Woensdag 7 januari 2009
Like China
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Woensdag 7 januari 2009
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
Composer(s): Phil Lampkin; J. Joseph Leahy; Carl Sigman
Performer(s): Della Reese
By love possessed, by love possessed, by love possessed am I
From the moment that we caressed, by love possessed was I
From the moment we kissed all my plans to resist were replaced by a sigh
Your lips were warm on mine and tender was your touch
I tried so not to care but suddenly I care too much
All my fears seem to come to rest, by love possessed was I
When your arms held me tight could I question the night, could I ask myself why
I only know I needed you so
And whether the end be high or low
In the valley or somewhere atop the crest
By love possessed, by love possessed, by love possessed am I
Dinsdag 6 januari 2009
Like Animals
Like Animals
From the musical "Doctor Dolittle"
Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse - Samantha Eggar
Performer(s): Rex Harrison
I do not understand the human race
It has so little love for creatures with a different face
Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace
I do not understand the human race
I wonder
Why do we treat animals like animals?
Animals treat us so very well
The devoted ways they serve us
And protect us when we’re nervous
Oh, they really don’t deserve us
All we give them is hell!
Tell me how else man repays them
Do we ever think to praise them?
No we don’t, and this dismays them You can tell
We’re riddled with ingratitude
We give no love or latitude
In every way our attitude
Is, well, like animals
No, no — that’s not what I mean
I mean
Why do we treat animals like animals?
How can people be so inhumane?
Cows and chickens work to feed us
Dogs and horses show they need us
And though cats don’t always heed us
Their affection is plain
What do we do? We neglect them
We do nothing to protect them
We reject them, don’t expect them
To complain
We ignore them or we beat them
When we’re hungry then we eat them
It’s appalling how we treat them
It’s insane!
Like animals!
We humiliate and murder and confine them
We create their wretched status
Then we use it to malign them
I mean
Why should we say, “treated like a dog”
Why should we say, “working like a horse”
Why should we say, “eating like a hog”
When what we mean is “eating like a man”?
Don’t we? Of course!
A man of ill repute is called a “weasel” or a “rat”
A woman you dislike becomes a “vixen” or a “cat”
A family that is blessed
With healthy reproductive habits
Occasions the remark,
"Well you know them, they “breed like rabbits”!
“He’s as stubborn as a mule!”
“He’s as stupid as an ox!”
“He’s as slimy as a snake!”
“He’s as crafty as a fox!”
Remarks like that really get my goat!
Why don’t we say, “noble as a frog”?
Or, why can’t we say, “wealthy as a hen”?
True, we say, “devoted as a dog”
But what we should say is
“Chic as a giraffe,”
“Pretty as a pig,” eh?
That’ll be the big day
Won’t it? But when?
But when?
But when?
When will we stop treating them like animals?
Is the human race entirely mad?
Women see a baby goatskin
Or a lambskin or a stoatskin
And to them it’s just a coatskin
Oh, it’s terribly sad!
When you dress in suede or leather
Or some fancy fur or feather
Do you stop and wonder whether
For a fad
You have killed some beast or other
And you’re wearing someone’s brother
Or perhaps it’s someone’s mother
In which you’re clad?
Like animals! Like animals!
Like animals
Well, it’s true, we do not live in a zoo
But man is an animal too
So why can’t you
Like me
Like animals?
