Zondag 14 september 1980
King For A Day
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King For A Day
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Zaterdag 13 september 1980
Two Lovers
Two Lovers
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
First release: Mary Wells - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists
Well, I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers, and I love them both the same
Let me tell you 'bout my first lover:
He's sweet and kind and he's mine, all mine
He treats me good like a lover should
And makes me love him
I really really love him
Wo wo oh (wo oh)
I love him so (love him so)
And I'll do everything I can to let him know
Well, I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers, and I love them both the same
Let me tell you 'bout my other lover:
You know, he treats me bad, makes me sad
Makes me cry, but still I can't deny
That I love him
I really really love him
Wo wo oh (wo oh)
I love him so (love him so)
And I'll do everything I can to let him know
Darling, well
Don't you know that I can tell
Whenever I look at you
That you think that I'm untrue
'Cause I say that I love two
But I really really do
'Cause you're a split personality (personality)
And in reality (reality)
Both of them are you (they both are you)
Well, I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed
Two lovers, and I love them both the same
Two lovers, and I ain't ashamed...
Zaterdag 13 september 1980
Watching The Clouds Roll By
Watching The Clouds Roll By
From the Broadway Show "Animal Crackers" (1928)
Composer(s): Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby
Performer(s): Bernice Ackerman & Milton Watson
Milton:
Nearly ev'ry new day for me was a blue day
My life was just one blue Monday
How the days would drag on, if they had no tag on
I couldn't tell which was Sunday
I kept my eyes on the horizon
But only clouds were there
Nothing could move them or improve them
Nobody seemed to care
Suddenly you stepped in
And happiness crept in
And ev'rything changed in one day
Now you and I can clear the sky.....
Looking for the sun
Two loving hearts are better than one
We'll have lots of fun
Watching the clouds roll by
Cares don't mean a thing
Whether it's Winter, whether it's Spring
While two hearts can sing
Watching the clouds roll by
We'll be as near as love birds
As any two
And, dear, if we're like love birds
What are a few April showers
When it's dark or fair
What does it matter, what do we care
If we both are there
Watching the clouds roll by
Bernice:
Life for me was boredom, each hour was more dumb
Than ev'ry one that preceded
Time would slowly tick off, I wanted to kick off
The hours could not be speeded
I counted all days, Spring and Fall days
Just like so many sheep
Even the night through, I'd go right through
Counting them in my sleep
Suddenly I woke up
And all the clouds broke up
For you were all that I needed
My clouds I find are silver lined
Looking for the sun
Two loving hearts are better than one
We'll have lots of fun
Watching the clouds roll by
Cares don't mean a thing
Whether it's Winter, whether it's Spring
While two hearts can sing
Watching the clouds roll by
We'll be as near as love birds
As any two
And, dear, if we're like love birds
What are a few April showers
When it's dark or fair
What does it matter, what do we care
If we both are there
Watching the clouds roll by
Zaterdag 13 september 1980
King George Street
King George Street
Composer(s): Chris Difford; Glenn Tilbrook
Performer(s): Squeeze
She left in the middle of the night with the kids
Wrapped in a blanket with a packet of crisps
Heading for her mother's on another estate
The kids looked up at the light and the rain
In the middle of the night
Such adventures made
For two little kids
Staying up late
It was rainy and windy
As winter was bleak
At four in the morning on King George Street
She couldn't get to sleep, where on earth had he gone?
The door opened wide and the light went on
He was drunk as a lord with a tyre marked hat
Falling in the hall on top of the cat
Singing viva espana
To a crying wife
He took a swing at the shade
On the light
They were knocking on the door
Dressed like refugees
In the pouring rain on King George Street
She won't have that behavior
In her house anymore
He's got to sober up or get kicked out of the door
Down on the corner, the kids at his feet
As Daddy comes home on King George Street
As Daddy comes home
They stood around the kettle and watched as it brewed
Sneezing into hankies hands all blue
The next evening he came around to the house
With a bunch of flowers; they locked him out
He peered through the window
Mouthed words in the air
Her lips to a cup
She saw him out there
The kids came running
But were they happy to see
Their Daddy back home on King George Street
Their Daddy back home on King George Street
Vrijdag 12 september 1980
Two Lovely Black Eyes
Two Lovely Black Eyes
Composer(s): Charles Coburn
Performer(s): Charles Coburn
Strolling so happy down Bethnal Green
This gay youth you might have seen
Tompkins and I, with his girl between
Oh! what a surprise!
