Maandag 16 december 1996
Thousand Miles From Nowhere
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Thousand Miles From Nowhere
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Maandag 16 december 1996
Walking On Velvet Green
Walking On Velvet Green
Performer(s): Jethro Tull
Walking on Velvet Green
Scotch pine growing
Isn't it rare to be taking the air?
Sitting
Walking on Velvet Green
Walking on Velvet Green
Distant cows lowing
Never a care
With your legs in the air
Loving
Walking on Velvet Green
Won't you have my company
Yes, take it in your hands
Go down on Velvet Green with a country man
Who's a young girl's fancy and an old maid's dream
Tell your mother that you walked all night on Velvet Green
One dusky half-hour's ride up to the north
There lies your reputation and all that you're worth
Where the scent of wild roses turns the milk to cream
Tell your mother that you walked all night on Velvet Green
And the long grass blows in the evening cool
And August's rare delights may be April's fool
But think not of that my love
I'm tight against the seam
And I'm growing up to meet you down on Velvet Green
Now let me tell you that it's love and not just lust
And if we live the lie let's lie in trust
On golden daffodils to catch the silver stream
That washes out the wild oat seed on Velvet Green
We'll dream as lovers under the stars
But civilization's raging afar
And the ragged dawn breaks on your battle scars
As you walk home cold and alone upon Velvet Green
Walking on Velvet Green
Scotch pine growing
Isn't it rare to be taking the air?
Sitting
Walking on Velvet Green
Walking on Velvet Green
Distant cows lowing
Never a care
With your legs in the air
Loving
Walking on Velvet Green
Zondag 15 december 1996
A Thousand Miles Away
A Thousand Miles Away ((aka Daddy's Home (Shep & The Limelites) - 1961))
Composer(s): William Miller - James Sheppard
First release by: The Heartbeats - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists
You're a thousand miles away-ay
Bu-u-t I still have your love to remember you by
Oh, my dar-ar-ar-arling, dry your eyes
Daddy's coming home soon
On my knees every day-ay
All I do is pray, baby, just for you
Hope you a-a-a-always want me too
Daddy's coming home soon
It may be on a Sunday morning
It may be on a Tuesday afternoon
But no matter what the day is
I'm going to make it my business to get home soon
You're (a thousand miles away)
Bu-u-ut I still have your love to remember you by
Oh, my dar-ar-ar-arling, dry your eyes
Daddy's coming ho-ome so-oo-oo-oo-oon
Zondag 15 december 1996
Walking On Thin Ice
Walking On Thin Ice
Composer(s): Yoko Ono
Performer(s): Yoko Ono;
and various other artists
Walking on thin ice
I'm paying the price
For throwing the dice in the air
Why must we learn it the hard way
And play the game of life with your heart
I gave you my knife
You gave me my life
Like a gush of wind in my hair
Why do we forget what's been said
And play the game of life with our hearts
I may cry some day
But the tears will dry whichever way
And when our hearts return to ashes
It'll be just a story
It'll be just a story
"I knew a girl
Who tried to walk across the lake
'Course it was winter and all this was ice
That's a hell of a thing to do, you know
They say this lake is as big as the Ocean
I wonder if she knew about it?"
