Woensdag 29 december 1999
99 Red Balloons
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99 Red Balloons
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Woensdag 29 december 1999
Wouldn't It Be Good
Wouldn't It Be Good
Composer(s): Nik Kershaw
First release by: Nik Kershaw - 1984
Covered by multiple other artists
I got it bad
You don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy
You don't know when you got it good
It's getting harder just keeping life and soul together
I'm sick of fighting even though I know I should
The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
I don't wanna be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn't it be good if we cold live without a care
You must be joking
You don't know a thing about it
You've got no problem I'd stay right there if it were you
I got it harder, you couldn't dream how hard it got it
Stay out of my shoes if you know what's good for you
The heat is stifling, burning me up from the inside
The sweat is coming through each and every pore
Don't wanna be here no more
Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was just for one day
And wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
And wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care
I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it
You got it easy, you don't know when you got it good
It's getting harder just keeping life and soul together
I'm sick of fighting even though I know I should
Dinsdag 28 december 1999
99 Luftballons
99 Luftballons
((English Version: 99 Red Balloons (by Nena) - 1983))
Composer(s): Joern Fahrenkrog-Petersen - Carlo Karges
First release by: Nena Kerner - 1983
Covered by multiple other artists
Hast du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst du vielleicht g'rad an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass so was von so was kommt
99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so wär
Dabei war'n da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons
99 Düsenjäger
Jeder war ein großer Krieger
Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
Das gab ein großes Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons
99 Kriegsminister -
Streichholz und Benzinkanister -
Hielten sich für schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer hätte das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons
99 Jahre Krieg
Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr
Und auch keine Düsenflieger
Heute zieh' ich meine Runden
Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen
Hab' 'nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen
Dinsdag 28 december 1999
Wouldn't It Be Fun
Wouldn't It Be Fun
Composer(s): Cole Porter
Performer(s): Seattle Men's Chorus
George Hall (As The Emperor)
Chamberlain:
Wouldn't it be fun not to be famous
Wouldn't it be fun not to be rich!
Wouldn't it be pleasant
To be a simple peasant
And spend a happy day digging a ditch!
Wouldn't it be fun not to be known as an important V.I.P.
Wouldn't it be fun to be nearly anyone
Except me, mighty me!
Yesterday I had to endure a kite-flying match
And rushed to an execution downtown
Then I gave a luncheon for some horrible hectic Huns
Who proceeded to drink too much and fall down
After lunch I went to inspect a slave-labor camp
And opened a new wing in my dungeon keep
Then I gave a feast for a lofty lama from Tibet
And he stayed so late I never got to sleep
So help me Buddha!
Wouldn't it be fun not to be wealthy
Wouldn't it be fun not to be great!
How I'd love dearly
To be a beggar merely
And not be bored to death living in state!
Wouldn't it be fun not to have always deadly diplomats for tea
Wouldn't it be fun to be nearly anyone
Except me, mixed-up me!
Maandag 27 december 1999
America Will Survive
America Will Survive
Composer(s): Hank Williams Jr.
Performer(s): Hank Williams Jr.
People think it’s nearly the end of time
Cause we’re together and we’ve drawn the line
Our flag is up, the stock markets down
But we’re all united from the country to the town
We live back in the woods you see
Big city problems never bothered me
But the world has changed and so have I
And America can survive
America will survive
We can plow our fields all day long
We can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
Yea we have toughed it out a time or two
Ain’t to many things these boys and girls can’t do
We grow good ole tomatoes, we got hometown pride
And America can survive
America will survive
'Cause you can’t scare us out and you make us run
'Cause were them old boys that have freedom and fun
We say grace and we say ma’am
If they don’t like that, we don’t give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
The Rocky Mountains and the big city skylines
We can hit back and we’re gonna’ be fine
'Cause this country can survive
America will survive
I had a good friend in New York City
Never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a good businessman
He used to send me pictures of the broadway nights
I’d send him some of granddaddy Williams homemade muscadine wine
He was lost like so many in the terrible strife
we’re all asking God, why oh why
A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
That’s an old slogan we’re gonna’ revive
Because America can survive
America will survive
'Cause you can’t scare us out, and you can’t make us run
we’re them boys and girls with freedom and fun
We say grace and we say ma’am
If they don’t like that, we give less than a damn
We’re from North California and South Alabam’
And all they’ve done is unite this whole land
There’s no more Yankees and Rebels this time
But one united people that stand behind
America can survive
America will survive
Maandag 27 december 1999
Would You?
