Zaterdag 22 februari 1997
Watching The River Run
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Watching The River Run
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Vrijdag 21 februari 1997
A Windmill In Old Amsterdam
A Windmill In Old Amsterdam
Composer(s): Teddy Dicks - Myles Rudge
Performer(s): Ronnie Hilton
and multiple other artists
A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam
A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousin'
He sang every morning, "How lucky I am
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
A little mouse with clogs on
Well I declare!
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
This mouse he got lonesome, he took him a wife
A windmill with mice in, it's hardly surprisin'
She sang every morning, "How lucky I am
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
A little mouse with clogs on
Well I declare!
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
First they had triplets and then they had quins
A windmill with quins in, and triplets and twins in
They sang every morning, "How lucky we are
Living in a windmill in Amsterdam, ya!"
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
A little mouse with clogs on
Well I declare!
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
The daughters got married and so did the sons
The windmill had christ'nin's when no one was list'nin'
They all sang in chorus, "How lucky we am
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
A little mouse with clogs on
Well I declare!
Going clip-clippety-clop on the stair
Oh yeah
A mouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice
There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice
Vrijdag 21 februari 1997
Watching The River Flow
Watching The River Flow
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Bob Dylan
What's the matter with me?
I don't have much to say
Daylight's sneaking' through the window
And I'm still in this all night cafe
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city instead of this old bank of sand
With the sun beatin' down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow
People disagreein' on just about everything, yeah
Makes you stop and wonder why
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
Who just couldn't help but cry
Chorus
Oh, but this old river keeps on rollin' though
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
And as long as it does I just sit here
And watch the river flow
People disagreein' everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was really shook
[Chorus]
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow
Watching the river flow
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow
Donderdag 20 februari 1997
A Wilderness
A Wilderness
Composer(s): Laura Nyro
Performer(s): Laura Nyro
Cinnamon hills
Sweet child
And waves of whisper blue
Earth calls to you
Every day in every way
Momma's puttin' on some warpaint
For a little bit of combat
You asked the reason
You gotta fight for your freedom
Sometimes everyday
In every way
Many people pass by
Caught up in roles and rules
Many rivers run free
I don't wanna' crush
The wilderness in you child
Or the wilderness in me
How do we keep them both alive?
Somehow they must survive
Somehow they must survive
We go together
Through the changing seasons
Hearts afire
You know the world needs it
Everyday in every way
Little darling
Zap
Touch the earth child
Heaven and earth child
Ahm ahm ahm
Is that a monster?
Yep - no, a crocodile
Ee's eatin' the bed
See im?
Ahm ahm ahm
I'm ona eat mommy
And bed all up!
Ahm ahm ahm
A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me
Donderdag 20 februari 1997
Watching The Late, Late Show
Watching The Late, Late Show
Composer(s): Don Covay
Performer(s): Don Covay; The Fondas
Another night
Everyone's asleep but me
But I guess I better
See what's on T.V.
Lookin' at the face
Of a clock on the wall
It said, 'Don, your baby
Won't be home again tonight at all'
Just another night
For waitin' for you, honey
Watchin' the late, late, show
I'm just ten cent away
By telephone
But you won't call
You won't bring it home
The ceilins' are easin' down
My walls are movin' in
I got you on my mind
Don't know what picture I'm watching
In the midnight hour
Wanting you in my arms, honey
Watching the late, late, show
What cha tryin' to do drive me crazy?
Ooo-yeah!
Babe, I need your company, yeah!
Don't go to strangers
Don't go to strangers
Come on! (come on!)
Come on! (come on!)
Come on! (come on!)
Come home again, yeah!
When you walk in
I won't ask you where you've been
I just wanna hold you
Before you leave again
In the midnight hour
I just wanna be with you
When I'm watching the late, late, show
Ooo!
Watchin' the late, late, show
Ooo!
Watchin' the late late show
Ooo!
Watchin' the late, late, show
Ooo!
Watchin' the late, ...
Woensdag 19 februari 1997
Watching The Detectives
Watching The Detectives
Composer(s): Elvis Costello
Performer(s): Elvis Costello;
and various other artists
Nice girls, not one with a defect
cellophane shrink-wrapped, so correct
Red dogs under illegal legs
She looks so good that he gets down and begs
She is watching the detectives, ooh - "he's so cute"
She is watching the detectives when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot
They beat him up until the tear-drops start
But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart
Long shot of that jumping sign
Visible shivers running down my spine
Cut the baby taking off her clothes
Close-up of the sign that says "We never close"
You snatch a tune, you match a cigarrette
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet
I don't know how much more of this I can take
She filing her finger nails while they're dragging the lake
She is . . .
