Donderdag 9 december 2004
Ballad For The Fallen Soldier
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Ballad For The Fallen Soldier
Composer(s): Ronald Isley - Rudolph Isley - O'Kelly Isley - Ernie Isley - Marvin Isley - Chris Jasper
Performer(s): The Isley Brothers
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Woensdag 8 december 2004
Laat Ons Goede Vrienden Zijn
Laat Ons Goede Vrienden Zijn
Composer(s): Rocco Granata - Ke Riema
Performer(s): Marva
Laat ons goede vrienden zijn
Ook al wensen wij misschien
Meer voor elkaar te betekenen
Veel meer in elkaar te zien
Laat ons goede vrienden
Neem m'n hand en geef me raad
Spreek me echter nooit van liefde
Nu is het daarvoor te laat
Omdat m'n hart reeds aan een ander toebehoort
En omdat jij ook trouw moet blijven aan je woord
Om niet te leven, voortgedreven door bedrog en valse schijn
Mogen wij twee alleen maar goede vrienden zijn
Zo jij werkelijk om me geeft
Ook al doet het je wat pijn
Mocht je mij het nu bewijzen
Laat ons goede vrienden zijn
Omdat m'n hart reeds aan een ander toebehoort
En omdat jij ook trouw moet blijven aan je woord
Om niet te leven, voortgedreven door bedrog en valse schijn
Mogen wij twee alleen maar goede vrienden zijn
Laat ons goede vrienden zijn
Waarom zou dit niet volstaan
Meer kan jij echt niet verlangen
Dring dus maar niet verder aan
Laat ons goede vrienden zijn
Woensdag 8 december 2004
Ballad For Americans
Ballad For Americans
Composer(s): Earl Robinson - John LaTouche
Performer(s): Paul Robeson; Earl Robinson
In seventy-six the sky was red
thunder rumbling overhead
Bad King George couldn't sleep in his bed
And on that stormy morn, Ol' Uncle Sam was born
Some birthday!
Ol' Sam put on a three cornered hat
And in a Richmond church he sat
And Patrick Henry told him that while America drew breath
It was "Liberty or death"
What kind of hat is a three-cornered hat?
Did they all believe in liberty in those days?
Nobody who was anybody believed it
Ev'rybody who was anybody they doubted it
Nobody had faith
Nobody but Washington, Tom Paine, Benjamin Franklin
Chaim Solomon, Crispus Attucks, Lafayette
Nobodies
The nobodies ran a trea party at Boston
Betsy Ross organized a sewing circle
Paul Revere had a horse race
And a little ragged group believed it
And some gentlemen and ladies believed it
And some wise men and some fools, and I believed it too
And you know who I am
No
Who are you mister?
Yeah, how come all this?
Well, I'll tell you
It's like this...
No let us tell you
Mister Tom Jefferson, a mighty fine man
He wrote it down in a mighty fine plan
And the rest all signed it with a mighty fine hand
As they crossed thier T's and dotted their I's
A bran' new country did arise
And a mighty fine idea
"Adopted unanimously in Congress July 4, 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights
That among these rights are
Life, Yes sir!
Liberty, That's right!
And the pursuit of happiness"
Is that what they said?
The very words
That does sound mighty fine
Building a nation is awful tough
The people found the going rough
Still nobody who was anybody believed it
Everybody who anybody they stayed at home
But Lewis and Clarke and the pioneers
Driven by hunger, haunted by fears
The Klondike miners and the forty niners
Some wanted freedom and some wanted riches
Some liked to loaf while others dug ditches
But they believed it
And I believed it too
And you know who I am
No, who are you anyway, Mister?
Well, you see it's like this
I started to tell you
I represent the whole...
Why that's it!
Let my people go
That's the idea!
Old Abe Lincoln was thin and long
His heart was high and his faith was strong
But he hated oppression, he hated wrong
And he went down to his grave to free the slave
A man in white skin can never be free while his black brother is in slavery
"And we here highly resolve that these dead shall not haave died in vain
And this government of the people, by the people and for the people
Shall not perish from the Earth"
Abraham Lincoln said that on November 19, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
And he was right
I believe that too
Say, we still don't know who you are, mister
Well, I started to tell you...
