Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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A Brand New Book
Composer(s): Graham Parker
Performer(s): Graham Parker
I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of tragedy I pulled it by chance from a second-hand bin But it could've been written just for me
Because the words came out, not twist and shout 'Cause that's not what a grown man writes about That chapter's over, let it blow over I found that I've become the owner Of a brand new book A brand new book (then)
I've travelled far and I've travelled wide And I guess I'll be travelling on Fill another suitcase up with possessions And put on a Badfinger song I've got much more than most people have And a little less than a few But you can't measure these things by weight They either drag you down or they lift you
Because the words came out, not twist and shout 'Cause that's not what a grown man writes about That chapter's over, let it blow over I found that I've become the owner Of a brand new book A brand new book (then)
I don't read between the lines I'm not ready for what I'll find I don't believe that love is blind It just can't see straight, it just can't see straight oh yeah Read all about it, read all about it yeah A brand new book (twice)
I read that book for an hour or two And then I looked up at the night sky I saw the Big Dipper and then the Big Bopper And I realised how much time had gone by Every page had something to say But one thing that struck me as true The clock just keeps ticking as if you're not there Man it either drags you down or it lifts you
Because the words came out, not twist and shout 'Cause that's not what a grown man writes about That chapter's over, let it blow over I found that I've become the owner Of a brand new book A brand new book (then)
A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)
Composer(s): Luther Vandross
Performer(s): Diana Ross
Everybody look around 'Cause there's a reason to rejoice you see Everybody come out And let's commence to singing joyfully Everybody look up And feel the hope that we've been waiting for
Everybody's glad Because our silent fear and dread is gone Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully Just look about You owe it to yourself to check it out Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day?
Everybody be glad Because the sun is shining just for us Everybody wake up Into the morning into happiness
Hello world It's like a different way of living now And thank you world We always knew that we'd be free somehow In harmony And show the world that we've got liberty
It's such a change For us to live so independently Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully Just look about You owe it to yourself to check it out Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day?
Everybody be glad Because the sun is shining just for us Everybody wake up Into the morning into happiness Hello world It's like a different way of living now And thank you world We always knew that we'd be free somehow In harmony And show the world that we've got liberty
It's such a change For us to live so independently Freedom, you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully Just look about You owe it to yourself to check it out Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day? Can't you feel a brand new day?
A Brand New Me
Composer(s): Theresa Bell - Jerry Butler - Kenneth Gamble
First release by: Jerry Butler - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists
This is my same old coat
And my same old shoes
I was the same old me
With the same old blues
And then you touched my life
Just by holding my hand
And oh I look in the mirror and see
A brand new girl, a brand new voice
And a brand new smile
Boy since I found you
I've got a brand new style
Just because of you boy
Just because of you
I've got the same old friends
They got the same old
I tell the same old jokes
Get the same old grins
Now the joke's on you
It happened somehow with you
Every day of my life is as fresh as morning dew
And you know I love you boy
I go to the same old places
To see the same old faces
Look at the same old skies
See them all with brand new lives
You get all the credit baby
'Cause I love you baby
A Breathtaking Guy
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Performer(s): Diana Ross & The Supremes; The Marvelettes
One night you held me tight And whispered in my ear All night sweet words I never heard And I believed every word
Next day you came my way Without a word to say you passed me by You didn't give an eye My darling won't you tell me why You're acting strange toward me Why have you changed toward me
Are you just a breathtaking First sight soul-shaking One night love-making Next day heartbreaking guy
That night your love was true The next day we were through Your love won't come And you were moving on And I was left to cry alone What have I done to you Was it just fun to you
Are you just a breathtaking First sight soul-shaking One night love-making Next day heartbreaking guy
Breathtaking, soulshaking Lovemaking, heartbreaking guy Breathtaking, soulshaking Lovemaking, heartbreaking guy
A Brighter Mansion Over There
Composer(s): Don Reno - Red Smiley
Performer(s): Don Reno
There's a little church on Sunday morning Where I go to kneel and pray (and pray) It's a place that God prepared for all While here on earth we stay
It's a place to lose your fears and worries And to leave the load to bear It's a stepping stone on the road to glory There's a brighter, brighter mansion over there
