Maandag 11 februari 1974
The Cuckoo
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The Cuckoo (aka "Coo Coo", "A-Walking and A-Talking", "Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird", "I'm Sad and I'm Lonesome")
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Maandag 11 februari 1974
Careful Man
Careful Man
Composer(s): Jim Croce
Performer(s): Jim Croce
I don't gamble, I don't fight
I don't be hangin' in the bars at night
Yeah I used to be a fighter
But now I am a wiser man
I don't drink much, I don't smoke
I don't be hardly mess around with no dope
Yeah I used to be a problem
But now I am a careful man
But if you used to want to see a commotion
You should have seen the man that I used to be
I was trouble in perpetual motion
Trouble with a capital "T"
Stayin' out late, havin' fun
And shot off every single shot in my gun
Yeah I used to be a lover
But now I am an older man
Yeah I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man
Maandag 11 februari 1974
First We Take Manhattan
First We Take Manhattan
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
Performer(s): Joe Cocker;
and various other artists
(Radio announcer's voice)
Was die Attentäter betrifft
die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben
ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen
Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag...
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those
Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I don't like your fashion business mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'd really like to live beside you, baby ...
And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night, now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I am guided
Ah remember me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
Zondag 10 februari 1974
The Crystal Ship
The Crystal Ship
Composer(s): Jim Morrison - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek
First release by: The Doors - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss
The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again, we'll meet again
Oh tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I'll drop a line
Zondag 10 februari 1974
Carefree Highway
Carefree Highway
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot; John Carrington
Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet shattered dream
I wonder how the old folks are tonight
Her name was Ann and I'll be damned if I recall her face
She left me not knowin' what to do
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Turnin' back the pages to the times I love best
I wonder if she'll ever do the same
Now the thing that I call livin' is just bein' satisfied
With knowin' I got no one left to blame
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Searchin' through the fragments of my dream-shattered sleep
I wonder if the years have closed her mind
I guess it must be wanderlust or tryin' to get free
From the good old faithful feelin' we once knew
Carefree highway, let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Let me slip away on you
Carefree highway, got ta see you my old flame
Carefree highway, you seen better days
The mornin' after blues from my head down to my shoes
Carefree highway, let me slip away
Slip away on you
Zondag 10 februari 1974
First Quarrel
First Quarrel
Composer(s): Couch; McDuff; Smith
Performer(s): Paul & Paula
Both: We had our first quarrel today
Paula : I threw your picture away
Paul: I'm sorry I made you cry
Paula : Forgive me, so am I
Both: We had our first quarrel today
Paul: I thought I saw you with Jim
Paula : I was just talking with him
Paul: Well, I guess I had it wrong
Paula : I should have been at home
Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true
Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about?
Paula : I don't remember now
Both: We had our first quarrel today
What may seem wrong at the time isn't always true
Our love will go on as long as there's me and you
Paul: What was it all about?
Paula: I don't remember now
Both: We had our first quarrel today
Zaterdag 9 februari 1974
The Crystal Gazer
The Crystal Gazer
Composer(s): Frank Petch
Performer(s): Reggie Goff
There's a crystal gazer down at the fair
She's a lady with a rose in her hair
If you're feeling romantic
She'll be your guide
She can look into the crystal and see
What your fortune and your future will be
And they tell me the crystal
Has never lied
It seems that this weaver of dreams
Deals in romance all the day through
But her life's not the romance it seems
(Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs
But she tries to hide the worries and cares
Of the one broken romance
She'll never mend
(She'll never mend)
(It seems that this weaver of dreams
Deals in romance all the day through)
But her life's not the romance it seems
(Her own dreams never come true)
She can soon arrange a stranger's affairs
But she tries to hide the worries and cares
Of the one broken romance
She'll never mend
(Of the broken romance)
(All)
She'll never mend
Zaterdag 9 februari 1974
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
Composer(s): Topper Headon - Mick Jones - Paul Simonon - Joe Strummer
First release by: The Clash - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists
They offered me the office, offered me the shop
They said I'd better take anything they'd got
Do you wanna make tea at the BBC?
Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?
Career opportunities are the ones that never knock
Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock
Career opportunity, the ones that never knock
I hate the army an' I hate the R.A.F.
I don't wanna go fighting in the tropical heat
I hate the civil service rules
And I won't open letter bombs for you
Bus driver....ambulance man....ticket inspector
They're gonna have to introduce conscription
They're gonna have to take away my prescription
If they wanna get me making toys
If they wanna get me, well, I got no choice
Careers
Careers
Careers
Ain't never gonna knock
Zaterdag 9 februari 1974
First Of May
First Of May
Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Maurice Gibb; Robin Gibb
Performer(s): The Bee Gees;
and various other artists
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall
we used to love while others used to play
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by
someone else moved in from far away
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small
and you don't ask the time of day
But you and I, our love will never die
but guess we'll cry come first of May
The apple tree that grew for you and me
I watched the apples falling one by one
And I recall the moment of them all
the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small
and you don't ask the time of day
But you and I, our love will never die
but guess we'll cry come first of May
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall
do do do do do do do do do...