The machine age came with a great big roar
As America grew in peace and war
And a million wheels went around and 'round
The cities reached into the sky
And dug down deep into the ground
And some got rich and some got poor
But the people carried through
So our country grew
Still nobody who was anybody believed it
Everybody who was anybody they doubted it
And they are doubting still
And I guess they always will
But who cares what they say whem I am on my way
Say, will you please tell us who you are?
What's your name, Buddy?
Where you goin'?
Who are you?
Well, I'm the everybody who's nobody
I'm the nobody who's everybody
What's your racket?
What do you do for a living?
Well, I'm an
Engineer, musician, street cleaner, carpenter, teacher
How about a farmer?
Also
Office clerk?
Yes sir!
That's right
Certainly!
Factory worker?
You said it
Yes ma'am
Absotively!
Posolutely!
Truck driver?
Definitely!
Miner, seamstress, ditchdigger, all of them
I am the "etceteras" and the "and so forths" that do the work
Now hold on here, what are you trying to give us?
Are you an American?
Am I an American?
I'm just an Irish, Jewish, Italian
French and English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Polish
Scotch, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, Greek and Turk and Czech
And that ain't all
I was baptized Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist, Luthern,
Atheist, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist
Mormon, Quaker, Christian Scientist and lots more
You sure are something
Our country's strong, our country's young
And her greatest songs are still unsung
From her plains and mountains we have sprung
To keep the faith with those who went before
We nobodies who are anybody believe it
We anybodies who are everybody have no doubts
Out of the cheating, out of the shouting
Deep as our valleys
High as our mountains
Strong as the people who made it
For I have always believed it, and I believe it now
And now you know who I am
Who are you?
America! America!
Dinsdag 7 december 2004
Laat Ons Een Bloem
Laat Ons Een Bloem
((Adapted from: Leave Them A Flower (by Wally Whyton) - 1969))
Composer(s): Wally Whyton - Phil Van Cauwenbergh
Performer(s): Louis Neefs - 1970
Dit is een lied voor de mensen die zorgen
Dat morgen de mensen al dood zullen zijn
Dit is een lied voor de doden van morgen
Begraven, bekist in een stenen woestijn
Laat ons een bloem en wat gras dat nog groen is
Laat ons een boom en het zicht op de zee
Vergeet voor één keer hoeveel geld een miljoen is
De wereld die moet nog een eeuwigheid mee
Je breekt en je hakt en je boort door de bergen
Je maakt elke heuvel gelijk met de grond
De reuzen van nu lijken morgen maar dwergen
Vooruitgang vernield wat er gisteren nog stond
Laat ons een bloem en wat gras dat nog groen is
Laat ons een boom en het zicht op de zee
Vergeet voor één keer hoeveel geld een miljoen is
De wereld die moet nog een eeuwigheid mee
De vis in de zeeën vergiftigd, gestorven
Het zand op de stranden vervuild door mazout
En jij door je tankers en chequeboek bedorven
Je weet zelfs niet meer waar de meeuw heeft gebroed
Laat ons een bloem en wat gras dat nog groen is
Laat ons een boom en het zicht op de zee
Vergeet voor één keer hoeveel geld een miljoen is
De wereld die moet nog een eeuwigheid mee
En zo zal dan morgen het leven verdwijnen
Verslagen door staal en gewapend beton
De maan zal dan koud op je nachtmerrie schijnen
Geen mens die nog weet hoe het einde begon
Laat ons een bloem en wat gras dat nog groen is
Laat ons een boom en het zicht op de zee
Vergeet voor één keer hoeveel geld een miljoen is
De wereld die moet nog een eeuwigheid mee
De wereld die moet nog een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Een eeuwigheid mee
Dinsdag 7 december 2004
Ballad For A Friend
Ballad For A Friend
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Bob Dylan
Sad I'm sittin' on the railroad track
Watchin' that old smokestack
Train is a-leavin' bit it won't be back
Years ago we hung around
Watchin' trains roll through the town
Now that train is a-graveyard bound
Where we go up in that North Country
Lakes and streams and mines so free
I had no better friend than he
Something happened to him that day
I thought I heard a stranger say
I hung my head and stole away
A diesel truck was rollin' slow
Pullin' down a heavy load
It left him on a Utah road
They carried him back to his home town
His mother cried, his sister moaned
Listin' to them church bells tone
Maandag 6 december 2004
Leave Them A Flower
Leave Them A Flower
((Dutch Version: Laat Ons Een Bloem (by Louis Neefs) - 1970))
Composer(s): Wally Whyton
First release by: Wally Whyton - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists
I speak on behalf of the next generation
My sons and my daughters their children to come
What will you leave them for their recretion
An oil slick, a pylon, an industrial slum?
