Woensdag 9 oktober 1996
A Sleepin' Bee
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A Sleepin' Bee
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Woensdag 9 oktober 1996
Waiting For An Alibi
Waiting For An Alibi
Composer(s): Phil Lynott
Performer(s): Thin Lizzy; Dungeon
Valentino's got a booky shop and what he takes
He gives for what he's got
And what he's got he says he has not
Stolen from anyone
It's not that he don't tell the truth
Or even that he misspent his youth
It's just that he holds the proof
But you feel there's something's wrong
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Valentino's in a cold sweat, placed all his money on that last bet
Against the odds he smokes another cigarette
Says that it helps him to forget
That he's a nervous wreck
It's not that he misses much
Or even that he's lost his lucky touch
It's just that he gambles so much
And you know that it's wrong
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to catch your eye
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Try to say I told you I told you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to get you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
To say I told you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Dinsdag 8 oktober 1996
A Singer Must Die
A Singer Must Die
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists
Now the courtroom is quiet, but who will confess
Is it true you betrayed us?
The answer is Yes
Then read me the list of the crimes that are mine
I will ask for the mercy that you love to decline
And all the ladies go moist, and the judge has no choice
A singer must die for the lie in his voice
And I thank you, I thank you for doing your duty
You keepers of truth, you guardians of beauty
Your vision is right, my vision is wrong
I'm sorry for smudging the air with my song
Oh, the night it is thick, my defences are hid
In the clothes of a woman I would like to forgive
In the rings of her silk, in the hinge of her thighs
Where I have to go begging in beauty's disguise
Oh goodnight
Goodnight, my night after night
My night after night, after night, after night, after night, after night
I am so afraid that I listen to you
Your sun glassed protectors they do that to you
It's their ways to detain, their ways to disgrace
Their knee in your balls and their fist in your face
Yes and long live the state by whoever it's made
Sir, I didn't see nothing, I was just getting home late
Dinsdag 8 oktober 1996
Waiting For A Train
Waiting For A Train
Composer(s): Jimmie Rodgers
Performer(s): Jimmie Rodgers
All around the water tank
Waitin' for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman
To give him a line of talk
He says if you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk
I haven't got a nickle
Not a penny can I show
He said get off you railroad bum
And slammed the boxcar door
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh
He put me off in Texas
A place I surely love
Wide open spaces 'round me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from 'Frisco
Goin' back to Dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
And my heart is filled with pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh la-ee
Oh la-ee, oh la-ee, oh
Maandag 7 oktober 1996
A Simple Thing Like Cry
A Simple Thing Like Cry
Composer(s): Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
Performer(s): Diana Ross
If it didn't hurt so bad
If it didn't hurt so bad
Maybe I could cry
If I thought it was all a joke
And you were putting me on
If I could just make a wish
And this moment would be all gone
If I could see a trace of hope
Somewhere in your eyes
Maybe then I could do
A simple thing like cry
If it didn't hurt so bad
If it didn't hurt so bad
Maybe I could cry
Don't you know I plan to spend
Every moment of my life with you
Now you're trying to tell me
That my dreams just won't come true
Thanks for giving me a million reasons why
But it hurts too bad to do
A simple thing like cry
If I thought it was all a joke
And you were putting me on
If I could just make a wish
And this moment would be all gone
If I could see a trace of hope
Somewhere in your eyes
Maybe then I could do
A simple thing like cry
If it didn't hurt so bad
If it didn't hurt me so bad
Maybe I could
If it didn't hurt so bad
Maybe I could cry
I could cry, cry
If it didn't hurt me
If I didn't love you
Hurt me
Maandag 7 oktober 1996
Waiting For A Star To Fall
Waiting For A Star To Fall
Composer(s): George Merrill; Shannon Rubicam
Performer(s): Boy Meets Girl;
and various other artists
I hear your name whispered on the wind
It's a sound that makes me cry
I hear a song blow again and again
Through my mind and I don't know why
I wish I didn't feel so strong about you
Like happiness and love revolve around you
Trying to catch your heart
Is like trying to catch a star
So many people love you baby
That must be what you are
Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong
In my arms baby, yeah
I've learned to feel what I cannot see
But with you I lose that vision
I don't know how to dream your dream
So I'm all caught up in superstition
I want to reach out and pull you to me
Who says I should let a wild one go free
Trying to catch your heart
Is like trying to catch a star
But I can't love you this much baby
And love you from this far
Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong
In my arms baby, yeah
Waiting (however long...)
I don't like waiting (I'll wait for you...)