I prais'd the Conservatives frank and free
Tompkins got angry so speedilee
All in a moment he handed to me
Two lovely black eyes!
Next time, I argued I thought it best
To give the conservative side a rest
The merits of Glad-stone I freely pressed
When
Oh! what a surprise!
The chap I had met was a Tory true
Nothing the Liberals right could do
This was my share of that argument too
Two lovely black eyes!
The moral you've caught I can hardly doubt
Never on politics rave and shout
Leave it to others to fight it out, if
You would be wise
Better, far better, it is to let
Lib'rals and Tories alone, you bet
Unless you're willing and anxious to get
Two lovely black eyes!
Two lovely black eyes!
Oh! what a surprise!
Only for telling a man he was wrong
Two lovely black eyes!
Vrijdag 12 september 1980
Ich Singe Dir Ein Liebeslied
Ich Singe Dir Ein Liebeslied
Composer(s): Hans May; Ernst Neubach
Performer(s): Joseph Schmidt
Ich singe dir ein Liebeslied
Ein literatur ......? ziert
Dass so heiß wie meine Sehnsucht blüht
Darf ich dir mein kleines Lied verschenken?
Vielleicht ....? dich mein Lied bewegt
Ich hab' mein Herz hineingelegt
Wenn der Wind zu dir die Töne trägt
Wird so eine Weile mein Gedenken
Meine Wünsche, meine Klagen
Habe ich nie gewagt zu sagen.
Drum singe ich dir ein Liebeslied
Ein Lied in dem die Sehnsucht blüht
Und was mir mit Worten nie gelang
Soll dir heut' Verrater mein Gesang
(Heilfroh, dass du ein Unfall läßt, hier)???
Wie soll ich's sagen dir, damit du nicht von mir gehst
Wenn ich dir mein Herz zu Füßen leg
Weiss ich nur einen Weg, dass du mich verstehst
Ich singe dir ein Liebeslied
Ein literatur ......? ziert
Dass so heiß wie meine Sehnsucht blüht
Darf ich dir mein kleines Lied verschenken?
Vielleicht ....? dich mein Lied bewegt
Ich hab' mein Herz hineingelegt
Wenn der Wind zu dir die Töne trägt
Wird so eine Weile mein Gedenken
Meine Wünsche, meine Klagen
Habe ich nie gewagt zu sagen
Drum singe ich dir ein Liebeslied
Ein Lied in dem die Sehnsucht blüht
Und was mir mit Worten nie gelang
Soll dir heut' Verrater mein Gesang
Vrijdag 12 september 1980
King Kong Song
King Kong Song
Composer(s): Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus
Performer(s): ABBA; Electric Boys
Well I was looking at a movie on the TV last night
Then I had a very funny notion, yeah
I really had to write a song about it
And then I'm gonna sing it with my rock'n' roll band
And I bet the people gonna like it, yeah
I know that everybody's gonna shout it
And what a dreadful mighty killer
A big black wild gorilla
We do the King Kong song, won't you sing along
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
We do the King Kong song, gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Now we can make the jungle out of any old place
We can make gorillas out of people, yeah
Well, who can tell a monkey from a monkey
So people get together, gonna have a good time
Everybody listen to the music, yeah
'Cause what we're gonna sing is kinda funky
So let your arms hang down
And waddle all around
Like a dreadful mighty killer
A big black wild gorilla
We do the King Kong song, won't you sing along
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
We do the King Kong song, gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Like a dreadful mighty killer
A big black wild gorilla
We do the King Kong song, won't you sing along
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
We do the King Kong song, gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
We do the King Kong song, won't you sing along
Listen to the music and it couldn't go wrong
We do the King Kong song, gotta sing along
Can't you hear the beating of the monkey tom-tom
Listen to the rhythm of the King Kong song
Donderdag 11 september 1980
Two Lost Souls
Two Lost Souls
Composer(s): Jerry Ross - Richard Adler
First release: Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass - 1955
Covered by multiple other artists
Two lost souls on the highway of life
We ain’t even got a sister or brother
But ain’t it just great?
Ain’t it just grand?
We got each other
Two lost ships on a stormy sea
One with no sail and one with no rudder
But ain’t it just great?
Ain’t it just grand?
We got each other
Two lost sheep in the wiles of the hills
Far from the other Jacks and Jills
We wandered away and went astray
But we ain’t fussin’ ‘cause we got us ’n
We’re two lost souls on the highway of life
There is no one with whom we would rather
So, ain’t it just great?