... animals
Dinsdag 6 januari 2009
By Candlelight
By Candlelight
Performer(s): Kay Armen
When there’s pink champagne by candlelight
We will bring champagne by candlelight
While the bubbles rise, a violin will improvise
And we’ll drink a toast by candlelight
Then we’ll talk, but not for very long
Then we’ll dance, but not for very long
For when I hold you, not a word will wake the night
And you’ll understand, by candlelight
While the bubbles rise, a violin will improvise
And we’ll drink a toast by candlelight
Then we’ll talk, but not for very long
Then we’ll dance, but not for very long
For when I hold you, not a word will wake the night
And you’ll understand, by candlelight
Maandag 5 januari 2009
Like An Old Time Movie
Like An Old Time Movie
Composer(s): John Phillips
Performer(s): Scott McKenzie
Every time I see you
It's just because you're blue
You don't really need me
The way that I need you
Don't come on so groovy
You do better mean
You're like an old time movie
One that I already seen
Baby, yes I need your love
But I'm not gonna get this low
Don't you think that I can tell
When you've no place else to go
Could it be you misunderstood
When you tried to read my mind
Cause this time you will find
I'm gonna let you go
Every time I see you
You're like an old time movie
Baby, yes I need your love
But I'm not gonna get this low
Don't you think that I can tell
When you've got no place else to go
Could it be you understood
When you tried to read my mind
Cause this time you will find
I'm gonna let you go
Every time I see you
Maandag 5 januari 2009
By A Waterfall
By A Waterfall
Composer(s): Irving Kahal; Sammy Fain
Performer(s): Dick Powell
and various other artists
I appreciate the simple things
'Cause I'm awf'lly fond of getting
Love in a natural setting
This is what I call the simple things
Just a winding stream
Where I can drift and dream
And now I'm waiting for you
By a waterfall, I'm calling you-oo-oo-oo
We can share it all beneath a ceiling of blue
We'll spend a heavenly day
Here where the whispering waters play
There's a whippoorwill that's calling you-oo-oo-oo
By a waterfall, he's dreaming too
There's a magic melody
Mother Nature sings to me
Beside a waterfall with you
Zondag 4 januari 2009
Like Always
Like Always
Composer(s): Larry Ramos - Bob Alcivar - Tony Ortega
Performer(s): The Association
Stepping off a stone, while I'm walking alone
Walking all alone, like always
Got me a new car, it doesn't get me too far
I'm all out of gas, like always
Got to pay the rent, but all my money's spent
All my money's spent, like always
I wonder where my pay went
Missed another payment
I'm all out of bread, like always
Girl, let the world have my money
I don't care
Girl, make my troubles seem funny and small
In no time at all
Things have got to move, I've been to long in this groove
Hung up in this groove, like always
Things are getting better, ever since I met her
Oh, oh, there she goes, like always
Like always, like always
Zondag 4 januari 2009
Bwana Dort
Bwana Dort
Composer(s): Claude Lemesle; Michel Fugain
Performer(s): Michel Fugain
Mon frère éléphant s'endort tranquille
Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là
Ouwéyé Bwana
L'animal cruel est dans la ville
La savane est calme au vent qui va
Iléyé Laba
Le chant de la nuit s'élève à peine
Wowo Bwana
La saison des pluies n'est plus lointaine
Ne Reviens Pas
Venez frères et dansez
Bwana dort
Bwana dort
Ma sœur antilope court son rêve
Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là
Ouwéyé Bwana
Dans la plaine quand le jour se lève
va couler un fleuve d'impalas
Iléyé Laba
Le rhinocéros, blanc de poussière
Wowo Bwana
sait que le ciel porte des rivières
Ne Reviens Pas
Venez frères et dansez
Bwana dort
Bwana dort
Mon frère éléphant s'endort tranquille
Le grand prédateur blanc n'est pas là
Ouwéyé Bwana
L'animal cruel est dans la ville
La savane est calme au vent qui va
Iléyé Laba
Les 4X4 ont filé comme des hyènes
Wowo Bwana
Laissant des carcasses par centaines
Ne Reviens Pas
Venez frères et dansez
Bwana dort
Bwana dort
Zaterdag 3 januari 2009
Like A Virgin
Like A Virgin ((aka Like A Surgeon (by "Weird Al" Yankovic) - 1985))
Composer(s): Billy Steinberg - Tom Kelly
First release by: Madonna - 1984
Covered by multiple other artists
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine
Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
'Cause only love can last
You're so fine and you're mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine
Oooh, oooh, oooh
You're so fine and you're mine
I'll be yours 'till the end of time
'Cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
I've nothing to hide
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
Next to mine
Like a virgin, ooh, ooh
Like a virgin
Feels so good inside
When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, baby
Can't you hear my heart beat
For the very first time?
Zaterdag 3 januari 2009
Buzzin' Fly
Buzzin' Fly
Composer(s): Tim Buckley
Originally performed by: Tim Buckley
Covered by: Dredd Foole; Keith Sykes; Kathryn Williams
Just like a buzzin' fly
I come into your life
Now I float away
Like honey in the sun
Was it right or wrong
I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin'
Now I remember
How the sun shown down
And how it warmed your prayin' smile
When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about
You're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey
In the mornin'
Lord, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home
That's how I know I found a home
Oh, hear the mountains singing
Lord, I can hear them ringing, darlin'
Out your name
And tell me if you know
Just how the river flows
Down to the sea
Now I wanna know
Everything about you
I wanna know
Everything about you
What makes ya smile
What makes ya wild
What makes ya love me this way
Darlin' I wanna know
Darlin' I wanna know
You're the one I talk about
You're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey
In the mornin'
Lord, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home
That's how I know I found a home
A-walkin' hand in hand
And all along the sand
A seabird knew your name
He knew your love was growin'
Lord, I think it knows it's flowin'
Thru you and me
Ah, tell me darlin'
When I should leave you,
Ah, tell me darlin'
I don't want to grieve you....