It's so hard waiting (don't be too long...)
Seems like waiting (makes me love you even more...)
Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong
In my arms baby, yeah
Zondag 6 oktober 1996
A Simple Man
A Simple Man
Composer(s): Lobo
Performer(s): Lobo
Where do butterflies go when it rains?
Who goes around & tucks in the trains?
What makes a teddy bear like to sleep?
Why do we all make promises that we can't keep?
Where do puppy dogs go when their sad?
And what do elephants say when their mad?
Who do you tell if you don't have a friend?
Why do we open our mouths and stick our foot in?
These are the things that bother me,
Not a lot of things across some sea,
I don't even have a master plan,
I guess that I am just a simple man.
Where do robins sleep on the road?
And how can a little ant carry that load?
Why write words that we have to erase?
Why does everyone have more than one face?
Zondag 6 oktober 1996
Waiting For A Miracle
Waiting For A Miracle
Composer(s): Bruce Cockburn
Performer(s): Bruce Cockburn;
and various other artists
Working and waiting in the hot sun
With all the rich saints, and the fallen ones
Working and waiting for the night to come
And we're waiting for a, and we're waiting for a
And we're waiting for a miracle
Somewhere out there is a land that's cool
Where peace and balance are the rule
Working for the future like some kind of mystic jewel
Chorus
You rub the palm of your hand on the driving pain
In the hopes that you can see (when you're waiting)
Stand up tall, pretend you're strongIn the hopes that you can be
(when you're waiting)
Like the one's that cry, like the ones that die
Trying to set the angel in us free
And the waiting for a, and the waiting for a
And the waiting for a miracle
Scuffle for a nickel, struggle for a dime
Forget about the past, leave your worries behind
Home come the future has to take such a long, long time?
Chorus
Zaterdag 5 oktober 1996
A Simple Life
A Simple Life
Composer(s): Jon Lind - Richard Page
Performer(s): John Farnham
Show me the magic
I must've lost it somewhere
In my dreams, so far away
I turned around, everything's changing but me
Where is the soul in my song?
Once there was heaven in my eyes
Whatever happened to those skies?
Somebody show me how to
Get back to the simple life
Out of the blue, temptation's all around me
The train came along and I got on board
I danced with the darkness
The skies were the limit
It's such a long way to fall
Once there was heaven in my eyes
Whatever happened to those skies?
Somebody show me how to
Get back to the simple life
'cause I've done my time in paradise
I've tried it all maybe once or twice
Somebody show me how to
Get back to the simple life
Stars keep me going
And the moon is there to light my way
I need to go where my heart is free
Looking for the way back
Hoping for the way back
Somebody show me how to
Get back to ... the simple life
'cause I've done my time in paradise
I've tried to all maybe once or twice
Somehow the grass was always greener
On the other side
Once there was heaven in my eyes
Whatever happened to those skies?
Somebody show me how to
Get back to the simple life
Zaterdag 5 oktober 1996
Waiting For A Girl Like You
Waiting For A Girl Like You
Composer(s): Lou Gramm; Mick Jones
Performer(s): Foreigner
So long
I've been looking too hard
I've been waiting too long
Sometimes I don't know what I will find
I only know it's a matter of time
When you love someone
when you love someone
It feels so right
so warm and true
I need to know if you feel it too
Maybe I'm wrong
Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong
This heart of mine has been hurt before
This time I wanna be sure
I've been waiting
For a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting
For a girl like you
Your loving will survive
I've been waiting
Someone new
Make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting
For a girl like you
To come into my life
You're so good
when we make love it's understood
It's more than a touch or a word can say
Only in dreams could it be this way
When you love someone
Yeah, really love someone
Now I know it's right
From the moment I wake up till deep in the night
There's nowhere on earth
That I'd rather be
than holding you
tenderly
I've been waiting
For a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting
For a girl like you
Your loving will survive
I've been waiting
Someone new
Make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting
For a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting
Waiting for you, ooh
Ooh-ooh
I've been waiting
I've been waiting
(I've been waiting for a girl like you, I've been waiting)
Won't you come into my life?
Vrijdag 4 oktober 1996
A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert Mcnamara'd Into Submission)
A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert Mcnamara'd Into Submission)
Composer(s): Paul Simon
Performer(s): Simon & Garfunkel
I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind
I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed
That's the hand I use, well, never mind!