You think you're alone until you realize you're in it
Now your fear is here to stay
Love is here for a visit
They call is instant justice when it's past the legal limit
Someone's scratching at the window
I wonder who is it?
The detectives come to check if you belong to the parents
who are ready to hear the worst about their daughter's disappearance
Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay
it only took my little fingers to blow you away
Just like watching the detectives
Don't get cute
It's just like watching the detectives
I get so angry when the tear-drops start
but he can't be wounded cause he's got no heart
Watching the detectives
It's just like watching the detectives
Watching the detectives
Watching the detectives
Dinsdag 18 februari 1997
Een Nieuw Begin
Een Nieuw Begin
((Adapted from: A Whole New World (Brad Kane & Lea Salonga) - 1992
Composer(s): Tim Rice - Alan Menken - Jan Derk Beck - Johnny Kraaijkamp Jr.
Performer(s): Garry Hagger & Sophia - 1998
Aladdin:
Onze wereld is mooi, spannend, schitterend, stralend
Het is een wereld waarin je al je zorgen snel vergeet
Ik maak je horizon breed
toon je wonder na wonder
Alles even bijzonder op een Perzisch toverkleed
Vlieg met me mee
Van nu af zijn we beide vrij
Niemand die ons gebied mag wel mag niet
Of zegt dat wij maar dromen
Jasmine:
Vlieg met je mee
het is of ik door de ruimte glij
Wij staan nu samen in een nieuw begin
Een nieuwe wereld wacht op jou en mij
Aladdin:
Een nieuwe wereld wacht op jou en mij
Jasmine:
Eindelijk helemaal vrij
Wie had dat durven denken
Zweven, tuimelen en zwenken
Al die ruimte voor jou en mij
Vlieg met je mee
Aladdin:
Geef je ogen de kost
Jasmine:
Hoe is dit alles ooit ontstaan
Aladdin:
Het is adembenemend
Jasmine:
Ik ben net een meteoor ik schiet maar door
Het is nou telaat om nu nog terug te gaan
Aladdin:
Een nieuw begin
Jasmine:
Alles even subliem
Aladdin:
Mijn hart is vol van geluk
Jasmine:
Het is net of we dromen
Samen:
Wij staan nu midden in een nieuw begin
deze wereld deel ik het liefst met jou
Aladdin:
Een nieuw begin
Jasmine:
Een nieuw begin
Aladdin:
Wij zijn nu vrij
Jasmine:
Wij zijn nu vrij
Aladdin:
Wij staan nu in
Jasmine:
Een nieuw begin
Samen:
Voor jou en mij
Dinsdag 18 februari 1997
Watching The Clothes
Watching The Clothes
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
Performer(s): The Pretenders
Oh, Saturday night
Mmm, everyone's having fun
I'm at the laundromat
Trying to get my washing done
Like I've done before
Time and time again
Watching the clothes go 'round
Another week sees its end
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Oh, I've been working hard
Mmm, trying to make some money
Would you like sour cream
On your potato, honey
I've been kissing ass
Trying to keep clean
Serving the middle class
Yeah, it's a clean routine
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
The dirty whites
Mmm, getting whiter
The dirty colors
Getting brighter
The dirty delicates
Do the final rinse
There goes my Saturday night
I go without a fight
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Watching the clothes go 'round
Maandag 17 februari 1997
Whole Lotta Things To Sing About
Whole Lotta Things To Sing About
Composer(s): Ben Peters
Performer(s): Charley Pride
I've got a whole lot of things to sing about
I've gotta whole lotta things to say
Like I love you and I need you
Every night and day
I've gotta a whole lot of things I wanna do
I've gotta a whole lotta dreams to dream
And I want you here beside me
Every step of the way
I was lonely as anyone could ever be
'Til you came along and gave your love to me
Now that empty world that you just walked into
Is filled with sunshine and music and the song is you
I've got a whole lot of things to sing about
I've gotta whole lotta things to say
Like I love you and I need you
Every night and day
I've gotta a whole lot of things I wanna do
I've gotta a whole lotta dreams to dream
And I want you here beside me
Every step of the way
People wonder just what has happened to me
They say I'm not at all the way I used to be
They don't realize I've just begun to live
And I'm wrapped up completely in all the love you give
I've got a whole lot of things to sing about
I've gotta whole lotta things to say
Like I love you and I need you
Every night and day
I've gotta a whole lot of things I wanna do
I've gotta a whole lotta dreams to dream
And I want you here beside me
Every step of the way...