Just like a buzzin' fly
I come into your life
Now I float away
Like honey in the sun
Was it right or wrong
I couldn't sing that song anyway
Oh, but darlin'
Now I remember
How the sun shown down
And how it warmed your prayin' smile
When all the love was there
You're the one I talk about
You're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey
In the mornin'
Lord, I miss you so....
Vrijdag 2 januari 2009
Like A Sunday Morning
Like A Sunday Morning
Composer(s): Joel Diamond - Allan Kenneth
Performer(s): Maureen McGovern
You're just like a Sunday morning
Quiet and warm and moving slow
Put your hand in my hand
Let me dream while I can
Oh, how I love you so
Life is made of milk and honey
I always thought that line was a lie
But it turns out it's true
'Cause the sweetness of you is so real
That it makes me want to cry
Oh, you're a holiday weekend
The key that unlocks the door
You're my friend and my lover
The dream I've been looking for
And you're much more, you're so much more
You're just like a Sunday morning
Feeling so comfortable and right
Be the wind, be the sea
Be whatever you please, but
Just be here on Sunday night
Vrijdag 2 januari 2009
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Composer(s): Robert Byrd; John Gray
Originally performed by: The Hollywood Flames
Covered by various other artists
Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedley, deedley dee goes the bird
But the sound of your little voice darling
Is the sweetest sound I've ever heard
I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty when the skies are blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
But the beauty of you-ooo
Sweet is the honey from the honey comb
Sweet are the grapes from the vine
But there's nothing as sweet as you darling
And I hope someday you'll be mine
Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedley, deedley dee goes the bird
But the sound of your little voice darling
Is the sweetest sound I've ever heard
I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty when the skies are blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
But the beauty of you-ooo
Sweet is the honey from the honey comb
Sweet are the grapes from the vine
But there's nothing as sweet as you darling
And I hope that some day you'll be mine
Hope someday you'll be mine
Hope someday you'll be mine
Hope someday you'll be mine
Hope someday you'll be mine
Donderdag 1 januari 2009
Like A Sad Song
Like A Sad Song
Composer(s): John Denver
Performer(s): John Denver
and multiple other artists
Usually in the morning I'm filled with sweet belonging
And everything is beautiful to see
Even when it's raining, the sound of heaven singing
Is simply joyful music to me
Sometimes I feel like a sad song
Like I'm all alone without you
So many different places, a million smiling faces
Life is so incredible to me
Especially to be near you and how it is to touch you
Oh paradise was made for you and me
I know that life goes on just perfectly
And everything is just the way that it should be
Still there are times when my heart feels like breaking
And anywhere is where I'd rather be
Oh and in the night time I know that it's the right time
To hold you close and say I love you so
To have someone to share with
And someone I can care with
And that is why I wanted you to know
Sometimes I feel like a sad song
Like I'm all alone without you, without you
Donderdag 1 januari 2009
Buy Me A Rose
Buy Me A Rose
Composer(s): Jim Funk; Erik Hickenlooper
Performer(s): Kenny Rogers
and various other artists
He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants
A three car garage, her own credit cards
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss good night
If he could only read her mind, she'd say
Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life
Now the days have grown to years of feeling all alone
And she can't help but wonder what she's doing wrong
'Cause lately she'd try anything to turn his head
Would it make a difference if she said
Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes
These are the little things I need the most in my life
And the more that he lives the less that he tries
To show her the love that he hold inside
And the more that she gives the more that he sees
This is a story of you and me
So I bought you a rose on the way home from work
Opened the door to a heart that I hurt
And I hope you notice this look in my eyes
Cause I'm gonna make things right
I'm gonna hold you tonight
Do all those little things
For the rest of your life
Woensdag 31 december 2008
Like A Rolling Stone
Like A Rolling Stone
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
First release by: Bob Dylan - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Come Una Pietra Che Rotola (by Gianni Pettenati & The Juniors)
1995 - Comme Ces Pierres Qui Roulent (by Hugues Aufray)
1998 - Come Una Pietra Scalciata (by Articolo 31)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
Woensdag 31 december 2008
Buttons And Bows
Buttons And Bows
Composer(s): Jay Livingston; Ray Evans
Performer(s): Bob Hope
and various other artists
East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose
Let's go where they keep on wearin'
Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows
Rings and things and buttons and bows.