I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
And all my wealth won't buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day
I knew a man, his brain so small
He couldn't think of nothin' at all
He's not the same as you and me
He doesn't dig poetry
He's so unhip that
When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talkin' about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain't got no culture
But its alright, ma
Everybody must get stoned
I been Mick Jaggered, been silver daggered
Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
Been Roy Halee'd and Art Garfunkel'd
I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone
Folk Rock
I just lost my harmonica Albert
Vrijdag 4 oktober 1996
Waiting For A Friend
Waiting For A Friend
Composer(s): Billy Nicholls
Performer(s): Roger Daltrey
If I fell in a lake
Would you dive in or stand there and gape
And if I drowned, would you jump
Or would you let the water burst in my lungs
Well a stranger in the street
Maybe the only one on his knees
When your laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come
Got my hopes
Got my doubts
My gut reaction says I got to find out
Who's against, who to trust
Ooh you never know but I might get killed in the rush
But a stranger in the street
Maybe the only one on his knees
When your laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come
You laugh you think it's a joke
Just stand there grinning
Will you be there at the post
When I ain't winning
Hey, black or white
Good and bad
How many times have I done this and done that
Every life
Everyone
If I knew that I'd probly take out a gun
But it's mother nature's law
To get you coming back for more
Just stand laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come
You laugh you think it's a joke
Just stand there grinning
Will you be there at the post
When I ain't winning
Hey, black or white
Good and bad
How many times have I done this and done that
Every life
Everyone
If I knew that I'd probly take out a gun
But it's mother nature's law
To get you coming back for more
Just stand laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come
Laying by the roadside
Waiting for a friend to come
Donderdag 3 oktober 1996
A Sign Of The Times
A Sign Of The Times
Composer(s): Tony Hatch
Performer(s): Petula Clark
It's a sign of the times
That your love for me is getting so much stronger
It's a sign of the times
And I know that I won't have to wait much longer
You've changed a lot somehow from the one I used to know-oh-oh
For when you hold me now it feels like you never want to let me go
It's a sign of the times
That you call me up whenever you feel lonely
It's a sign of the times
That you tell your friends that I'm your one and only
I'll never understand the way you treated me-ee-ee
But when I hold your hand I know you couldn't be the way you used to be
Maybe my lucky star at last decided to shine
Maybe somebody knows how long I've waited to make you mine, mm, mm, mm
I'll never understand the way you treated me-ee-ee
But when I hold your hand I know you couldn't be the way you used to be
Maybe my lucky star at last decided to shine
Maybe somebody knows how long I've waited to make you mine, mm, mm, mm
It's a sign of the times
That you kiss me now as if you really mean it
It's a sign of the times
And a year ago I never could have seen it
Don't ever change your mind and take your love away-ay-ay
Just leave the past behind and, baby, only think of how it is today
It's a sign of the ti-imes
It's a sign of the ti-i-i-i-imes
It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the ti-i-i-i-imes
It's a sign of the times
Donderdag 3 oktober 1996
Waiting At The Church
Waiting At The Church
Composer(s): Henry E. Pether - Fred W. Leigh
Performer(s): Vesta Victoria
and multiple other artists
I'm in a nice bit of trouble, I confess
Somebody with me has had a game
I should by now be a proud and happy bride
But I've still got to keep my single name
I was proposed to by Obadiah Binks
In a very gentlemanly way
Lent him all my money so that he could buy a home
And punctually at twelve o'clock to-day
There was I, waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
When I found he'd left me in the lurch
Lord, how it did upset me!
All at once, he sent me round a note
Here's the very note
This is what he wrote
"Can't get away to marry you today
My wife, won't let me!"
Lord, what a fuss Obadiah made of me
When he used to take me in the park!
He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue
When he kissed me he used to leave a mark
Each time he met me he treated me to port
Took me now and then to see the play
Understand me rightly, when I say he treated me
It wasn't him but me that used to pay
There was I, waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
When I found he'd left me in the lurch
Lord, how it did upset me!
All at once, he sent me round a note
Here's the very note
This is what he wrote
"Can't get away to marry you today
My wife, won't let me!"
Just think how disappointed I must feel
I'll be off me crumpet very soon
I've lost my husband, the one I never had!
And I dreamed so about the honeymoon
I'm looking out for another Obadiah
I've already bought the wedding ring
There's all my little fal-de-riddles packed up in my box
Yes, absolutely two of ev'rything
There was I, waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
When I found he'd left me in the lurch
Lord, how it did upset me!
All at once, he sent me round a note
Here's the very note
This is what he wrote
"Can't get away to marry you today
My wife, won't let me!"
