Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Life Still Goes On (I'm Lonely) Composer(s): C.F. Turner Performer(s): Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Standin' in the street, shaved, I'm washed and neat And the time is mine But I don't even know where I'm goin' Been too long in town, just workin' right tied down But I got my pay And I'm willin' to spend what I'm earnin' Maybe over town, where the say love can be found anytime of day I'll be lookin' you know I've been wishin' Need a lovin' face, nice hair, some fancy lace Someone soft and warm Then those nights spent alone won't seem wasted
Get me on down, get me into the place Where the beat of the street, and the people that meet Take the blues far away 'Cause I'm lonely, ya baby I'm lonely And life still goes on where I'm goin'
Listen Can you hear me now Can you hear me I'm callin' for lovin' Hear me Won't you listen now Can you hear me I'm callin' for lovin'
Busy Tonight Composer(s): Mark Connors; Peter Mann Performer(s): The Nylons
Are you busy Baby are you busy tonight Are you busy Baby are you busy tonight Are you busy Please don't be busy tonight
I've been waiting while the whole world gets to you I've been patient got my place in line I know you love me but you don't know you do How can you tell if you won't give it some time
Let me make your mind up Hold you till my time's up Baby don't you tell me that you're busy tonight Say you've got a fever Say you need a breather But baby please don't be busy tonight
Can you forget all the others you've known We'll make this turn out right We'll close the door on a world of our own And the heat of our love will light up the night
Let my love surround you Now that I have found you Baby don't you tell me that you're busy tonight Give them any reason Say you're out of season But baby please don't be busy tonight, tonight
When you're around I feel you watching me Your eyes are saying you're still unsure Why be afraid of something that's just got to be Give me a chance to make you feel secure
Let me make your mind up Hold me till my time's up Baby don't you tell me that you're busy tonight Say you've got a fever Say you need a breather But baby please don't be busy tonight (tonight) tonight
The heat of our love will light up the night
Let my love surround you Now that I have found you Baby don't you tell me that you're busy tonight Give them any reason Say you're out of season Oh baby please say you're busy Busy with me tonight Oh tonight Oh tonight
Are you busy Baby are you busy tonight Are you busy Baby are you busy tonight
Busy Line Composer(s): Semos; Frank Stanton; Francis Hayward Performer(s): Rose Murphy and various other artists
I put a nickel in the telephone, dialled my babys number Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line Each time I tried I got a busy tone Not my babys number Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
Called his uncle in Jamaica Left a message with the baker Even checked the number in the telephone book Got so awfully, awfully worried To my babys house I hurried When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook
And as I walked up to my baby - then I got my babys number He was busy in the parlour doing fine Busy kissing someone else While I was keeping busy Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
....busy line
Just brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
Just biz-biz-biz-biz busy line
Biz-biz busy line I put my nickel in the telephone Dialled my babys number Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, ... line Each time I tried I got a busy tone Not my babys number Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
In Jamaica, left a message with the baker Even checked his number in the telephone book Got so awfully, awfully worried To my babys house I hurried When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook, hook, hook
Walked up to my baby - then I got my babys number He was busy in the parlour doing fine Busy kissing someone else While I was keeping busy Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
We're busy doin' nothin' Workin' the whole day through Tryin' to find lots of things not to do We're busy goin' nowhere Isn't it just a crime We'd like to be unhappy, but We never do have the time
I have to watch the river To see that it doesn't stop And stick around the rosebuds So they'll know when to pop And keep the crickets cheerful They're really a solemn bunch Hustle, bustle And only an hour for lunch
We're busy doin' nothin' Workin' the whole day through Tryin' to find lots of things not to do We're busy goin' nowhere Isn't it just a crime We'd like to be unhappy, but We never do have the time
I have to wake the Sun up He's liable to sleep all day And then inspect the rainbows So they'll be bright and gay I must rehearse the songbirds To see that they sing in key Hustle, bustle And never a moment free
We're busy doin' nothin' Workin' the whole day through Tryin' to find lots of things not to do We're busy going nowhere Isn't it just a crime We'd like to be unhappy, but We never do have the time
I have to meet a turtle I'm teachin' him how to swim Then I have to shine the dewdrops You know they're looking rather dim I told my friend, the robin I'd buy him a brand new vest Hustle, bustle We never do have We never do have We never do, never do Never do, never do, never do have the time Never do have the time
Life On Mars Composer(s): David Bowie First release by: David Bowie - 1971 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1975 - Liv På Mars (by Frida) 2004 - Life On Mars? (by Seu Jorge)
It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling "No" And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is a saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?
It's on Amerikas tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?