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
A hill and a valley, a view to the sea
These things are not yours to destroy as you want to
A gift given once for eternity
You plunder, you pillage, you tear and you tunnel
Trees lying tumbled, roots reach for the sky
Building a land for machines and computers
In the name of progress the farms have to die
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
A hill and a valley. a view to the sea
These things are not yours to destroy as you want to
A gift given once for eternity
Fish in the ocean, polluted and poisoned
The sand on the beaches, all stinking and black
You with your tankers, your banks and investments
Say "Never worry, the birds will come back"
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
A hill and a valley. a view to the sea
These things are not yours to destroy as you want to
A gift given once for eternity
When the last flower has dropped its last petal
When the last concrete is finally laid
The moon will shine cold on a nightmarish landscape
Your gift to our children, this world that you made
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
A hill and a valley. a view to the sea
These things are not yours to destroy as you want to
A gift given once for eternity
Maandag 6 december 2004
Balla Linda
Balla Linda
((English Version: Bella Linda (by The Grass Roots) - 1968))
Composer(s): Lucio Battisti - Mogol
First release by: Lucio Battisti - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists
Occhi azzurri, belli come i suoi
Linda forse non li hai
ridi sempre, non parli mai d'amore
però non sai mentire mai
tu non mi lasci mai
ti cerco e tu ... e tu ci sei
ti cerco e tu, mi dai quel che puoi
non fai come lei, no non fai come lei
tu non prendi tutto quello che vuoi...
balla Linda, balla come sai
balla Linda, non fermarti
balla Linda, balla come sai
Zondag 5 december 2004
Laat Mij Alleen
Laat Mij Alleen
Composer(s): J. Sluszuy - Jimmy Frey - Nelly Byl
Performer(s): Jimmy Frey
Laat mij alleen
Alleen met mijn verdriet
Blijf daar niet staan
Mijn hartprobleem
Gaat niemand aan
Laat mij met rust
Mijn stem breekt van de pijn
Vraag mij niet langer uit
Hoe kan je zo nieuwsgierig zijn
Geef me geen raad
Ik heb je niets gevraagd
Kijk me vooral niet aan
Als in men ogen tranen staan
Vergeet je leed, laat je niet gaan
Spoedig gezegd maar niet gedaan
Laat mij alleen, ga liever heen, voordat ik ween
Laat mij alleen
Alleen met mijn verdriet
Blijf daar niet staan
Mijn hartprobleem
Gaat niemand aan
Er is een tijd van komen en van gaan
Een hart breekt nu en dan
De wereld blijft daarom niet staan
't Gaat wel voorbij
Aan alles komt een eind
Ook aan een groot verdriet
En van de liefde sterf je niet
Ik ken dit lied zo goed als jij
Maak je vooral geen zorg om mij
Laat mij alleen
Ga liever heen
Voordat ik ween
Laat mij alleen
Alleen met mijn verdriet
Blijf daar niet staan
Mijn hartprobleem
Gaat niemand aan
Laat mij alleen
Alleen met mijn verdriet
Blijf daar niet staan
Mijn hartprobleem
Gaat niemand aan
Zondag 5 december 2004
Balla Balla Ballerino
Balla Balla Ballerino
Composer(s): Lucio Dalla
Performer(s): Lucio Dalla
Balla balla ballerino
tutta la notte e al mattino non fermarti
balla su una tavola tra due montagne
e se balli sulle onde del mare io ti vengo a guardare
Prendi il cielo con le mani
vola in alto più degli aeroplani
non fermarti
sono pochi gli anni, forse sono solo giorni
e stan finendo tutti in fretta
e in fila non ce n'è uno che ritorni
Allora balla non aver paura
se la notte è fredda e scura
non pensare
alla pistola che hai puntato
contro balla alla luce di mille sigarette e di una luna
che t'illumina a giorno
balla al mistero
in questo mondo che brucia
in fretta quello che ieri era vero
dammi retta non sarà vero domani
ferma con quelle tue mani
il treno Palermo-Francoforte
per la mia commozione c'è un ragazzo al finestrino
gli occhi verdi che sembrano di vetro
corri e ferma quel treno, fallo tornare indietro...