Maandag 17 februari 1997
Watching Scotty Grow
Watching Scotty Grow
Composer(s): Mac Davis
Performer(s): Mac Davis;
and various other artists
There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad
He's a handsome lad
That's my boy
B-R-L-F-Q spells Mom and Dad
That ain't too bad
That's my boy
You can have your TV and your nightclubs
You can have your drive-in picture shows
I'll sit here and drink a beer and listen to the radio
Bidin' my time and and watching Scotty grow
Makin' castles out of building blocks
And a cardboard box
That's my boy
Mickey Mouse says it's thirteen o'clock
Well, that's quite a shock
But that's my boy
In four short years I've gone from rags to riches
But what I did before that I don't know
Well you can let it rain on my windowpane, I got my own rainbow
And we're just sittin' here shinin' watching Scotty grow
Up on daddy's shoulders and off to bed
Old sleepy head
That's my boy
Got to have a drink of water and a story read
An old teddy bear named Fred
That's my boy
Well, what's that your say Momma, come on and keep your feet warm
Well save me a place, I'll be there in a minute or so
I'll think I'll stay right here and say a little prayer before I go
'Cause me and God are watching Scotty grow
Me and God watching are Scotty grow
Zondag 16 februari 1997
A Whole Lot Of Lovin'
A Whole Lot Of Lovin'
Composer(s): Jules Bihari - Riley King
Performer(s): B.B. King; Jimmy Burns
I got a whole lot o' lovin', baby, just waiting for you
I got a whole lot o' loving, baby, just waitin' for you
And the way I can love you woman, honey, I know you can love me too
Well, you're so good lookin', baby, and your built up from the ground
Well, you're so good lookin', baby, and your built up from the ground
Ev'ry time I see you baby, my love starts tumblin' down
Yeah, you're just my height baby, just my height and size
Say, you just my type babe, you just my height and size
And the reason I love you, because you got them little dreamy eyes
Zondag 16 februari 1997
Watching My Past Go By
Watching My Past Go By
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb
I'm sitting here alone
So many years have gone
And yet it seems like only yesterday
That you were by my side
We laughed dear and we cried
Those memories refused to go away
There's memories that always bring me sorrow
And memories I'll treasure till I die
No matter what they bring
I wouldn't change a thing
I'm sitting here Watching My Past Go By
Ah here’s Leon
There's smiling eyes of blue
Would love light shining through
Then like a flash those eyes seem strange and cold
The picture that I see is only meant for me
Just memories I’ve locked within my soul
There's memories that always bring me sorrow
And memories I'll treasure till I die
No matter what they bring
I wouldn't change a thing
I'm sitting here Watchin' My Past Go By
Zaterdag 15 februari 1997
A Wink And A Smile
A Wink And A Smile
Composer(s): Ramsey McLean - Marc Shaiman
Performer(s): Harry Connick Jr.
and multiple other artists
I remember the days
of just keeping time
of hanging around in sleepy towns, forever
Back roads empty for miles
well you cant have a dream
and cut it to fit
but when I saw you, I knew
we go together, like a wink and a smile
Leave your old jallopy
by the railroad track
we'll get a hip, double dip, tip toppy, 2 seat pontiac
So you can rev her up
don't go slow
It's only green lights and alright
let's go together with a wink and a smile
Give me a wink and a smile
We go together like a wink and a smile
Now my heart is music
such a simple song
singing again, the notes never end
this is where I belong
Just the sound of your voice
the light in your eyes
Your so far away from yesterday
Together, with a wink and a smile
We go together, like a wink and a smile
Zaterdag 15 februari 1997
Watchin' Joey Glow
Watchin' Joey Glow
Composer(s): Steve Goodman; Sean Kelly
Performer(s): Steve Goodman
Down here in the shelter, we've got everything we need
Mom put up her peach preserves
Pa's got a book to read
Sister knits some bandages, and we turn the lights down low
And play some Scrabble, watching Joey glow
At breakfast Mom hands Joe the bread, and he turns it into toast
Last night he hugged a leg of lamb, and soon we had a roast
You should see him heat the coffee up when he stirs it with his toe
We all get hungry, watching Joey glow
You have to wear dark glasses if you look at him a while
Or he'll fry your little eyes out with his incandescant smile
At Chistmastime, it sure felt strange, but it was great to see
The way we decorated Joe as if he was our tree
And his star was shining brightly underneath the mistletoe
So we blew him kisses, watching Joey glow
I hope the world's not over, for my sake and for his
I'd love for everyone to know how brilliant Joey is