Would You?
From the film "San Francisco" (1936)
Composer(s): Nacio Herb Brown; Arthur Freed
Performer(s): Jeanette MacDonald
I've been reading such romantic stories
Tales of love that set my heart aflame
Pages that entrance, with a new romance
But each plot is really quite the same
He holds her in his arms
Would you, would you
He tells her of her charms
Would you, would you
They met as you and I
And they were only friends
But before
The story ends
He'll kiss her with a sigh
Would you, would you
If the boy were I
Would you, would you
And would you dare to say
Let's do the same as they
I would
Would you
(Instrumental Interlude)
He'll kiss her with a sigh
Would you, would you
If the boy were I
Would you, would you
And would you dare to say
Let's do the same as they
I would
Would you
Zondag 26 december 1999
Ink Pot
Ink Pot
Composer(s): Robby VanLeeuwen
Performer(s): Shocking Blue
Put some love in your heart
like you put the ink in the inkpot
Learn it and you will enjoy it baby
to put the ink in the inkpot
Shu-bi-do-ah
shu-bi-do-ah
shu-bi-do-ah
shu-bi-do-ah
You can play with every thing
but you cannot play with your heart
fooling around make it mean
and then I'm feeling that we'll be apart
Put some love in your heart...
Your mama taught you how to pray
but once you will be a grown-up girl
but what you also have to learn
that is how to love somebody in this world
Put some love in your heart...
Zondag 26 december 1999
Would You Take Another Chance On Me
Would You Take Another Chance On Me
Composer(s): Jerry Foster; Bill Rice
Performer(s): Jerry Lee Lewis; Kenny Price
If I promise you to straighten up
And put my life in order
If I swear to you, woman, on bended knees
I won't hurt you again
If I become the kind of man
That you want me to be
Would you take another chance on me
The good Lord knows I've done you wrong
I've asked him to forgive me
Deep inside I think he would, Darlin'
If you could do the same
If I could take back all the things
That caused you misery
Would you take another chance on me
Would you take another chance on me
I've paid for my mistakes
Would you take another chance on me
Or have I changed too late
Mmmmm....I've been a fool, woman, for hurting you
But God can't you see I'm sorry
If you were only mine again
I'd make it up to you
But my past keeps blinding you
If you could only see
Would you take another chance on me?
Think about it, Darlin'
Zaterdag 25 december 1999
It's Raining Again
It's Raining Again
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson
First release by: Supertramp - 1982
Covered by multiple other artists
Oh, it's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
and you know it's hard to pretend
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
Oh no, it's raining again
Oh, will my heart never mend
You're old enough some people say
To read the signs and walk away
It's only time that heals the pain
And makes the sun come out again
It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
La, la, la, ...
C'mon you little fighter
No need to get uptighter
C'mon you little fighter
And get back up again
It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend
Oh! Oh!
La, la, la, ...
C'mon you little fighter
No need to get uptighter
C'mon you little fighter
And get back up again
Oh, get back up again
Oh, fill your heart again ...
(It's raining, it's pouring)
(The old man is snoring)
(He went to bed and bumped his head)
(And he couldn't get up in the morning)
Zaterdag 25 december 1999
Swiss Miss
Swiss Miss
Composer(s): George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire
Up on the top of a snow-covered mountain
There lived an Alpine miss
And oh! What a sweet little miss was this
We mean this little Swiss miss
While down in the valley below-ho-ho
Lived a boy who loved her so-ho-ho
He loved her with all his might
He loved her day and night
And ev'ry night just to see this miss
He used to risk his scalp
For the house where she lived was away up high
And the poor guy didn't know how to fly
So he jumped from Alp to Alp
What a chump- to jump from Alp to Alp!
And then beneath her balcony
He used to stand around and try to make a hit with her
And he would yodel, "O-lay-o-lee!"
That's the Swiss idea of a melody
And oh! What a yodeling fool was he
He shook a wicked yodel
And one night as he stood there
The lights were very dim
While leaning out a bit too far across her balcony
She fell for him
He sat with his arms around her, until the night was gone
And here's the way they carried on
He said: "Dear I think you're just as sweet as you can be
You're like a cake of sweet Swiss chocolate to me"
She said: "Oh, my loving one, your talk I can't resist
I hope you're as steady as the Swiss watch ticking on your wrist"
He said: "How I yearn for you and burn for you
I do! I do!