Zaterdag 14 december 1996
A Thousand Kisses Deep
A Thousand Kisses Deep
Composer(s): Sharon Terea Robinson - Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 2001
Covered by multiple other artists
The ponies run, the girls are young
The odds are there to beat
You win a while and then it’s done
Your little winning streak
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it’s real
A Thousand Kisses Deep
I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed
I’m back on Boogie Street
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece
And maybe I had miles to drive
And promises to keep
You ditch it all to stay alive
A Thousand Kisses Deep
And sometimes when the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A Thousand Kisses Deep
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me
I made it to the forward deck
I blessed our remnant fleet
And then consented to be wrecked
A Thousand Kisses Deep
I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed
I’m back on Boogie Street
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep
And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except what we forgot to do
A Thousand Kisses Deep
And sometimes when the night is slow
The wretched and the meek
We gather up our hearts and go
A Thousand Kisses Deep
The ponies run, the girls are young
The odds are there to beat…
Zaterdag 14 december 1996
Walking On The Milky Way
Walking On The Milky Way
Composer(s): Nigel Ippinson; Andy McCluskey; Keith Small
Performer(s): Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
When I was only 17
My head was full of brilliant dreams
My heart would call and I would gladly go
At 21 the world was mine
And I was yours and your divine
And nothing else would matter to a soul
I don't believe in destiny
I don't believe in love
I don't believe that anything will ever be enough
(Chorus)
Oh, man you should have seen us
On the way to Venus
Walking on the Milky Way
It was quite a day
Walking on the big stuff
Acting like we're real tough
Baby we were on our way
So what you say
As time goes by reality
Destroys your hope and dignity
There's nothing left but shadows on the wall
But just remember who you are
And where you've been you've come so far
And never ever let them see you fall
I don't believe in miracles
I don't believe in truth
I don't believe that anything can recreate your youth
Chorus
Walking on the Milky Way
Chorus (repeat twice)
Vrijdag 13 december 1996
A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns
Composer(s): Judy Holliday - Gerry Mulligan
A thousand clowns I'll bring you
Just to make you laugh
A blue baboon
And a red raccoon
A lavender giraffe
A thousand stars I'll string you
To weave into a crown
And pale perfume
From a rose's bloom
And a peacock-feather coat
A thousand songs I'll sing you
To help you with your dreams
Of rainbow's ends
And loving friends
And sparkling silver streams
A thousand years I'll love you
Our love will never die
And when a thousand years from now
They're looking at the sky
They'll see two stars together
As close as they could be
One star will be you my love
The other will be me
Vrijdag 13 december 1996
Walking On Sunset
Walking On Sunset
Composer(s): John Mayall; Mick Taylor
Performer(s): John Mayall;
John Slaughter Blues Band
Watching all the people like the waves along the shore
They hang around he whiskey and every open store
Chorus
I'm walking on sunset
And I'll never reach the end
I'm walking on sunset
Everything is like a friend
All the pretty women, never seen a better crop
Music all around, the flashing lights will never stop
Standing at the corner watching every kind of car
Friendly people come and say they wanna see your star
The cops were in the car but they never bothered me
A new magic world - I never felt so free
Donderdag 12 december 1996
A Thought In My Heart
A Thought In My Heart
Composer(s): Robert F. Calder
Performer(s): Jo Stafford; Gordon MacRae; Paul Weston
For every beautiful rose that ever grew
I'll keep a thought in my heart for you
For every bird in the sky that ever flew
There'll be a thought in my heart for you
For each star that twinkles far away
And every clock that ticks away the time of day
I'll think of you
For every ripple upon the ocean blue
I'll have a thought in my heart for you
For each star that twinkles far away
And every clock that ticks away the time of day
I'll think of you
For every ripple upon the ocean blue
I'll have a thought in my heart for you
I'll have a thought in my heart for you
Donderdag 12 december 1996
Walking My Baby Back Home
Walking My Baby Back Home
Composer(s): Fred E. Ahlert; Harry Richman; Roy Turk
Performer(s): Nat King Cole;
and various other artists
Gee it's great after being out late
Walking my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walking my baby back home
We go along harmonizing a song
Or I’m reciting a poem
Hours go by and they give me the eye
Walking my baby back home
We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And snuggles her head to my chest
We start in to pet, and that’s when I get
Her powder all over my vest
After I kind of straighten my tie
She has to borrow my comb
One kiss then we continue again
Walking my baby back home
She’s afraid of the dark
So I had to park outside of her door till it's light
She says if I try to kiss her she’ll cry
I dry her tears all through the night
Hand in hand to a barbeque stand
Right from her doorway we roam
Eat and then it’s a pleasure again
Walking my baby, talking my baby
Loving my baby, I don’t mean maybe
Walking my baby back home
Woensdag 11 december 1996
A Thing Going On
A Thing Going On
Composer(s): J.J. Cale
Performer(s): J.J. Cale
Look here we got a thing going on