We've been down here for six months now, and we're proud to be alive
We owe it to America to sit here and survive
So we listen to the static on the short wave radio
And count the shock waves, watching Joey glow
Vrijdag 14 februari 1997
Watch What Happens
Watch What Happens
Composer(s): Michel Legrand; Jacques Demy; Norman Gimbel
Performer(s): Andy Williams;
and various other artists
Let someone start believing in you
Let him hold out his hand
Let him touch you and watch what happens
One someone who can look in your eyes
And see into your heart
Let him find you and watch what happens
Cold, no I won't believe your heart is cold
Maybe just afraid to be broken again
Let someone with a deep love to give
Give that deep love to you
And what magic you'll see
Let someone with a deep love to give
Give that deep love to you
And what magic you'll see
Let someone give his heart
Someone who cares like me
Let someone give his heart
Someone who cares like me
Donderdag 13 februari 1997
Whistling Tune
Whistling Tune
Composer(s): Sherman Edwards - Hal David
Performer(s): Elvis Presley
Did you ever notice when the sun goes down
Out of nowhere comes a strange and pretty sound
It's a whistling tune for walking in the night
If you listen you can hear it in the breeze
Specially when the breeze is drifting through the trees
It's a whistling tune for walking in the night
And the murmuring waters sing the song
The echoing mountains hum along
The whispering valleys fill the air
With a whistling tune our hearts can share
It's so wonderful to walk beneath the moon
Listening to old mother nature's favorite tune
It's a whistling tune for walking in the night
Donderdag 13 februari 1997
Watch The North Wind Rise
Watch The North Wind Rise
Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen
Performer(s): Hot Tuna
Up in the morning watch the north wind rise
Bringin' fire down from the skies
Hey, we got a long way to go
So keep on lovin' and make it slow
chorus:
We're goin' home
Won't be long
Hearing my song
That lovin' you ain't never done no wrong
Well, night time falls like the crack of doom
Fills the sky with a shinin' moon
Silver siren just got to please
Well, fuel me with lovin' down in my knees
chorus
Well, babe be mine one more time
Run your hand down my spine
If you say we've got to go
Take some time for just one more
Well, up in the morning watch the north wind rise
Bringin' fire down from the skies
Hey, we got a long way to go
So keep on lovin' and make it slow
chorus
Well, babe be mine one more time
Run your hand down my spine
If you say we've got to go
Take some time for just one more
Well, babe be mine one more time
Run your hand down my spine
If you say we've got to go
Take some time for just one more
Woensdag 12 februari 1997
Well Respected Man
Well Respected Man
((French Version: Un Jeune Homme Bien (by Petula Clark))
Composer(s): Ray Davies
Performer(s): The Kinks
and multiple other artists
'Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality
It never fails
And he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
And his mother goes to meetings
While his father pulls the maid
And she stirs the tea with councilors
While discussing foreign trade
And she passes looks, as well as bills
At every suave young man
'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
And he likes his own backyard
And he likes his fags the best
'Cause he's better than the rest
And his own sweat smells the best
And he hopes to grab his father's loot
When Pater passes on
'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
And he plays at stocks and shares
And he goes to the Regatta
And he adores the girl next door
'Cause he's dying to get at her
But his mother knows the best about
The matrimonial stakes
'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively
Woensdag 12 februari 1997
Watch The Flowers Grow
Watch The Flowers Grow
Composer(s): Raymond Bloodworth; L. Russell Brown
Performer(s): Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
[Watch the flowers grow, watch 'em grow]
Did you ever see a flower grow?
If you did then you would surely know
Love is like the flowers
Takes a lot of hours
If you really want to know
Watch the flowers grow
Listen to my thoughts and take a ride
I shall give you all you've been denied
First you gotta slow down
Listen to my sweet sound
If you really want to know
Watch the flowers grow
Over the mountain there's a sweet meadow
A breeze is blowin', so take my hand and we can
Watch the flowers grow
Let me take you where the flowers grow
Let me be the one who told you so
I'll love you forever,
I will leave you never
Baby let's go,
Watch the flowers grow.
[Watch the flowers grow, watch 'em grow]
[Repeat]
Dinsdag 11 februari 1997
A Well-Known Has-Been