Oh, lady, oh, I swear it on my knees
My love for you is just as strong
As a piece of Switzer cheese"
Vrijdag 24 december 1999
Give A Little Bit
Give A Little Bit
((Italian Version: Se Finisse Qui (by Mia Martini) - 1977))
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson
First release by: Supertramp - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists
Oooo yeah
Alright
Here we go again
Nay nay
Woh oh
Na na
Hey hey
(Yeah)
Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you
There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care
(Alright)
I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Oh give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Oh take his hand, you'll be surprised
Oh take it
Oh oh
Come along
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Love!!)
(Yeah)
Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I’ll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
Now's the time that we need to share
So find yourself, we're on our way back home
Oooh we're going home
Don't you need, don’t you need to feel at home?
Ah yeah, we gotta sing
(Woo)
Ooo yeah, gotta get a feelin’
Ooo yeah come along too
(Woo)
Yeah, come along too, hey
Come'a, come'a, come'a, come along
Take'a, take'a, take'a look yeah
Ooo yeah, come along too
(Woo)
Yeah, come along feel it
Say take a look
Come along too
For a long ride
Come a long way
Oh sing it tonight
Oooh ooh
Vrijdag 24 december 1999
Would You Like To Dance
Would You Like To Dance
Composer(s): Joan Armatrading
Performer(s): Joan Armatrading
Want you
And I don't know what to do
Should I try to meet you
After work
By coincidence
Should I make a beeline
For you door
Ring your bell
Ask someone to introduce us
Hey baby
Would you like to dance
Would you like to see my yacht
Should I
Faint right at your feet
Walk right up and ask you
If you want to take a chance on me
Or start a convesation
With an old time melody
I'll treat you like a newborn child
Show a lot of self restraint
I want your loving
Can't live without you
Said I need you loving
Need your loving
Don't leave it too late
Said I need your loving
Need your loving
Hey baby would you like to dance
I'd show a lot of self restraint
I want you loving
Can't love without you
And I need your loving
Need your loving
Can't live without you
Said I need your loving
Need your loving
Hey baby would you like to dance
We could have a fine romance
Would you like to see my yacht
I'll give you every little thing I got
Treat you like a newborn child
Protect you from the world outside
Show a lot of self restraint
Until you say you're really ready
Don't leave it too late
Said I need your loving
Need your loving
Donderdag 23 december 1999
Se Finisse Qui
Se Finisse Qui
((Adapted from: Give A Little Bit (by Supertramp) - 1977))
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson - Ivano Fossati
Performer(s): Mia Martini - 1977
Se finisse qui, la mia vita qui’ stasera
Se finisse qui, ne incominciasse un’altra ma vera
Sulla strada di casa mia diamanti e stelle
Chi va piu’ via
Non viene facile, ci vuole forse poi fortuna
Non viene facile, ci vuole tempo e poi qualcuno
Sulla porta di casa mia
Guardare il passato che vola via (vohhhh)
E cominciare qui
C’e’ sempre un'altra storia piu’ vera
E cominciare qui
Guardare gli altri in faccia sincera
Dorme un uomo qui in casa mia
Se faccio piano lui non va via mai piu’
Ohh no mai piu’, e mi sento, e mi sento ancora su
E poi sedermi qui a guardare la mia vita
Con un uomo di piu’
E mettere un fiore nei pensieri nel cuore
Nei capelli per lui
Con si! - con amore, cominciare cosi’
Col mettergli un fiore per un uomo di piu’
Se finisse qui la mia vita qui’ stasera
Se finisse qui necominciasse un'altra piu’ vera
Sulla strada di casa mia
Diamanti e stelle chi va piu’ via
Donderdag 23 december 1999
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
Composer(s): David Allan Coe
Originally performed by: Tanya Tucker
Covered by various other artists
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry
Would you go away to another land
Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand
If I gave my self to you
Would you bathe me with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full would you bathe with me
Will you still love me when i'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me
Would you go away to another land
Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dieing hand
If i gave my self to you
Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Woensdag 22 december 1999
America The Beautiful
America The Beautiful
((Adapted from: "Materna (by Samuel Augustus Ward) - 1882" and "America The Beautiful (by Katharine Lee Bates) - 1893"))