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by
someone else moved in from far away
Vrijdag 8 februari 1974
The Crying Game
The Crying Game
Composer(s): Geoff Stephens
First release by: Dave Berry - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists
I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs
And then before you know where you are
You're sayin' goodbye
One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game
And if he knows maybe he'll explain
Why there are heartaches, why there are tears
And what to do to stop feeling blue
When love disappears
I know all there is to know about the crying game
I've had my share of the crying game
First there are kisses, then there are sighs
And then before you know where you are
You're sayin' goodbye
Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game
Don't want no more of the crying game
Vrijdag 8 februari 1974
Care Of Cell 44
Care Of Cell 44
Composer(s): Rod Argent - Paul Atkinson - Colin Blunstone - Hugh Grundy - Chris White
First release by: The Zombies - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
Good morning to you I hope you're feeling better baby
Thinking of me while you are far away
Counting the days until they set you free again
Writing this letter hoping you're okay
Saved you the room you used to stay in every Sunday
The one that is warmed by sunshine every day
And we'll get to know each other for a second time
And then you can tell me 'bout your prison stay...
Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!
It's gonna to be good to have you back again with me
Watching the laughter play around your eyes
Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money
Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!
Walking the way we used to walk
And it could be so nice...
We're talking the way we used to talk
And it could be so nice...
It's gonna be good to have you back again with me
Watching the laughter play around your eyes
Come up and fetch you, saved up for the train fare money
Kiss and make up and it will be so nice...
Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!
Feels so good...
You're coming home soon!
Vrijdag 8 februari 1974
First Name Initial
First Name Initial
Composer(s): Martin Kalmanoff; Aaron H. Schroeder
Performer(s): Annette Funicello
First name initial
First name initial
First name initial
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
I wear a first name initial, a great big initial
On a chain ev'rywhere I go
It's your first name initial, a great big initial
Engraving don't you know (don'tcha know)
And I wear it to
Show I belong to you
Just you
I love my first name initial, it makes it official
That you're my steady boy
It's your first name initial, a great big initial
Befits my pride and joy (pride and joy)
'cause it's a symbol of
My everlasting love
For you
I wear it at the soda shop, wear it at the record hop
Ridin to a movie in your jeep (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)
I wear it when I go to gym, wear it when I take a swim
I even wear it when I slee-ee-ee-eep
I wear your first name initial, a great big initial
And though it's your first name
I wish your last name initial and my last initial
Will one day be the same
So ev'ryone can see
That you belong to me
Just me (tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop )
I wear it at the soda shop, wear it at the record hop
Ridin' to a movie in your jeep (tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop, tood-a-loop)
I wear it when I go to gym, wear it when I take a swim
I even wear it when I slee-ee-ee-eep
I wear your first name initial, a great big initial
And though it's your first name
I wish your last name initial and my last initial
Will one day be the same
So ev'ryone can see
That you belong to me
Just me
First name initial
First name initial
First name initial
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Donderdag 7 februari 1974
Cry Of The Wild Goose
Cry Of The Wild Goose
Composer(s): Terry Gilkyson
Performer(s): Frankie Laine
and multiple other artists
My heart knows what the wild goose knows
And I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best
A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
Tonight I heard the wild goose cry
Wingin' north in the lonely sky
I tried to sleep, it wern't no use
'Cause I am a brother to the old wild goose
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows)
(And I must go where the wild goose goes)
(Wild goose, brother goose, which is best)
(A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest)
My woman was kind and true to me
She thinks she loves me, the more fool she
She's gotta learn that ain't no use
To love the brother of the old wild goose
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows)
(And I must go where the wild goose goes)
(Wild goose, brother goose, which is best)
(A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest)
(Oh, you wild goose)
The cabin is warm and the snow is deep
And I've got a woman who lies asleep
When she wakes up tomorrow's dawn
She'll find, poor critter, that her man is gone
My heart knows what the wild goose knows
And I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best
A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away
Spring is comin' and the ice will break
And I can't linger for a woman's sake
She'll see a shadow pass overhead
She'll find a feather beside my bed
(My heart knows what the wild goose knows)
(And I must go where the wild goose goes)
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best
A wanderin' foot or a heart at rest
(Wild goose, wild goose, wild goose, wild goose)
(Wild goose, wild goose...)
