty daddy I'm all you need
Oh darling (yes yes) I know it's gonna work out fine
(It's gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin ya (I think it's gonna work out fine)
I get the feelin it's a (gonna work out fine)
I keep a tellin you (I know it's gonna work out fine)
I want you to know it's gonna work out fine ...
Zaterdag 16 juni 1984
Christmas Island
Christmas Island
Composer(s): Lyle Moraine
Performer(s): The Andrew Sisters
and multiple other artists
Let's get away from sleigh bells, let's get away from snow
Let's make a break some Christmas, Dear, I know the place to go
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?
How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?
Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true
How'd ya like to stay up late like the islanders do?
Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray, for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true
On Christmas Island your dreams come true
Vrijdag 15 juni 1984
It's Gonna Be All Right
It's Gonna Be All Right
Composer(s): Gerry Marsden
First release by: Gerry & The Pacemakers - 1964
Covered by: The Stool Pigeons - 1997
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
The day you came my way
I knew I would stay
Close by your side
To keep you staisfied
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
When you look at me
In your eyes I can see
The love that grows each day
That's why I've gotta say
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
Never thought I'd find a girl like you
Now I have, I know I'll never be blue
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
Every time we meet
My heart skips a beat
And now you're here to stay
You'll always hear me say
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
Never thought I'd find a girl like you
Now I have, I know I'll never be blue
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
Every time we meet
My heart skips a beat
And now you're here to stay
You'll always hear me say
It's gonna be all right, all right, all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
It's gonna be all right
Vrijdag 15 juni 1984
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Steve Winwood; Lal Waterson
Christmas is now drawing near at hand
Come serve the Lord and be at His command
And God a portion for you will provide
And give a blessing to your soul besides
Down in the garden where flowers growing ranks
Down on your bended knees and give the Lord thanks
Down on your knees and pray both night and day
Leave off your sins and live fro' pray tae pray
So proud and lofty is some sort of sin
Which many take delight and pleasure in
Whose conversation God doth smirch as lie
And yet He shakes His sword before He stri'
So proud and lofty do some people go
Dressing theirselves like players in a show
They patch and paint and dress with idle stuff
As if God had not made 'em fine enough
Even little children learn to curse and swear
And can't rehearse one word of godly prayer
Oh teach them better, oh teach them to rely
On Christ the sinner's friend who reigns on high
Vrijdag 15 juni 1984
Christmas Is Near
Christmas Is Near
Composer(s): Jeanette Wormald
When the spinifex flowers and harvest begins
We know that Christmas is near
When the bitumen shimmers in summer's heat haze
We know that Christmas is near
When the grain trucks cue at the silos
And our town comes alive with its lights
Like small coloured jewels, they sparkle
In the warmth of a December night
So here's to Christmas, red ochre plains and opal blue skies
Late summer evenings and cockatoo dawns
When spirits and temperatures rise
So here's to Christmas, grey kangaroos, the currawong sings
We gather together beneath southern stars
To remember the birth of our King
When cicadas sing harmony in eucalyptus
We know that Christmas is near
When Sunday Schools practise nativity plays
We know that Christmas is near
When the kitchen is busy with baking
Sights and smells of Christmas delights
And friends and families gather, to celebrate into the night
Donderdag 14 juni 1984
It's Going To Take Some Time
It's Going To Take Some Time
Composer(s): Carole King; Toni Stern
First release by: Carole King - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists
It's gonna' to take some time this time
to get myself in shape
I really fell outta line this time
I really missed the gate
the birds on the telephone line (this time)
are calling out to me (this time)
and I won't be so blind next time and I'll find some harmony
and it's gonna' to take some time this time
no matter what I plan
and like the young trees
in the winter time
I'll learn how to bend
after all the tears we've shed
how could we make amends
so it's one more round for experience
and I'm on the road again.....
and it's gonna' to take some time, this time.....
after all the tears we've shed
how could we make amends
so it's one more round for experience
and I'm on the road again...
and it's gonna' to take some time
this time........
Donderdag 14 juni 1984
A Christmas To Remember (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
A Christmas To Remember
Composer(s): Dolly Parton
Performer(s): Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
and multiple other artists
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Strangers meet and willingly surrender
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
Almost went to Aspen but something told me no
I considered Mammoth but there wasn't enough snow
And I even thought of Gatlinburg but that seemed so far to go
So I headed up to Tahoe for a Christmas on the slopes
And I had fantasized about Christmas in this way
Curled up by a fireplace in a Tahoe ski chalet
With a fast talking lover with some slow burning wood
But even in my wildest dreams it never got this good
And you've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Change the radio and I'll turn the lights down dimmer
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
Strangers when we met lovers as we leave
Christmas to remember too good to believe
Don't know how it went but I know we'll meet again
We'll come blowin' back to somewhere like some wild restless winter's wind
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Neath the mistletoe you kissed me warm and tender
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
We loved and laughed and played and joked sang Christmas songs and talked to folks
Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes then to the lodge for dinner
But now it's time for us to go as our hearts melt like chimney snow
There's just one thing I want to know can we do this next winter
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Though the fire is hot we'll just have to let it simmer
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
You've made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of December
Though it's cold outside we'll just stoke the burning embers
Oh oh what a Christmas to remember
Donderdag 14 juni 1984
Christmas Is Love
Christmas Is Love
Composer(s): Rich Alves - T.J. Knight - Jerry Taylor
Performer(s): Alabama
It's that time of year
When the whole world is heart to heart
You can feel love all around you
You can see it everywhere
Christmas is love, it's in the songs we're singin'
Christmas is love, it's fam'lies comin' home
Christmas is love, it's on the children's faces
Christmas is love
Christmas is love, a warm and peaceful feelin'
Chirstmas is love, hear the church bells ring
Christmas is love, it's sharin' in the givin'
Christmas is love
We all gather 'round,
Watch the lights dancin' on the tree
The spirit of the season
You feel it in the air
Christmas is love, it's in the songs we're singin'
Christmas is love, it's fam'lies comin' home
Christmas is love, (it's on the children's faces)
Christmas is love
(Christmas is love), a warm and peaceful feelin'
Christmas is love, just hear the church bells ring
Christmas is love, it's sharin' in the givin'
Christmas is love,
Christmas is love,
Christmas is love
Is love
Woensdag 13 juni 1984
It's Getting Dangerous