Ain’t it just grand?
We got each other
Mama said “No”, so we eloped
And, oh, we ain’t got a castle
For which we hoped
We got a lot
Because we got each other
Donderdag 11 september 1980
Ich Leb' Im Traum
Ich Leb' Im Traum
((Adapted from: I Have A Dream (ABBA) - 1979))
((French Version: Chanter La Vie (Nana Mouskouri))
Composer(s): Benny Andersson - Bjorn Ulvaeus - K. Däumer
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri
Ich leb' im Traum
Singe ein Lied
Der Tag erwacht
Das Dunkel flieht
Ja, ich glaub an Wunder
Bin noch einmal Kind
Wünsche werden Wahrheit
Die vergessen sind
Wie ein Vogel fliegen
Freiheit fühlen
Die mein Lied besingt
In der Sonne liegen
Heimat spüren
Wo Musik erklingt
Durch Zeit und Raum
Leb' ich im Traum
Ich leb im Traum
Singe ein Lied
Der Abend kommt
Das Licht entflieht
Ja, ich glaub an Wunder
Noch mit weißem Haar
Werden auch die Wünsche
Niemals wirklich wahr
Wie ein Vogel fliegen
Freiheit fühlen
Die mein Lied besingt
In der Sonne liegen
Heimat spüren
Wo Musik erklingt
Durch Zeit und Raum
Leb' ich im Traum
Durch Zeit und Raum
Leb' ich im Traum
Ich leb' im Traum
Singe ein Lied
Der Tag erwacht
Das Dunkel flieht
Ja, ich glaub an Wunder
Bin noch einmal Kind
Wünsche werden Wahrheit
Die vergessen sind
Wie ein Vogel fliegen
Freiheit fühlen
Die mein Lied besingt
In der Sonne liegen
Heimat spüren
Wo Musik erklingt
Durch Zeit und Raum
Leb' ich im Traum
Durch Zeit und Raum
Leb' ich im Traum
Donderdag 11 september 1980
King Midas In Reverse
King Midas In Reverse
Composer(s): Graham Nash; Allan Clarke; Tony Hicks
Performer(s): The Hollies;
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; The Posies
If you could only see me
And know exactly who I am
You wouldn't want to be me
Oh I can assure you of that
I'm not the guy to run with
'Cos I'll throw you off the line
I'll break you and destroy you
Given time
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
It's plain to see it's hopeless
Going on that way we are
So even though I lose you
You'd be better of by far
He's not the one to hold your trust
Everything around him turns to dust
In his hand
Nothing he can do is right
He'd even like to sleep at night
But he can't
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
I wish someone would find me
And help me gain control
Before I lose my reason and my soul
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
He's King Midas with a curse
He's King Midas in reverse
Woensdag 10 september 1980
Two Little Orphans
Two Little Orphans
(aka Two Little Children)
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Roy Acuff
and multiple other artists
Two little children, a girl and a boy
Stood by an old church door
The little girls feet were as brown as the curls
That hung upon the dress that she wore
The little boy's coat was all tattered and torn
And tears hung in his blue eyes
Why Don't you go home to your mother I said
And this was the maiden's reply
Mama's in Heaven, Angels took her away
She is gone to that land fair and bright
She said she would come for her darlings some day
Perhaps she will come tonight
We can't earn our bread, we're too little, she said
Jim's five and I'm only seven
We can't earn our living since Papa is dead
And our darling Mama's in heaven
Papa got drowned on the sea long ago
We waited all night by the shore
For he was a lifesaving captain you know
And he never came back anymore
Perhaps, there's no room up in Heaven, she said
For two little darlings to keep
She then placed her hand under Jims little head
She kissed him, and both fell asleep
The sexton came early to ring the church bell
And found them beneath the snow white
The angels made room for two orphans to dwell
In heaven with Mama that night
Woensdag 10 september 1980
Ich Kann Nicht Vergessen
Ich Kann Nicht Vergessen
English & French Titles: I Never Will Marry - 1933/1939; Jamais Je Ne Me Marierai
Composer(s): W. Brandin
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri
Er ging von mir im Morgengrau'n
Zerbrach was uns zwei verband
Und mein Weg wird nun sehr einsam sein
Ich geb keinem mehr die Hand
Ich kann nicht vergessen
Denn er fehlt mir so sehr
Und wo gibt es einen
Der so ist wie er
Sein Zug fuhr fort nach Irgendwo