Busted French & Italian Titles: Fauché; Sono Un Fallito Composer(s): Harlan Howard Originally performed by: Johnny Cash Covered by various other artists
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm busted Cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I'm busted I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won't lay A big stack of bills that gets bigger each day The county's gonna haul my belongings away cause I'm busted
I went to my brother to ask for a loan cause I was busted I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I'm busted My brother said there ain't a thing I can do My wife and my kids are all down with the flu And I was just thinking about calling on you 'cause I'm busted
Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he's busted The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow Me and my family got to pack up and go But I'll make a living, just where I don't know cause I'm busted
Life Made Me Beautiful At Forty Composer(s): Eartha Kitt - Joachim Kühn Performer(s): Eartha Kitt
I've been through clouds and stormy skies On different worlds, all filled with lives I've travelled through the steams of lovers And wiped my tears upon their covers I've lived a life of rogue and queen And died my hair to fit the scene I've had my ups, I've had my downs And sipped champagne with worldly crowns I've been as honest as I could And ashamed, the shame that knows I should I've been loved and I've been lied to And found a few shoulders I could cry to And all those years I thought life naughty, ah-hah Should make me beautiful at forty
For life's not been so bad to take For now I've cut life's golden cake Into a million tiny squares And with each piece recall the years The taste of life has not been so bad Between the tears and joys I've had But with some good and a little singing She always allowed me to get a grin And all those years I've spent on my youth Thinking knowledge brought the truth I know life has her games to play And puzzles it, crackling play So, graves are dug and wars are lost But life goes on at any cost
I do think life has made me wiser So there is no reason to disguise her Even tried to rearrange her She has been fair, I would not change her, hah-hum She presents me life so simply In a cup that's almost empty With a little wine to tease me But not enough to really please me And if I drink, and let her take me She is wise enough to wake me But only after dreams and visions Allowing me to see these decisions, ah-hah All those years I thought life naughty She made me beautiful at forty
Life Is Nothing Without Music Composer(s): Fred Hartley Performer(s): Sam Browne
Life is nothing without music Music helps the world along While the orchestra is playing My heart is singing a song of love, dear Lets forget about those grey days Well be happy while we dance Tunes we love will make us realise that Life is nothing without music Where theres music well find romance
What do you say, life is dull and grey Because the suns not always shining. It isnt so, if you only know Where to look to find the silver lining.
Life is nothing without music (One line of music) While the orchestra is playing (One line of music) Lets forget about those grey days Well be happy while we dance Tunes we love will make us realise that Life is nothing without music Where theres music well find romance
Business On The Street Composer(s): Stephen Stills Performer(s): Stephen Stills & Manassas
Don't put your business in the street Your brothers and sisters is about all you need No tellin' who you might meet It might make you sad, make you feel mad Make you blue, what are you gonna do The biggest fool of all is me I play the music for the music you see For money I do publicity So I can buy guitars, put a studio in the backyard You know what it costs me to find another key And when you get a little bit older You're carryin' too much weight on your shoulder Share your heavy load come on over So we go and see, what you're gonna be Don't try too hard, don't you break your heart Oh yes, wrong, right I'm tellin' ya, tell me Gonna be all right Gonna be all right
Business Is Business Composer(s): John Kay Performer(s): John Kay & Company
I was told I had to grease his palm To walk from school without the fear of harm He knocked me down and took my dollar from me And then he lay these pearls of wisdom on me He say; Business is business, nothing is free Business is business, don't you blame me Business is business, you've got to pay Business is business, can't get away Business is business, a man's gotta live And what I can take is more than you'd give Nothing has changed since I left school behind The bullies now just all wear suits and ties They'll buy you lunch to get that dollar from you And then they'll lay the mumbo-jumbo on you Business is business, nothing is free Business is business, don't you blame me Business is business, you've got to pay Business is business. can't get away Business is business, don't call me a crook It's perfectly legal, I go by the book
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries Composer(s): Ray Henderson - Lew Brown Performer(s): Rudy Vallée and multiple other artists
People are queer, they're always crowing, scrambling and rushing about Why don't they stop someday, address themselves this way? Why are we here? Where are we going? It's time that we found out We're not here to stay; we're on a short holiday
Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious You work, you save, you worry so But you can't take your dough when you go, go, go
So keep repeating it's the berries The strongest oak must fall The sweet things in life, to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you've never owned? Life is just a bowl of cherries So live and laugh at it all
Life is just a bowl of cherries Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious At eight each morning I have got a date To take my plunge 'round the Empire State You'll admit it's not the berries In a building that's so tall There's a guy in the show, the girls love to kiss Get thousands a week just for crooning like this Life is just a bowl of ... aw, nuts! So live and laugh at it all!
