Vrijdag 4 februari 2011
The Other Side Of The Cross
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The Other Side Of The Cross
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Donderdag 3 februari 2011
Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener
Composer(s): Tony Hatch - Jackie Trent
Performer(s): Petula Clark
and multiple other artists
Life is never what it seems
We're always searching in our dreams
To find that little castle in the air
When worry starts to cloud the mind
It's hard to leave it all behind
And just pretend you haven't got a care
There's someone else in your imagination
You wish that you were standing in their shoes
You'd change your life without much hesitation
But would you if you really had to choose?
So, don't look around
Get your feet on the ground
It's much better by far
To be just who you are
The other man's grass is always greener
The sun shines brighter on the other side
The other man's grass is always greener
Some are lucky, some are not
But just be thankful for what you've got
Many times, it seems to me
There's someone else I'd rather be
Living in a world of make-believe
To stay in bed 'til nearly three
With nothing there to worry me
Would seem to be the life I might achieve
But deep inside, I know I'm really lucky
With happiness I've never known before
And just as long as you are there beside me
I know that I could ask for nothing more
Then living can start
With the love in your heart
So, with you all the time
All the treasures I've longed for are mine
The other man's grass is always greener
The sun shines brighter on the other side
The other man's grass is always greener
Some are lucky, some are not
But I'm so thankful for what I've got
(repeat)
Woensdag 2 februari 2011
The Other Guy
The Other Guy
Composer(s): Graham Goble
Performer(s): Little River Band
I found out that you care for another guy
I found out that you want for another smile
We are alone as two different people can be
And it's hurting me so
Just to know that you don't care for me
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again
I found out that your heart's with another guy
You found out that you're tellin' another lie
We've grown apart and goin' our own separate ways
And you don't understand
Why I love you and want you to stay
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again
You don't know it's me that you need
You're thinking of him and I can't compete
But I'm here to say I still want you back again
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again
The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again
Dinsdag 1 februari 2011
The Ostrich
The Ostrich
Composer(s): John Kay
Performer(s): Steppenwolf
We'll call you when you're six years old
And drag you to the factory
To train your brain for eighteen years
With promise of security
But then you're free
And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign
So you may die in Florida
At the pleasant age of sixty nine
The water's getting hard to drink
We've mangled up the country side
The air will choke you when you breathe
We're all committing suicide
But it's alright
It's progress folks keep pushin' till your body rots
Will strip the earth of all it's green
And then divide her into parking lots
But there's nothing you and I can do
You and I are only two
What's right and wrong is hard to say
Forget about it for today
We'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is grand
Then hope that everything turns out ok
You're free to speak your mind my friend
As long as you agree with me
Don't criticize the father land
Or those who shape your destiny
'Cause if you do
You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew
We'll send out all our boys in blue
They'll find a way to silence you
But there's nothing you and I can do
You and I are only two
What's right and wrong is hard to say
Forget about it for today
We'll stick our heads into the sand
Just pretend that all is grand
Then hope that everything turns out ok
Maandag 31 januari 2011
The Organ, The Monkey And Me
The Organ, The Monkey And Me
Composer(s): Jack Lesoire - Harry F. Clarkson - Geoffrey Clarkson
Performer(s): Sam Browne
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Ciri-biri-beeeeeee
For a penny we'll play all your troubles away
Ciri-bee
Come and sing ciri-bee
With the organ, the monkey and me
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Hey Jocko, where's the mon?