Never fear we got a thing going on
Ain't nothing to it
Got to get down and do it
I tell you the truth
Ain't jivin' you
Lord, Lord, we got a thing going on
Something in this place
It's on every face
It's catching fever
You just can't leave her
Look here we got a thing going on
Never fear we got a thing going on
What we gonna do
We're gonna roll through
Do it right, keep it light
Lord, Lord, we got a thing going on
Look here we got a thing going on
Never fear we got a thing going on
Woensdag 11 december 1996
Walking In Your Shadow
Walking In Your Shadow
Composer(s): David Byron; Paul Newton
Performer(s): Uriah Heep
I'm walking in your shadow
Ever since you went away
And the clock on the wall
Really hasn't very much to say
For you left me bleeding
And left me needing you
In so very many ways
I was trying to attract your mind
But I'm the lonely one
'Cause I had to leave it all behind
Lied and deceiving
Why should I be grieving you
Ride on a golden wave
Set sail for the sun
Make every cloud your slave
Don't be alone
When I get back from trip of the ocean wall
Still walking in your shadow
And still looking for somewhere to hide
If I am worse off
It's all because of you
Dinsdag 10 december 1996
A Thing Called Love
A Thing Called Love
Composer(s): Jerry Reed
First recording/First release by: Jerry Reed - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists
Six foot six he stood on the ground
Weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds
But I saw that giant of a man brought down
To his knees by love
He was the kind of man to gamble on luck
Look you in the eye and never back up
But I saw him crying like a little whipped pup
Because of love
Can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand
Like the wind it covers our land
Strong enough to rule the heart of any man
This thing called love
It can lift you up, it can put you down
Take your world and turn it all around
Ever since time nothin's ever been found
Stronger than love
Most men are like me, they struggle and doubt
Trouble their minds day in and day out
Too busy with livin' to worry about
A thing called love
But then I see a mother's tenderness
As she holds her young close to her breast
Then I thank my God this world was blessed
With a thing called love
Can't see it with your eyes, hold it in your hand
Like the wind it covers our land
Strong enough to rule the heart of any man
This thing called love
It can lift you up, it can put you down
Take your world and turn it all around
Ever since time nothin's ever been found
Stronger than love
Dinsdag 10 december 1996
Walking In Space
Walking In Space
Composer(s): James Rado; Gerome Ragni; Galt MacDermot
Performer(s): Quincy Jones;
and various other artists
Doors locked (doors locked)
Blinds pulled (blinds pulled)
Lights low (lights low)
Flames high (flames high)
My body (my body)
My body
My body (my body)
My body
My body
Is walking in space
My soul is in orbit
With God face to face
Floating, flipping
Flying, tripping
Tripping from Pottsville to Starlight
Tripping from Starlight to Moonville
On a rocket to
The Fourth Dimension
Total self awareness
The intention
My mind is as clear as country air
I feel my flesh, all colors mesh
Red black
Blue brown
Yellow crimson
Green orange
Purple pink
Violet white
White white
White white
White white
All the clouds are cumuloft
Walking in space
Oh my God your skin is soft
I love your face
How dare they try to end this beauty?
How dare they try to end this beauty?
To keep us under foot
They bury us in soot
Pretending it's a chore
To ship us off to war
In this dive
We rediscover sensation
In this dive
We rediscover sensation
Walking in space
We find the purpose of peace
The beauty of life
You can no longer hide
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Wide wide wide!
Maandag 9 december 1996
A Televisão
A Televisão
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Chico Buarque; Adriana Maciel
O homem da rua
Fica só por teimosia
Não encontra companhia
Mas pra casa não vai não
Em casa a roda
Já mudou, que a moda muda
A roda é triste, a roda é muda
Em volta lá da televisão
No céu a lua
Surge grande e muito prosa
Dá uma volta graciosa
Pra chamar as atenções
O homem da rua
Que da lua está distante
Por ser nego bem falante
Fala só com seus botões
O homem da rua
Com seu tamborim calado
Já pode esperar sentado
Sua escola não vem não
A sua gente
Está aprendendo humildemente
Um batuque diferente
Que vem lá da televisão
No céu a lua
Que não estava no programa
Cheia e nua, chega e chama
Pra mostrar evouções
O homem da rua
Não percebe o seu chamego
E por falta doutro nego
Samba só com seus botões
Os namorados
Já dispensam seu namoro
Quem quer riso, quem quer choro
Não faz mais esforço não
E a própria vida
Ainda vai sentar sentida
Vendo a vida mais vivida
Que vem lá da televisão
O homem da rua
Por ser nego conformado
Deixa a lua ali de lado
E vai ligar os seus botões
No céu a lua
Encabulada e já minguando
Numa nuvem se ocultando
Vai de volta pros sertões
Maandag 9 december 1996
Walking Down Madison
Walking Down Madison
Composer(s): Kirsty MacColl; Johnny Marr
Performer(s): Kirsty MacColl
Walking down Madison - I swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - I was only having fun
Walking down Madison - swear I never had a gun
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the bums
See you give 'em your nickels, your pennies and dimes
But you can't give 'em hope in these mercenary times, oh no
And you feel real guilty about the coat on your back
And the sandwich you had, oh no
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the A train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
Oh no it's not that far
Would you like to see some more?