Woensdag 2 oktober 1996
A Showman's Life
A Showman's Life
Composer(s): Jesse Winchester
Performer(s): Jesse Winchester
and multiple other artists
A showman's life is a smokey bar
The fevered chase of a tiny star
It's a hotel room and a lonely wife
From what I've seen of a showman's life
Nobody told me about this part
They told me all about the pretty girls and wine
The money and good times
No mention of the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
Well, I might have known it
But nobody told me about this part
A boy will dream as children do
Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true
And a phoney smile in a colored light
Is all it is to a showman's life
Nobody told me about this part
They told me all about the pretty girls and wine
The money and good times
No mention of the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart
Well, I might have known it
But nobody told me about this part
Woensdag 2 oktober 1996
Waiting Around To Die
Waiting Around To Die
Composer(s): Townes Van Zandt
Performer(s): Townes Van Zandt;
and various other artists
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die
One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once cause she cried
She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die
I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train
Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die
A friend said he knew where some easy money was
We robbed a man and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee
It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die
Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie
His name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen
Together we're gonna wait around and die
Dinsdag 1 oktober 1996
A Shoulder To Cry On
A Shoulder To Cry On
Composer(s): Merle Haggard
Performer(s): Charley Pride; Mark Chesnutt; Merle Haggard
I came here because I knew I'd be welcome
And because somehow you always understand
You seem to have a way with lonely people
And you always were my greatest helping hand
Now once again I'm here to take advantage
Though I don't deserve the arms I left alone
I need to know there's someone who still loves me
And I need a shoulder to cry on
I over looked the love you tried so hard to give
The love I never seem to understand
I always stay just long enough to hurt you
And what little love I gave was second hand
Now once again I'm here to take advantage
Cause once again the one I love is gone
I need to know there's someone who still loves me
And I need a shoulder to cry on
Yes I need to know there's someone who still loves me
And I need a shoulder to cry on
Dinsdag 1 oktober 1996
Waitin' In School
Waitin' In School
Composer(s): Johnny Burnette; Dorsey Burnette
Performer(s): Rick Nelson;
and various other artists
I been a-waitin' in school all day long
a-waitin' on the bell to ring so I can go home
Throw my books on the table, pick up the telephone
"Hello, baby, let's get somethin' goin'"
Headin' down to the drugstore to get a soda pop
Throw a nickel in the jukebox, then we start to rock
My school gal baby, gonna tell ya some news
You sure look good in them baby-doll shoes
Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes
Three, four, get out on the floor
Five, six, come get your kicks
Down on the corner of Lincoln and a-forty-six.....Yeah!
I've been a-waitin' in school all day long
a-waitin' on the bell to ring so I could go home
Throw my books on the table, pick up the telephone
"Hello, baby, let's get somethin' goin'"
Headin' down to the drugstore to get a soda pop
Throw a nickel in the jukebox, then we start to rock
My school gal baby, gonna tell ya some news
You sure look good in them baby-doll shoes
Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes
Three, four, get out on the floor
Five, six, come get your kicks
Down on the corner of Lincoln and a-forty-six
Yeah! Well, let's go now!!
Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes
Three, four, get out on the floor
Five, six, come get your kicks
Down on the corner of Lincoln and a-forty-six
You gotta move, start rockin' baby
a rockin', rockin' baby
Gonna rock all night, rock all night
Just wait 'n' see...... Yeah!!
Maandag 30 september 1996
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues
Composer(s): Terry Thompson
First release by: Arthur Alexander - 1961
Covered by multiple other artists
Well, if your hands start a-clapping
And your fingers start a-popping
And your feet start a-moving around
And if you start to swing and sway
When the band starts to play
A real cool way out sound
And if you get to can't help it and you can't sit down
You feel like you got to move around
You get a shot of rhythm and blues.
With just a little rock and roll on the side
Just for good measure. Get a pair of dancing shoes
Well, with your lover by your side
Don't you know you're gonna have a rocking time, come on!
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here's something for you to do
Get a shot of rhythm and blues
With just a little rock and roll on the side
Just for good measure
Get a pair of dancing shoes
Well, with your lover by your side
Don't you know you're gonna have a rocking time, come on!
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here's something for you to do
Get a shot of rhythm and blues
Get a pair of dancing shoes
Get a shot of rhythm and blues
Well, with your lover by your side
Don't you know you're gonna have a rocking time, come on!
Don't you worry 'bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here's something for you to do
Well, here's something for you to do
Well, here's something for you to do
Maandag 30 september 1996
Waitin' For The Wind