The mon you hide from me
You little son-o-ma-gun
I'll send you back to Italy
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
We play the melody Pagliacci
And a La Donna e Mobile
The kids don't want our Pagliacci
They want ha-cha-cha and hi-dee-hay
We never play that way
We play a song of love
A happy song of love
A melody of yesterday
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
When we come to the end of the day
And the organ is laid away
The monkey and me, we lie down to sleep
And I dream of Marie, my baby
She is waiting across the sea
Once again in her arms I'll be
When I go back to Napoli
Ciri-biri-bee
For a penny we'll play all your troubles away
Ciri-bee
Come and sing cirri-bee
with the organ, the monkey and me
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
Zondag 30 januari 2011
Orange And The Green
Orange And The Green
Composer(s): A. Murphy
Performer(s): The Irish Rovers
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
My father was an Ulster man, proud Protestant was he
My mother was a Catholic girl, from county Cork was she
They were married in two churches, lived happily enough
Until the day that I was born and things got rather tough
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
Baptized by Father Riley, I was rushed away by car
To be made a little Orangeman, my father's shining star
I was christened "David Anthony," but still, inspite of that
To me father, I was William, while my mother called me Pat
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
With Mother every Sunday, to Mass I'd proudly stroll
Then after that, the Orange lodge would try to save my soul
For both sides tried to claim me, but i was smart because
I'd play the flute or play the harp, depending where I was
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
One day me Ma's relations came round to visit me
Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea
We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight
And me, being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
Now my parents never could agree about my type of school
My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool
They've both passed on, God rest 'em, but left me caught between
That awful color problem of the Orange and the Green
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen
My father, he was Orange and me mother, she was green
Zaterdag 29 januari 2011
The Only Living Boy In New York
The Only Living Boy In New York
((Italian Version: L'unico Che Sta A New York (Bruno Lauzi) - 1973))
Composer(s): Paul Simon
First release by: Simon and Garfunkel - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part will go fine
Fly down to Mexico
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York
I get the news I need from the weather report
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report
Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile
Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am
The only living boy in New York
Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know
Where, and we don't know where
Ah....
Here I am
Tom, get your plane right on time
I know that you've been eager to fly now
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York
Vrijdag 28 januari 2011
You're The Only Light On My Horizon Now
You're The Only Light On My Horizon Now
Composer(s): Stephens - Macauley
Performer(s): Sha Na Na
The footlights and the curtain calls
The way she spoke the lines
As though she meant them just for me
It fooled me every time
Now I'm forgotten for another stage door clown
I wish I hadn't left you, I wish I hadn't left you
Now I'm on the road alone and homeward bound
You're the only light still shining on my horizon now
Shine on, shine on
You're the only silver lining in the grey cloud all around
Shine on, shine on
You light the way ahead
The road I tread is getting hard to climb
I only hope I reach that light in time
You're a lonely cello playing
In the silence all around
You're the only light on my horizon now
The diamonds and the Dior gowns
The rose at every door
The ritzy restaurants uptown was what she took me for
No more than a two-bit player in her masquerade
I wish I hadn't left you, I wish I hadn't left you
Though in your eyes I fit the part I play
You're the only light still shining on my horizon now
Shine on, shine on
You're the only silver lining in the grey cloud all around
Shine on, shine on
You light the way ahead
The road I tread is getting hard to climb
I only hope I reach that light in time
You're a lonely cello playing
In the silence all around
You're the only light on my horizon now
Yes, you're the only light on my horizon now
Donderdag 27 januari 2011
I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)
I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)
Composer(s): Bobby Borchers - Mack Vickery - Wayne Kemp
Performer(s): Johnny Paycheck
and multiple other artists
I can't sell my momma short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
Momma tried stopped me short of stealing
I guess that's why I had to steal that car
She told me not to smoke it but I did
and it took me far away
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised
I rolled into Atlanta stolen tags and almost out of gas
I had to get some money and lately I'd learned how to get it fast
Those neon lights was calling me and somehow I just had to get downtown
So I reached into the glove box another liquor store went down
And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old days
Let me hear my momma singing Rock of Ages cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised
When they put those handcuffs on me lord how I fought to resist
But that agent clamped them tighter till that metal bit into my wrist
They took my boots and my billfold my fingerprints and the profile of my face
Then they locked away the only hell my momma ever raised
And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old days
I can hear my momma singing Rock of Ages cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised
Woensdag 26 januari 2011
The One You Love
The One You Love