Bush Doctor Composer(s): Peter Tosh Performer(s): Peter Tosh
Warning.. The surgeon general warns Cigarette smoking is dangerous dangerous, hazard to your health Does that mean anything to you? Then legalize marijuana Right here in Jamaica Dem say it cure glaucoma I am a de bush doctor So there'll be No more smoking and feeling tense When I see dem a come I don't have fi jump no fence Legalize marijuana Down here in Jamaica Only cure for asthma I man a de minister So there'll be no more police brutality No more disrespect for humanity Legalize marijuana Down here in Jamaica It can build up a failing economy Eliminate the slavish mentality So there'll be no more illegal humiliation No more police interrogation Legalize marijuana Down here in sweet Jamaica Only cure for glaucoma I man a de bush doctor yeah! And there'll be no more need To smoke and hide When you know you're taking A legal ride Legalize marijuana Down here in Jamaica it's the only cure for glaucoma I man a de minister...
Life Is A Song Composer(s): Joe Young - Fred A. Ahlert Performer(s): Count Basie & Tony Bennett and multiple other artists
Life is a song, let's sing it together Let's take our hearts and dip them in rhyme Let's learn the words, let's learn the music together hoping the song last for a long, long time
Life is a song that goes on forever Love's old refrain can never go wrong Let's strike the note Mendelssohn wrote concerning spring weather Let's sing together and make life a song
Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) Composer(s): Norman Dolph - Paul DiFranco - Joey Levine First release by: Reunion - 1974
B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Rogers-Hart, Nilsson, Harry Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin'
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me Life is a rock but the radio rolled me At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie
FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin' Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin' Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Life is a rock but the radio ...
Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and Dale and Ronnie Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla Denver, John and Osmond, Donny JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me Life is a rock but the radio rolled me At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie
Listen (remember) they're playing our song
Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey, Make it bad and play it funky
Life Is A Minestrone Composer(s): Eric Stewart - Kevin Godley - Lol Creme Performer(s): 10cc
I'm dancing on the White House lawn Sipping tea by the Taj Mahal at dawn Hanging round The gardens of Babylon Minnie Mouse has got it all sewn up She gets more fan mail than the Pope She takes the mickey out of all my phobias Like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia Life is a minestrone Served up with Parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze I'm leaning on the Tower of Pisa Had an eyeful of the tower in France I'm hanging round The gardens of Madison And the seat of learning And the flush of success Relieves a constipated mind I'm like a gourmet In a skid row diner A fitting menu for a dilettante Life is a minestrone Served up with Parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze Love is a fire of flaming brandy Upon a crepe suzette Let's get this romance cooking, honey But let us not forget Life is a minestrone Served up with Parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze
Life Is A Highway Composer(s): Tom Cochrane First release by: Tom Cochrane - 1991
Life's like a road that you travel on When there's one day here and the next day gone Sometimes you bend sometimes you stand Sometimes you turn your back to the wind There's a world outside every darkened Door Where blues won't haunt you anymore Where the brave are free and lovers soar Come ride with me to the distant shore We won't hesitate break down the garden gate There's not much left today
Life is a highway I want to ride it all night long If you're going my way I want to drive it all night long
Through all the cities and all these towns It's in my blood and it's all around I love you now like I loved you then This is the road and these are the hands From mozambique to those memphis nights The khyber pass to vancouver's lights Knock me down get back up again You're in my blood I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold Road so rough this I know I'll bee there when the light comes in Tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
There was a distance between you and I A misunderstanding once but now We look it in the eye
There's no load I can't hold Road so rough this I know I'll be there when the light comes in Tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long If you're going my way I wanna drive it all night long
Bus Stop French Title: Arrêt D'autobus Composer(s): Graham Gouldman Originally performed by: The Hollies
Covered by various other artists
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say Please share my umbrella Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine That umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought Other people stared as if we were both quite insane Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
That's the way the whole thing started Silly but it's true Thinkin' of a sweet romance Beginning in a queue
Came the sun the ice was melting No more sheltering now Nice to think that that umbrella Led me to a vow
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought Other people stared as if we were both quite insane Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say Please share my umbrella Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it Wind and rain and shine That umbrella, we employed it By August, she was mine
Life Is A Celebration Composer(s): Rick Springfield Performer(s): Rick Springfield
I was lost on a winding road I thought that life had nothing left to give Then you came and showed me that just to live Was the greatest gift of all
And you showed me Life is a celebration And Lord, I'm gonna celebrate Don't you know that life is a celebration So come on now and celebrate, celebrate Life is a celebration Look it's a revelation So celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah Celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah
How could I have been so blind? Just to think that we were living to die Then you came along and I was no longer alone And you lead me to the light And you showed me
Life is a celebration And Lord, I'm gonna celebrate Don't you know that life is a celebration So come on now and celebrate, celebrate Life is a celebration Look it's a revelation So celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah Celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah
And you showed me life is a celebration And Lord, I'm gonna celebrate Don't you know that life is a celebration So come on now and celebrate, celebrate
Life is a celebration Look it's a revelation So celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah Celebrate now, celebrate life, yeah Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate, celebrate Celebrate, celebrate life