Balla anche per tutti i violenti
veloci di mano e coi coltelli e accidenti!
Se capissero vedendoti ballare
di essere morti da sempre anche se possono respirare
Vola e balla sul cuore malato
illuso, sconfitto, poi abbandonato
senza amore
dall'uomo che confonde la luna con il sole
senza avere coltelli in mano ma nel suo povero cuore
Allora vieni angelo benedetto
prova a mettere i piedi sul suo petto
e stancarti
a ballare al ritmo del motore
e alle grandi parole di una canzone
canzone d'amore
ecco il mistero
sotto il cielo di ferro e di gesso
l'uomo riesce ad amare lo stesso
e ama davvero senza nessuna certezza
che commozione, che tenerezza...
Zaterdag 4 december 2004
Laat Me Niet Alleen
Laat Me Niet Alleen
((Adapted from: Ne Me Quitte Pas (by Simone Langlois) - 1959))
Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Ernst van Altena
Performer(s): Jacques Brel - 1961
and multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1962 - Non Andare Via (by Gino Paoli)
1963 - Bitte Geh' Nicht Fort (by Marlene Dietrich)
1966 - If You Go Away (by Damita Jo)
1968 - Se Você Voltar (by Agnaldo Timóteo)
1984 - Ala Vetää Vaan (by Susanna Haavisto)
1990 - Não Me Deixes Mais (by Raimundo Fagner)
2002 - Non Lasciarmi Solo (by Duilio Del Prete)
Laat me niet alleen
Toe vergeet de strijd
Toe vergeet de nijd
Laat me niet alleen
En die domme tijd
Vol van misverstand
Ach, vergeet hem, want
't Was verspilde tijd
Hoe vaak hebben wij
Met een snijdend woord
Ons geluk vermoord
Kom, dat is voorbij
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Lief, ik zoek voor jou
In 't stof van de wegen
De paarlen van regen
De paarlen van dauw
Ik zal al mijn leven
Werken zonder rust
Om jou licht en lust
Goud en goed te geven
Ik sticht een gebied
Waar de liefde troont
Waar de liefde loont
Waar jouw wil geschiedt
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Ik bedenk voor jou
Woorden rood en blauw
Taal voor jou alleen
En met warme mond
Zeggen wij elkaar
Eens was er een paar
Dat zichzelf weer vond
Ook vertel ik jou
Van de koning die
Stierf van nostalgie
Hunkerend naar jou
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Want uit een vulkaan
Die was uitgeblust
Breekt zich na wat rust
Toch het vuur weer baan
En op oude grond
Ziet men vaak het graan
Heel wat hoger staan
Dan op verse grond
Het wit mint het zwart
Zwakheid mint de kracht
Daglicht mint de nacht
Mijn hart mint jouw hart
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Nee, ik huil niet meer
Nee, ik spreek niet meer
Want ik wil alleen
Horen hoe je praat
Kijken hoe je lacht
Weten hoe je zacht
Door de kamer gaat
Nee, ik vraag niet meer
'k Wil je schaduw zijn
'k Wil je voetstap zijn
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen
Laat me niet alleen...