I can show you if you'd like to
Walking down Madison - I swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - wouldn't do it just for fun
Walking down Madison - trying to keep my head screwed on
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the nuns
When you get to the corner don't look at those freaks
Keep your head down low and stay quick on your feet, oh yeah
The beaming boy from Harlem with the airforce coat
The ones who died
The ones who tried
The ones that sit and gloat
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the A train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps
It's not that far
Would you like to see some more?
I can show you if you'd like to
Within every city and town there's a Madison
Frozen lives for whom nothing's happening
Hungry children is a mother's dilemma
Dumpster diving to feed her baby Emma
So you walk on by like it doesn't affect you
The held out hand that you pay no respect to
Nickels and dimes won't even buy your guilt
Another wino burnt to death in his quilt
It's a cardboard city, newspaper metropolis
The system can't cope or keep on top of this
The authorities come as you're not for display
Do they solve the problem no they move him away
They're in a vicious circle of no fixed abode
The social won't pay 'em the money they're owed
When you've got no money you can't pay rent
Hypothermia kills 'cos the system is bent
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the A train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep in the park
Oh no it's not that far
Would you like to see some more?
I can show you if you'd like to
From an uptown apartment to a knife on the A train
It's not that far
From the sharks in the penthouse to the rats in the basement
It's not that far
To the bag lady frozen asleep on the church steps
It's not that far
Would you like to see some more?
I can show you if you'd like to
In the subway sits a vacuous man
His grip on life is a bent tin can
It's a holy shrine where he burns his light
It makes things easy and removes his plight
For an hour or two but he can't escape
They're all penned in with government tape
There are good samaritans who bring the soup
The sally army with their bibles and boots
You can see yourself as it's not too far
One short trip you don't who they are
Till the night comes then it all comes back
Like the smell of patchouli and the armies of rats
It's a shame to be human it's a human shame
It seems we've forgotten we're one and the same
Zondag 8 december 1996
A Teenager's Romance
A Teenager's Romance
Composer(s): David Gillam
Performer(s): Rick Nelson
Bah, bah, bah, but
Bah, bah, bah, but
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, but
Do do do do do do
Bah, bah, bah, but
Bah, bah, bah, but
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, but
A teenager's romance is fickled or true
A teenager's romance is red hot or blue
You're either in misery or high on a crest
A teenager's romance is like all the rest
They tell us we're different
We haven't the right
To decide for ourselves, dear
What's black and what's white
Keep saying you love me
And they'll look upon
A teenager's romance
That goes on and on
They tell us we're different
We haven't the right
To decide for ourselves, dear
What's black and what's white
Keep saying you love me
And they'll look upon
A teenager's romance
That goes on and on
A teenager's romance
That goes on and on
Zondag 8 december 1996
Walking By Myself
Walking By Myself
Composer(s): James A. Lane; Jimmy Rogers
Performer(s): Johnny Winter
Walkin' by myself, I hope you'll understand
I just walk to be your lovin' man
I love you, yes, I love you with all my heart and soul
I wouldn't mistreat you for my weight in gold
You know I love you, you know it's true
Give you all my lovin', what more can I do
Walkin' by myself, I hope you'll understand
I just walk to be your lovin' man
You know I love you, you know it's true
Give you all my, what more can I do
I'm walkin' by myself, I hope you'll understand
I just walk to be your lovin' man
Yeah, I just walk to be your lovin' man
Try again now
Zaterdag 7 december 1996
A Teenager In Love
A Teenager In Love
Composer(s): Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman
First release by: Dion & the Belmonts - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists
Each time we have a quarrel, it almost breaks my heart
Cause I am so afraid that we will have to part
Each night I ask the stars up above
Why must I be a teenager in love?
One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad
I guess I'll learn to take the good with the bad
Each night I ask the stars up above
Why must I be a teenager in love?
I cried a tear for nobody but you
I'll be a lonely one if you should say we're through.
Well if you want to make me cry, that won't be so hard to do
If you should say goodbye, I'll still go on loving you
Each night I ask the stars up above
Why must I be a teenager in love?
I cried a tear for nobody but you
I'll be a lonely one if you should say we're through.
Well if you want to make me cry, that won't be so hard to do
And if you should say goodbye, I'll still go on loving you
Each night I ask the stars up above
Why must I be a teenager in love?
Why must I be a teenager in love?
Why must I be a teenager in love?
Why must I be a teenager in love?
Zaterdag 7 december 1996
Walking Blues (Robert Johnson)