Donderdag 7 februari 1974
Cardboard Cutout Sundown
Cardboard Cutout Sundown
Composer(s): Don Van Vliet
Performer(s): Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
You hardly know a day goes by
In the cardboard cutout sundown
The moon popped up like a gallery duck
Sipped up gold from the sunny cup
And longhorns sawed the buggy grass
And a cowboy blew a harp sitting on his chapped ass
And the prairie flowers didn't look a bit queer
And the stars struck the sand cartwheeled
And poked in the prairie
A cactus juice stand the only place the crows couldn't land
The bluebottle flies were as big as a cowboy's eyes
And their buzz was as loud as rattlers
A fire engine red whistle blows raspberries
In a cloud of whipped steam
A tungle weed ran out black patent yarn stinkbug hoops
From above a living mail thriving dot
In perfect sympathy with the cardboard cutout sundown
You hardly know a day goes by
In the cardboard cutout sundown
Donderdag 7 februari 1974
First Love Never Dies
First Love Never Dies
Composer(s): Bob Morris; Jim Seals
Performer(s): The Walker Brothers;
The Cascades; Jerry Fuller; The Volebeats
All at once I miss you
So long since I've kissed you
How I love to look into your eyes
Yes I still dream about you
My world is lost without you
For you are my first love, and
First love never ever dies
Whenever I feel lonely
I'm thinking of you only
One last kiss and then we said goodbye
The love I left behind me
Comes back to remind me
That you were my first love, and
First love never ever dies
The love I left behind me
Comes back to remind me
That you were my first love, and
First love never ever dies
And if you're thinking of me
And you find that you still love me
There's no use to go on living lies
Let's hurry to each other
For there could be no other
Yes, you were my first love, and
First love never ever dies
First love never ever dies
Woensdag 6 februari 1974
The Cruel War
The Cruel War
Composer(s): Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow
Performer(s): Peter, Paul and Mary; Chad & Jeremy; The Cowsills
The cruel war is raging; Johnny has to fight
I want to be with him from morning till night
I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so
"Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
Tomorrow is Sunday, Monday is the day
That your captain will call you and you must obey
Your captain will call you, it grieves my heart so
"Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
I'll tie back my hair; men's clothing I'll put on
I'll pass as your comrade as we march along
I'll pass as your comrade, no one will ever know
"Won't you let me go with you?" "No, my love no"
Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, I fear you are unkind
I love you far better than all of mankind
I love you far better than words can e'er express
"Won't you let me go with you?" "Yes, my love yes"
Woensdag 6 februari 1974
Cardboard California
Cardboard California
Composer(s): Howard Greenfield - Neil Sedaka
Performer(s): Neil Sedaka
Nothing is real in cardboard California
Just waking up brings you down
One lousy deal is cardboard California
You just can't survive in a make believe town
Lost in a city of little tin gods
Cold plastic people with phoney facades
How can you win when you look at the odds
You're running down a one way street
Nobody cares if you survive
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
You gotta fight to stay alive
Hey, you're never gonna get away
Where 's the world you used to know
Where did all the good times go
Look around your hopes and dreams are gone
But like a fool you still keep hanging on
Come and be a movie star
Come and drive a fancy car
Come and see, what you really are
Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie
You're getting older, your time's past you by
You lost your shot to some younger guy
You're running down a one way street
Nobody cares if you survive
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
You gotta fight to stay alive
Hey, you're never gonna get away
Nothing is real in cardboard California
Just waking up brings you down
One lousy deal is cardboard California
You just can't survive in a make believe town
Woensdag 6 februari 1974
First In Line
First In Line
Composer(s): Aaron Schroeder; Ben Weisman
Performer(s): Elvis Presley
When they gave out eyes like diamonds
That would shame the stars that shine
My darlin' my darlin'
You were the first in line
When they gave out lips like honey
That hold a new thrill every time
My darlin' my darlin'
You were the first in line
There may be others
That know you longer
Who pledge their hearts to you
But there's no other
Could love you stronger
Any stronger than I do
Don't refuse me, say you'll choose me
I'm yours, oh please be mine
My darlin' say I’m your darlin'
The first, and the last in line
Dinsdag 5 februari 1974
The Crowd
The Crowd
Composer(s): Roy Orbison - Joe Melson
Performer(s): Roy Orbison
I go out with the crowd, I play the game
Pretending out loud but it don't seem the same
For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight
My part of the crowd is not with me tonight
I remember the prom, every dance with you
All the crazy things that we used to do
Sometimes we'd wait for a chance
And then we'd steal away
From the crowd and the dance to our hideaway
Aww, but you're gone and it's not the same old game
I fall apart each time I hear your name
Guess I'll go along with the crowd,
I'll make believe
That you'll come back to me, run back to me
Hurry back to the crowd a-and me-e-e-e-e
Dinsdag 5 februari 1974
Carco