Composer(s): Samuel Augustus Ward - Katharine Lee Bates
First recording/First release by: Frank Sinatra & The Ken Lane Singers - 1945
Covered by multiple other artists
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
Woensdag 22 december 1999
Would You Catch A Falling Star
Would You Catch A Falling Star
Composer(s): Bobby Braddock
Performer(s): John Anderson
You know the crowd was very small
for a country music show
But he faked a curtain call
just like it was years ago
And then a lady grabbed his arm
as he staggered down the aisle
And with all his country charm
he addressed her with a smile
Would you catch a fallin' star
before he crashes to the ground
Don't you know how people are
nobody loves you when you're down
Pick me up and take me home
and I'll bring my old guitar
Sing a golden oldie song
if you'll catch a fallin' star
He had a silver plated bus
and a million country fans
And now there's just a few of us
and he drives a little van
An' they were beating down his door
the lovely women, left and right
And now he's on the hardwood floor
a-wonderin' where he'll spend the night
Would you catch a fallin' star
before he crashes to the ground
Don't you know how people are
nobody loves you when you're down
Pick me up and take me home
and I'll bring my old guitar
Sing a golden oldie song
if you'll catch a fallin' star
Sing a golden oldie song
if you'll catch a fallin' star
Dinsdag 21 december 1999
Would Jesus Wear A Rolex
Would Jesus Wear A Rolex
Composer(s): Margaret Archer; Chet Atkins
Performer(s): Ray Stevens
Woke up this mornin' turned on my TV set
There in livin' color was somethin' I can't forget
This man was preachin' at me.. yeah.. layin' on the charm
Asking me for 20 with 10,000 on his arm
He wore designer clothing and a big smile on his face
Selling me salvation while they sang Amazing Grace
Asking me for money when he had all the signs of weath
Almost wrote a check out.. yeah.. but then I asked myself…
Would He wear a pinky ring, would He drive a fancy car
Would His wife wear furs and diamonds, would His dressing room have a star
If he came back tomorrow there's something I'd like to know
Would Jesus wear a rolex on His television show
Would Jesus be political if he came back to earth
Have his second home in Palm Springs.. yeah.. but try to hide his worth
Take money from those poor folks when He comes back again
And admit He's talked to all those preachers who said they'd been-a talking to Him
Would He wear a pinky ring, would He drive a fancy car
Would His wife wear furs and diamonds, would His dressing room have a star
If he came back tomorrow there's something I'd like to know
Could ya tell me - Would Jesus wear a rolex
Would Jesus wear a rolex
Would Jesus wear a rolex on His television show
Would Jesus wear a rolex on His television show
Maandag 20 december 1999
Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)
Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)
Composer(s): Bob Russell; Harold Spina
Performer(s): Doris Day;
and various other artists
Oh, for just the chance to love you
Would I love you, love you, love you
To take you in my arms
Has always been my goal
Sure as there's a moon above you
Would I love you, love you, love you
With all my heart and soul
With all my heart and soul
You ask me, would I love you if you let me
Eyes that see are eyes that know
Would I love you, what a question
When I'm yearning so
Oh, for just the chance to love you
Would I love you, love you, love you
To take you in my arms
Has always been my goal
Sure as there's a moon above you
Would I love you, love you, love you
With all my heart and soul
With all my heart and soul
Would I love you, what a question
When I'm yearning so
Oh, for just the chance to love you
Would I love you, love you, love you
To take you in my arms
Has always been my goal
Sure as there's a moon above you
Would I love you, love you, love you
With all my heart and soul
With all my heart and soul
Zondag 19 december 1999
Would I Lie To You?
Would I Lie To You?
Composer(s): Annie Lennox; David A. Stewart
Originally performed and made famous by: Eurythmics
Would I lie to you?
Would I lie to you honey?
Now would I say something that wasn't true?
I'm asking you sugar
Would I lie to you?
My friends - know what's in store
I won't be here anymore
I've packed my bags
I've cleaned the floor
Watch me walkin'
Walkin' out the door
(Believe me - I'll make it make it)
Tell you straight - no intervention
To your face - no deception
You're the biggest fake
That much is true
Had all I can take
Now I'm leaving you
(Believe me - I'll make it make it)
(Chorus)
(Watch me - watch me! Ooh yea)
Zaterdag 18 december 1999
Wot'cher! (Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Road)