Ich weiß nicht einmal sein Ziel
Es gibt wohl keine Wiederkehr
Weil soviel in Scherben hier
Ich kann nicht vergessen
Denn er fehlt mir so sehr
Und wo gibt es einen
Der so ist wie er
Kein Tag sieht wie der andre aus
Und das wird auch bei mir so sein
Manch Mädchen schenkt sein Herz auf Zeit
Aber ich bleibe wohl allein
Ich kann nicht vergessen
Denn er fehlt mir so sehr
Und wo gibt es einen
Der so ist wie er
Ich kann nicht vergessen
Denn er fehlt mir so sehr
Und wo gibt es einen
Der so ist wie er
Woensdag 10 september 1980
King Of Pain
King Of Pain
Composer(s): Sting
Performer(s): The Police;
and various other artists
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
There's a little black spot on the sun today
That's my soul up there
It's the same old thing as yesterday
Tha's my soul up there
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
That's my soul up there
There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop
That's my sould up there
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
That's my soul up there
There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall
That's my soul up there
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
That's my soul up there
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
That's my soul up there
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
Ther's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread
King of pain
There's a red fox thorn by a huntsman's pack
That's my soul up there
There's a black winged gull with a broken back
That's my soul up there
There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
King of pain
King of pain
King of pain
I'll always be king of pain
Dinsdag 9 september 1980
Two Little Girls In Blue (The Fairbanks Twins)
Two Little Girls In Blue
Composer(s): Ira Gershwin - Vincent Youmans
Performer(s): Madeline & Marion Fairbanks
(Dolly)
It seems as if this trip
Would take forever and a day
But where there is a will
You know, there has to be a way
(Polly)
I know a million reasons now
Why we should turn and run
But really, I'm so frightened
That I can't remember one
(Both)
With an Irish cook and a wild-man crew
And a mate who is Portuguese and six feet two
Ooh! Ooh! I wonder what they'd do
If they ever knew - if they ever knew -
We were two little girls in blue
Not one
But two little girls in blue
(Polly)
With you along, I know
I won't be very terrified
But dear, you know a trunk's
An awful place in which to hide
(Dolly)
Now be a Pollyana, Polly
And I'm sure you'll find
The trunk as comfy as the two
By four we left behind
(Both)
We can fool the cook and the wild-man crew
For we fooled our mother and our father too
Ooh! ooh! When we made our debut
And the old stork flew - and before they knew -
There were two litttle girls in blue
Not one
But two little girls in blue
Dinsdag 9 september 1980
Ich Halte Dich Schon Warm
Ich Halte Dich Schon Warm
English, French, & Italian Titles: I Will Warm Your Heart; Je Te Réchaufferai; Io Ti Riscalderò
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour
Der Herbst packt seine Koffer jetzt, Helene
Der Winter hat sein buntes Kleid zerfetzt
Was du tätst? Schau nicht so entsetzt, Helene
ich halte dich schon warm
ich halte dich schon warm
Geh'n wir zum Träumen an die Seine, Helene
ein letztes grünes Fleckchen finden wir
wenn's doch zu kühl wird rück zu mir, Helene
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich halte dich schon warm
Dazu lege ich sofort für alle Fälle
gleich meinen Arm um dich
und frierst du auch dann
zieh ich dir auf der Stelle
noch meine Jacke an
Wenn dann vielleicht der Wind sich dreht, Helene
Und nun aus Norden noch viel kälter weht
Dräng dich an mich so nah es geht, Helene
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich halte dich schon warm
Zwingt die Kälte uns dann doch zu fliehen
Ich bring dich und mein Glück in Sicherheit
Mein kleines Zimmer ist nicht weit, Helene
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich schliess die Fenster und die Jalousien
Ich sperr die Tür von innen zweimal zu
Und mach ein Feuer an im Nu, Helene
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich werd mit dem Holz für dich bestimmt nicht geizen
Ist keins mehr da was soll's?