Zaterdag 4 december 2004
Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
Composer(s): Barrett Strong - Norman Whitfield
First release by: The Temptations - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
People moving out
People moving in
why, because of the color of their skin
run, run, run but you sho' can't hide
An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
vote for me and I'll set you free
rap on, brother, rap on
The only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher
and it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher
segregation, determination, demonstration, intergration
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball of confusion, oh yeah
That's what the world is today, hey
The sale of pills are at an all time high
young folks walking round with their heads in the sky
the cities ablaze in the summertime, and oh the beat goes on
evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul
shooting rockets to the moon
kids growing up too soon
politicians say more taxes, will solve everything
and the band played on
So, round and around and around we go
where the world's headed, nobody knows
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talking to you
just a ball of confusion, oh yeah
that's what the world is today, hey
Fear in the air, tension everywhere
unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record's a gas
and the only safe place to live, is on an indian reservation
and the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction
city inspectors, bill collectors
mod clothes in demand
population out of hand
suicide, too many bills
hippies moving to the hills
people all over the world are shouting end the war
and the band played on
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talking to you
just a ball of confusion
that's what the world is today, hey
Vrijdag 3 december 2004
Se Você Voltar
Se Você Voltar
((Adapted from: Ne Me Quitte Pas (by Simone Langlois) - 1959))
Composer(s): Jacques Brel - Romeo Nunes
Performer(s): Agnaldo Timóteo - 1968
Titles In Other Languages:
1961 - Laat Me Niet Alleen (by Jacques Brel)
1962 - Non Andare Via (by Gino Paoli)
1963 - Bitte Geh' Nicht Fort (by Marlene Dietrich)
1966 - If You Go Away (by Damita Jo)
1984 - Ala Vetää Vaan (by Susanna Haavisto)
1990 - Não Me Deixes Mais (by Raimundo Fagner)
2002 - Non Lasciarmi Solo (by Duilio Del Prete)
Se você partir
Algum dia amor
Tudo vai mudar
Não vou mais sorrir
Nem vou ouvir cantar
A canção de amor
Desse amor só seu
Que em mim nasceu
E a noite, a sós
Eu e a minha voz
Vamos repetir
O seu nome, amor
Se você partir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Mas se ficar
Prometo lhe dar
O dia mais lindo
Que a noite já deu
Um novo sol
Irei procurar
E o céu enfeitar
Do mais lindo azul
E então você
Sentirá que o amor
É verdade
E o tem nas mãos
Se você ficar
Se você ficar
Se você ficar
Se você partir
Como eu sei que irá
Eu irei pedir
Para Deus me ouvir
E tudo para
Esperando o dia
De você voltar
E irei correndo
Vagarosamente
Sem poder dizer
Deste imenso amor
Que vai me acabar
Se você partir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Mas se você ficar
Prometo lhe dar
A noite mais linda
Que o amor conhecer
Prometo o infinito
O amor mais perfeito
E tudo o que a vida
A dois pode dar
Mas se partir
Eu vou chorar
O pranto maior
De amor que existir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Como eu sei que irá
Nada restará
Para acreditar
Um quarto vazio
Espaços vazios
Como o olhar vazio
Que há no seu olhar
Sombras cairão
A lembrar
Minha solidão
Que virá
Se você partir
Se você partir
Se você partir
Vrijdag 3 december 2004
Ball And Chain (The Brian Setzer Orch.)
Ball And Chain
Composer(s): Brian Setzer
Performer(s): The Brian Setzer Orch.