Composer(s): Glenn Frey - Jack Tempchin
Performer(s): Glenn Frey
and multiple other artists
I know you need a friend, someone you can talk to
Who will understand what you're going through
When it comes to love, there's no easy answer
Only you can say what you're gonna do
I heard you on the phone, you took his number
Said you were alone but you'd call him soon
Isn't he the guy, the guy who left you cryin'
Isn't he the one who made you blue
When you remember those nights in his arms
You know you gotta make up your mind
Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you goin' back to the one you love
Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you
Someone's gonna thank the stars above
What you gonna say when he comes over
There's no easy way to see this through
All the broken dreams, all the disappointments
Oh girl, what you gonna do
Your heart keeps sayin' it's just not fair
But still you gotta make up your mind
Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you goin' back to the one you love
Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you
Someone's gonna thank the stars above
Dinsdag 25 januari 2011
The One Who Really Loves You
The One Who Really Loves You
Composer(s): William "Smokey" Robinson
First release by: Mary Wells - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists
Some other girls are fillin' your head with jive
So now you're acting like you don't know that I'm alive
Love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you
Susie only wants you until the day (only wants you until the day)
That she'll again have her true love who's far, far away (her true love far away)
So love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you (I really love you, yay, yay, yay)
Ginnie only wants you 'cause she thinks she has to have ev'ryone
Minnie only wants you 'cause she thinks that hurting me would be fun
Oh, oh, oh, silly Lilly, ya know she doesn't really want you with a love that's true
In fact there's no other girl in this whole wide world who can love you like I do
They get tired of you and they're gonna put you down (put you down, put you down)
Then they ain't gonna want you hangin' around (hangin' around, hangin' around)
So love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you (I really love you, yay, yay, yay)
I-I-I-I-I-I-I do
Really, really love you (I really love you)
Uh-oh, uh-oh,uh-oh-oh-oh
Uh-oh, uh-oh,uh-oh-oh-oh...
Maandag 24 januari 2011
One That You Love
One That You Love
Composer(s): Graham Russell
Performer(s): Air Supply
Now the night has gone
Now the night has gone away...
Doesn't seem that long
We hardly had two words to say...
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow
Oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Don't say the mornings come
Don't say the mornings come so soon...
Must we end this way
When so much here is hard to lose...
Love is everywhere, I know it is
Such moments as these, are too few
Oh...
It's all up to you
It's all up to you...
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways, ah...
Tell me we can stay, tell me we can stay oh please...
They are the words to say
The only words I can believe
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
The night has gone
A part of yesterday
I don't know what to say...
I don't know what to say...
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Loves you in so many ways
Zondag 23 januari 2011
The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
Composer(s): Del Lyon - Lani McIntire
Performer(s): Jimmie Rodgers
and multiple other artists
So blue, so lonesome too, but still true
Rosie haunts me, makes me think of you
You're the one rose that's left in my heart, Dear
I love you, adore you, I do
Each night in dreamland we wandered along
Telling love stories anew
When from a blue sky a black cloud came rolling
Breaking my heart in two
But we vowed not to part, I have said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
Oh, we ought not to part, I have said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
Zaterdag 22 januari 2011
The One On The Left Is On The Right
The One On The Left Is On The Right
Composer(s): Jack Clement
Performer(s): Johnny Cash
There once was a musical troupe a pickin' singin' folk group
They sang the mountain ballads and the folk songs of our land
They were long on musical ability folks thought they would go far
But political incompatibility led to their downfall
Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear was a Methodist
This musical agregation toured the entire nation
Singing the traditional ballads and the folk songs of our land
They performed with great virtuosity and soon they were the rage
But political animosity prevailed upon the stage
Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear burned his driver's license
Well the curtain had ascended a hush fell on the crowd
As thousands there were gathered to hear the folk songs of our land
But they took their politics seriously and that night at the concert hall
As the audience watched deliriously they had a free-for-all
Well the one on the right was on the bottom
And the one in the middle was on the top
And the one on the left got a broken arm
And the guy on his rear, said, "oh dear"
Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixin' politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction play your banjo well
And if you have political convictions keep 'em to yourself
Now the one on the left works in a bank
And the one in the middle drives a truck
The one on the right's an all-night deejay
And the guy in the rear got drafted
Vrijdag 21 januari 2011
The One In The Middle
The One In The Middle
Composer(s): Paul Jones
Performer(s): Manfred Mann
Let me tell you 'bout the Manfreds
The music that they're puttin' down
They started to play
On a rainy day
And the people came from miles around
They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah
Tom McGuiness plays the diamond bass
But the one in the middle
Sings "Hey diddle diddle"
God, he's just a pretty face
They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
They couldn't have!