Don't bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
Let's move down to some big town
Where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes
And you'll stand out, in buttons and bows
I'll love you in buckskin
Or skirts that you've homespun
But I'll love ya' longer, stronger
Where yer friends don't tote a gun
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
And the cactus hurts my toes
Let's vamoose where gals keep a-usin'
Those silks and satins and linen that shows
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes
And French perfume that rocks the room
And I'm all yours in buttons and bows.
Buttons and bows, buttons and bows.....
Dinsdag 30 december 2008
Like A Rock
Like A Rock
((French Version: Comme Un Roc (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1996))
Composer(s): Bob Seger
First release by: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - 1986
Covered by multiple other artists
Stood there boldly
Sweatin' in the sun
Felt like a million
Felt like number one
The height of summer
I'd never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen
Didn't have a care
Working for peanuts
Not a dime to spare
But I was lean and
Solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady
My eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose
My steps were quick and light
And I held firmly
To what I felt was right
Like a rock
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be
Like a rock, nothin' ever got to me
Like a rock, I was something to see
Like a rock
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud, I stood tall
High above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where'd they go?
twenty years
I don't know
sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
And sometimes late at night
When I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white
And I recall
recall
Like a rock. standin' arrow straight
Like a rock, chargin' from the gate
Like a rock, carryin' the weight
Like a rock
Lihe a rock, the sun upon my skin
Like a rock, hard against the wind
Like a rock, I see myself again
Like a rock
Dinsdag 30 december 2008
Button Up Your Overcoat
Button Up Your Overcoat
Composer(s): Buddy DeSylva; Lew Brown; Ray Henderson
Originally performed by: Jack Haley & Zelma O'Neal
Made famous by: Helen Kane
Covered by various other artists
Listen, big boy
Now that you got me made
Goodness, but I'm afraid
Somethin's gonna happen to you!
Listen, big boy
You gotta be hooked, and how
I would die if I should lose you now!
Button up your overcoat
When the wind is free
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Eat an apple every day
Get to bed by three
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Be careful crossing streets, ooh-ooh
Cut out sweets, ooh-ooh
Lay off meat, ooh-ooh
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!
Wear your flannel underwear
When you climb a tree
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Button up your overcoat
When the wind is free
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
When you sass a traffic cop
Use diplomacy
Just take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Beware of frozen funds, ooh-ooh
Stocks and bonds, ooh-ooh
Dockside thugs, ooh-ooh
You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll!
Keep the spoon out of your cup
When you're drinking tea
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh-ooh!
Or on nails, ooh-ooh!
Or third rails, ooh-ooh!
You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!
Keep away from bootleg hooch
When you're on a spree
Oh, take good care of yourself
You belong to me!
Maandag 29 december 2008
Comme Un Roc
Comme Un Roc
((Adapted from: Like A Rock (by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band) - 1986))
Composer(s): Bob Seger - Philippe Labro
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday - 1996
J'étais jeune
J'avais pas 20 ans
J'étais increvable
J'avais tout mon temps
J'avais toute ma force
On ne pouvait pas me bouger
Comme un roc
J'avais 20 ans
Les choses étaient claires
J'ai trouvé une femme
Une femme que j'aimais
Y avait pas de mystère
Un amour très fort
Comme roc
Les deux mains valides
Tranquilles et solides
J'avais tout construit
Dans ma vie
Y avait toi et moi
Je me tenais tout droit
Comme un roc
Comme un roc
J'avais confiance en la vie
Comme un roc
Il pouvait rien m'arriver
Comme un roc
C'était parti pour durer
Comme un roc
Et je criais mon espoir de réussir
Ne pas mentir ni tromper ni blesser
J'étais fier j'étais fort
Je défiais la mort
Comme un roc
Oh, je croyais à tous mes rêves
Comme un roc
J'avais 20 ans
Les choses étaient claires
J'ai trouvé une femme
Une femme que j'aimais
Y avait pas de mystère
Un amour très fort
Comme un roc
Comme un roc
J'avais confiance en la vie
Comme un roc
Il pouvait rien m'arriver
Comme un roc
C'était parti pour durer
Comme un roc
Comme un roc
Je criais mon espoir
Comme un roc
Je défiais la mort
Oh, comme un roc
Je croyais à tous mes rêves
Comme un roc
Comme un roc
J'avais confiance en la vie
Comme un roc
Il pouvait rien m'arriver
Comme un roc
C'était parti pour durer
Comme un roc
Comme un roc...
Maandag 29 december 2008
Butterscotch Candy And Strawberry Pie