Never call when you’re out late
I don’t know when you’re comin’ home
Change your mind just like the weather
And I don’t know if I’m ever gonna
Break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there’s a fine line between
Pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain
When I called up information
Tryin’ to pinpoint a location
When I find out unexpected
That your nunber’s disconnected
Oh I got to break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there’s a fine line between
Pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain
I spent all my money
On a big shiny car
I spent all my time
In the back of a bar
Drivin down the highway
But I never get far
Keepin up with you baby’s
Like chasin a star
Never call when you’re out late
I don’t know when you’re comin’ home
Change your mind just like the weather
And I don’t know if I’m ever gonna
Break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there’s a fine line between
Pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain
There’s a fine line between
Pleasure and pain
Love me like a ball and chain
There’s a fine line between
Pleasure and pain
Love me like a ball and chain
Donderdag 2 december 2004
La La La (If I Had You)
La La La (If I Had You)
Composer(s): Danny Janssen - Susan Steward
Performer(s): Bobby Sherman; Patti Page
La la la la la la
There ain't nothing
In this world I couldn't do
La la la la la la
My dreams would all come true
If I had you
I'm just a lonely boy
In a great big lonely world
Someone like you could
Make my dreams come true
Then all the mountains I could climb
If you'd just put your hand in mine
There ain't nothing in the world
I couldn't do
La la la la la la
There ain't nothing
In this world I couldn't do
La la la la la la
My dreams would all come true
If I had you
You can make a rainy day sunny in my mind
You make the world seem like a friend to me
Yeah, there ain't nothing I couldn't do
If you were there to see me through
And I loved you and knew that you loved me
Come on
La la la la la la
There ain't nothing
In this world I couldn't do
La la la la la la
My dreams would all come true
If I had you
Well, I would feel ten feet tall
If you were at my side
There ain't nothing in this world
I couldn't do
The kings would give up thrones to be
In love for just one hour like me
And that's the way I'd feel
If I had you
Come on, girl
La la la la la la
There ain't nothing
In this world I couldn't do
La la la la la la
My dreams would all come true
If I had you
Come on, little woman
La la la la la la
There ain't nothing
In this world I couldn't do
La la la la la la
My dreams would all come true
If I had you
Donderdag 2 december 2004
Ball And Chain (Big Mama Thornton)
Ball And Chain
Composer(s): Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
First release by: Big Mama Thornton & Her Hounddogs - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists
Sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain, at the rain
I said I'm sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain
You know somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me
Felt just like a ball and chain
And I say, oh, oh, oh, hon'
Why does every thing go wrong?
It all goes wrong
And I say, oh, now tell me why
Does every thing go wrong, all wrong
Say, here you gone today, an' I wanted to love you
For so long
Love's got a hold on me, baby
Feels just like a ball and chain, hmm hmm hmm
Oh, love's got a hold on me, baby
Feels just like a ball and chain
And I don't know why the man I'm lovin'
Wanna leave me in so much pain
And I say, oh oh oh, hon', tell me why
Tell me why, tell me why, oh tell me why, why, why
And I say, oh, honey why, why, oh why, tell me why
I thought our love would last
Honey, gonna last, last
Till the day I die
And I say oh, whoa, whoa, hon'
It ain't fair, it ain't fair what you can do
What you can do, Lord
And I say oh whoa
Lord, it ain't fair, it ain't fair what you can do, Lord, you can do
Oh suddenly you broke my heart
Oh when I was givin' my love to you
Sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain
I said I'm sittin' down by my window
Just lookin' out at the rain
Somethin' came along, grabbed a hold of me
Felt just like a ball and chain
And I say oh, hon this can't be
This can't be all in vain, no, no, no
And I say whoa, whoa, this can't be
Honey, it can't be all in vain
Hope there is someone that could tell me
Hon', tell me why love is like
A ball and chain
Woensdag 1 december 2004
La, La, La (Jacques Brel)
La, La, La
Composer(s): Jacques Brel
First release by: Jacques Brel - 1967
Quand je s'rai vieux
Je s'rai insup' portable
Sauf pour mon lit
Et mon maigre passé
Mon chien s'ra mort
Ma barbe sera minable
Toutes mes morues
M'auront laissé tomber
J'habiterai
Une quelconque Belgique
Qui m'insult'ra
Tout autant que maint'nant
Quand je lui chanterai
Vive la république
Vive les Belgiens
Merde pour les flamingants
La la la
La la la
Je serai fui
Comme un vieil hôpital
Par tous les ventres
D'autres sociétés
J'boirai donc seul ma pension de cigale
Il faut bien être lorsque l'on a été
Je n'serai reçu que par les chats du quartier
À leur festin pour qu'ils ne soient pas treize
Mais j'y chanterai
Sur une simple chaise
J'y chanterai
Après le rat crevé
Messieurs dans le lit de la Marquise
C'était moi les 80 chasseurs
La la la
Et quand viendra l'heure imbécile et fatale
Où il paraît que quelqu'un nous appelle
J'insulterai le flic sacerdotal
Penché vers moi comme un larbin du ciel
Et je mourirai cerné de rigolos
En me disant qu'il était chouette Voltaire
Et qu'si en a des qui ont une plume au chapeau
Y en a des qui ont une plume dans l' derrière
La la la
La la la
Quand je s'rai vieux
Je s'rai insup' portable
Sauf pour mon lit
Et mon maigre passé
Mon chien s'ra mort
Ma barbe sera minable
Toutes mes morues
M'auront laissé tomber
Woensdag 1 december 2004
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Composer(s): Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers
First performance by: Juanita Hall - 1949
Covered by multiple other artists
Most people live on a lonely island
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea
Most people long for another island
One where they know they will like to be
Bali Ha'i may call you
Any night, any day
In your heart, you'll hear it call you
"Come away, come away"
Bali Ha'i will whisper
In the wind of the sea
"Here am I, your special island!