Manfred Mann plays the organ
Mike Vickers plays guitar
& there's a geezer called Paul
Who's so thin & so tall
And sure wants to be a star
They didn't come for the rhythm
They didn't come for the beat
The people of the town
Came just to stand around
And see the singer lookin' sweet
See the singer lookin'...
See the singer lookin'...
See the singer lookin'...
See the singer lookin'...
See the singer lookin'...
See the singer lookin'...
Sweet
Donderdag 20 januari 2011
The One I Loved Back Then
The One I Loved Back Then (aka Corvette Song)
Performer(s): George Jones
I stopped off at the Quicksack for some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money as he stared at my Corvette
He said, I had one just like her son, a 1963
'Til the man down at the bank took her from me
Oh She was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
Then I handed him my keys and said, here take her for a spin
The old man scratched his head, then
he looked at me and grinned
He said son you just don't understand it ain't the car I want
It's the brunette in your 'vette that turns me on
I had one that was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
Lord she was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
Woensdag 19 januari 2011
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
Composer(s): Isham Jones - Gus Kahn
First recording/First release by: Isham Jones and His Orch. - 1923/1924
Covered by multiple other artists
The one I love belongs to somebody else
She means her tender songs for somebody else
And even when I have my arms around her
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else
The hands I held belong to somebody else
I'll bet they're not so cold to somebody else
It's tough to be alone on the shelf
It's worse to fall in love by yourself
The one I love belongs to somebody else
The one I love belongs to somebody else
Dinsdag 18 januari 2011
The One Exception
The One Exception
Composer(s): Lynsey De Paul
Performer(s): Lynsey De Paul
When I saw you walking down the street
I said
That’s the kind of guy I’d like to meet
If I just had the chance
Maybe I could find me a little romance
So I
Went and asked you if you knew the time
(you knew the time)
Hoping that you wouldn’t see that I was just
playing for more (playing for more)
Seeing if you fit for the grand amore
I said
I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I was breaking a society rule (breaking a rule)
I would surely go and blow my cool
When you asked me my name (asked me my name)
I thought that I was going crazy (crazy),
I was going insane
But then
As we walked off to a small café (small café)
Just about a block or so away
I knew you were the one (you were the one)
I had a funny feeling something could have begun
I said
I don’t think I ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
One exception, you’re the one
exception, you’re the one
exception
One exception, you’re the one
exception, you’re the one
exception
One day we will be together
And the two of us will be forever
And we’ll both remember, won’t we?
We’ll remember won’t we?
I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
You’re the…
One exception
One exception
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
Hey yeah
I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
You’re the…
One exception
One exception
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
Maandag 17 januari 2011
One After 909
One After 909
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release by: The Beatles - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists
My baby said she's trav'ling on the one after 909
I said move over honey I'm traveling on that line
I said move over once, move over twice
Come on baby don't be cold as ice
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909
I begged her not to go and I begged her on my bended knees
You're only fooling around, you're fooling around with me
I said move over once, move over twice
Come on baby don't be cold as ice
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909
I got my bag, run to the station
Railman says you've got the the wrong location
I got my bag, run right home
Then I find I've got the number wrong
Well she said she's trav'ling on the one after 909
I said move over honey I'm traveling on that line
I said move over once, move over twice
Come on baby don't be cold as ice
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 9-0
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 9-0
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909
Zondag 16 januari 2011
The One