Dann werd ich komplett die Möbel noch verheizen
Nur eines nicht, das Bett
Frierst du dann trotz allem doch, Helene
Noch fester leg ich nur um dich den Arm
Und lieb dich zehnmal heisser noch, Helene
Ich halte dich schon warm
Ich halte dich schon warm
Dinsdag 9 september 1980
King Of The Hill
King Of The Hill
Composer(s): Roger McGuinn; Tom Petty
Performer(s): Roger McGuinn
L.A.'s asleep
You roll up your window
The night air is cold
The freeway is clear
In a green Gucci bag
Are your prized possessions
The jewels of your mind
To hold back the fear
And when Monday comes around
There's a high lonesome sound
And she follows you down for the kill
And a white blinding light
Makes it all seem so right
And you feel like the king of the hill
The driveway is long
Your princess is lovely
Your servants all wait
For your knock on the door
How many years
Will you crawl through the castle
So satisfied
And still wanting more
And when Monday comes around
There's a high lonesome sound
And she follows you down for the kill
And a white blinding light
Makes it all seem so right
And you feel like the king of the hill
The guests have arrived
With all the right faces
But you miss the ball
In that room down the hall
It's sunrise again
The driveway is empty
The crystal is cracked
There's blood on the wall
And when Monday comes around
There's a high lonesome sound
And she follows you down for the kill
And a white blinding light
Makes it all seem so right
And you feel like the king of the hill
Maandag 8 september 1980
Two Little Girls In Blue (Charles Graham)
Two Little Girls In Blue
Composer(s): Charles Graham
An old man gazed on a photograph
In a locket he'd worn for years
His nephew then asked him the reason why
That picture had caused him tears
"Come listen," he said, "I will tell you, lad
A story that's strange, but true!
Your father and I, at the school one day
Met two little girls in blue
That picture is one of those girls," he said
And to me she was once a wife
I thought her unfaithful, we quarrelled lad
And parted that night for life
My fancy of jealousy wronged a heart
A heart that was good and true
For two better girls never lived than they
Those two little girls in blue"
Two little girls in blue, lad
Two little girls in blue
They were sisters, we were brothers
And learned to love the two
And one little girl in blue, lad
Who won your father's heart
Became your mother
I married the other
And now we have drifted apart
Maandag 8 september 1980
Ich Glaub An Dich
Ich Glaub An Dich
Adapted from: I Believe In You - 1980
French Title: Je Crois En Nous - 1984
Composer(s): Roger Cook; Sam Hogin; M. Künze
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri
Ich glaube nicht an Superstars
An Rendezvous in Kellerbars
Ich glaube nicht an Glanz und Ruhm
An Hollywood und Heldentum
Ich glaub nicht, dass man älter wird
Solang das Herz nicht kälter wird
Dass besser ist, wer mehr kassiert
Und dass das Geld die Welt regiert
Ich glaub an Zärtlichkeit
Und ich glaub an Liebe
Und vor allem glaube ich
An nichts so wie an dich
Ich glaub nicht, dass Gott die nur liebt
Die er oft in der Kirche sieht
Ich glaub nicht an Gerechtigkeit
Die nur bestraft und nie verzeiht
An Klugheit, die sich selbst gefällt
Und sich für was Bess'res hält
Ich glaub an kein Moralgesetz
Dass die, die anders sind, verletzt
Ich glaub an Ehrlichkeit
Und ich glaub an Freundschaft
Und vor allem glaube ich
An nichts so wie an dich
Wohin die Reise morgen geht
Wie lange sich die Welt noch dreht
Dass weiß niemand
Doch ich
Glaub ganz fest an dich
Ich glaube nicht an Sicherheit
An Pillen gegen Traurigkeit
An Kunst, die niemand mehr versteht
An Fortschritt, der nur rückwärts geht
Ich glaub nicht an den Unterschied
Von Schwarz und Weiß und Nord und Süd
Ich glaub's nicht, wenn man mir erzählt
Dass nichts mehr gut ist auf der Welt
Ich glaub an Selbstvertrau'n
Und ich glaub an Morgen
Und vor allem glaube ich
An nichts so wie an dich
Ich glaub an Zärtlichkeit
Und ich glaub an Liebe
Und vor allem glaube ich
An nichts so wie an dich
Maandag 8 september 1980
King Of The Road
King Of The Road
Composer(s): Roger Miller
Performer(s): Roger Miller;
and various other artists
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah but two hours of pushin' broom
Buys a eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means,
King of the road
Third boxcar midnight train, destination Bangor, Maine
Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues
I smoke old stogies I have found,
Short but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means,
King of the road
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked when no-one's around
I sing...
Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets, I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah but two hours of pushin' broom
Buys a eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road
Zondag 7 september 1980
Two Little Girls From Little Rock