Come to me, come to me"
Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, come to me"
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i!
Someday you'll see me floatin' in the sunshine
My head stickin' out from a low-flyin' cloud
You'll hear me call you,
Singin' through the sunshine
Sweet and clear as can be
"Come to me, here am I, come to me"
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, Come to me"
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Dinsdag 30 november 2004
Là, Il A Dit
Là, Il A Dit
Composer(s): Karl Mann - D. Appell - Georges Aber
Performer(s): Dalida
Laï laï laï dit
Laï laï laï dit
Je t'aimerai toute ma vie
Pourtant crois moi je t'en supplie
Et là et là il a dit et là il a dit non
Et là et l'a il a dit et là il a dit non
Laï laï laï dit, Laï laï laï dit
I1 te faut croire à mon amour
Ne vois tu pas mon cœur est lourd
Et là et là il a dit et là il a dit non
Et là et l'a il a dit et là il a dit non
J'avais beau supplier
Jamais il n'y croyait
Mais quand on aime à la folie
I1 faut insister à tout prix
Et là et là il a dit et là il a dit non
Et là et l'a il a dit et là il a dit non
Encore!
Laï laï laï dit, Laï laï laï dit
Laï laï laï dit
Poutant j'ai tenu bon
À cet amour je tiens
Je vais vous dire combien
Quand j'ai dit veux-tu m'épouser
I1 en était tout éberlué
Et là il a il a dit, et là il a dit oui
Et là il a il a dit
Oui pour toute la vie
Laï laï laï dit, Laï laï laï dit
Laï laï laï dit, Laï laï laï dit...
Dinsdag 30 november 2004
Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein - Stephen Sondheim
Performer(s): José Carreras
and multiple other artists
A Back Alley - 11:00 p.m.
(Maria appears at the window above him which opens onto the escape)
Tony: Maria, Maria...
Maria: Ssh!
Tony: Maria!
Maria: Quiet!
Tony: Come down!
Maria: No!
Tony: Maria...
Maria: Please if Bernardo!
Tony: He's at the dance
Come down!
Maria: He will soon bring Anita home!
Tony: Just for a minute...
Maria(smiles): A minute is not enough
Tony(smiles): For an hour then...
Maria: I cannot!
Tony: For ever!
Maria: Ssh!
Tony: Then I'm coming up
Woman's Voice (from the offstage apartment): Maria!
Maria: Momentito, Mama...
Tony (climbing up): Maria, Maria...
Maria: Caladito! (reaching her hand out to stop him)
Ssh!
Tony (grabbing her hand): Ssh!
Maria: It is dangerous
Tony: I'm not "one of them"
Maria: You are; but to me, you are not
Just as I am one of them... (gestures inside)
Tony: To me, you are all the...
(She covers his mouth with her hand)
Man's Voice: (from the unseen apartment)
Maruca!
Maria: Si, ya vengo, Papa!
Tony: Maruca?
Maria: His pet name for me
Tony: I like him
He will like me
Maria: No
He is like Bernardo: afraid
Imagine being afraid of you!
Tony: You see?
Maria (touching his face)
I see you
Tony: See only me
Maandag 29 november 2004
La Yiddishe Mamma