There's a brighter, brighter mansion, a brighter, brighter mansion In this world that's free from care (free from care) It's a home eternal in the Heavens There's a brighter, brighter mansion over there
There the Savior stands at God's right hand Who will harken to our call By His sweat and blood from the cross at Calvary Gave His life for one and all
How great thru faith we attain His mercy And with beauties we will share There's a sacred promise that He made to all There's a brighter mansion over there
There's a brighter, brighter mansion, a brighter, brighter mansion In this world that's free from care (free from care) It's a home eternal in the Heavens There's a brighter, brighter mansion over there
A Bridge That Just Won't Burn
Composer(s): Jim McBride - Roger Murrah
Performer(s): Conway Twitty
I threw away the pictures of those better days in Dallas But I can't throw away these pictures in my mind oh no She's a page of precious memories I've tried hard to turn She's standing on a bridge that just won't burn
If only time will heal the hurt, then this may last forever I may never know how it feels to forget Ev'ry time I think about her, those old feelings still return She's standing on a bridge that just won't burn
I've burned a lot of bridges in my time But the one I just crossed over, Lord, it ain't the burning kind She's that once in a lifetime kind o' love that never will return She's standing on a bridge that just won't burn
Oh, she's standing on a bridge that just won't burn
A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives It's nearly time to make it on their own A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives They've gotta start to work it out alone
In your teens, it's getting on time to join the human race Taking chances, looking for answers Trying to find your place on the scheme of things And who can tell what tomorrow's gonna bring
A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives It's nearly time to make it on their own A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives They've gotta start to work it out alone
Schoolday nearly just about over, a few short months to go You learned it all, but now there's whole lot more you need to know about the world outside On the run and learning how to fly
A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives It's nearly time to make it on their own A bunch of fives, a bunch of fives They've gotta start to work it out alone
A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1969
A bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes Were smoking out along the open road The night was very dark and thick between them Each man beneath his ordinary load "I'd like to tell my story" Said one of them so young and bold "I'd like to tell my story Before I turn into gold"
But no one really could hear him The night so dark and thick and green Well I guess that these heroes must always live there Where you and I have only been Put out your cigarette, my love You've been alone too long And some of us are very hungry now To hear what it is you've done that was so wrong
I sing this for the crickets I sing this for the army I sing this for your children And for all who do not need me "I'd like to tell my story" Said one of them so bold "Oh yes, I'd like to tell my story 'Cause you know I feel I'm turning into gold"
A Bushel And A Peck
Composer(s): Frank Loesser
First performance/First recording/First release by: Vivian Blaine - 1950/1950/1951
Covered by multiple other artists
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talking in my sleep
About you, about you
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck though you make my heart a wreck
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess, yes
A mess of happiness
About you, about you
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and it beats me all to heck
Beats me all to heck and I'll never tend the farm
Never tend the farm when I wanna keep my arm
About you, about you
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
Thank You For Calling Composer(s): Cindy Walker Performer(s): Jo Stafford and multiple other artists
Who can it be? Hello, hello? Yes, this is me Darling, oh my darling What a surprise Its been so long, why? Theres tears in my eyes
When will you be here? What time will it be? Oh, youre not coming? I see, oh, I see Well, I hope youll be happy Thank you, Ill try Thank you for calling, goodbye
Yes, operator Ill hang up the phone Yes, yes, I know my party is gone But Ill always love him I guess, till I die Thank you for calling, goodbye
A Case Of You
Composer(s): Joni Mitchell
First release by: Joni Mitchell - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists
Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star" And I said, "Constant in the darkness Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar"
On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue TV screen light I drew a map of Canada Oh Canada And I sketched your face on it twice
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine Oh and you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you I could drink a case of you darling Still I'd be on my feet I'd still be on my feet
Oh I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints I'm frightened by the devil And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid I remember that time that you told me, you said "Love is touching souls" Surely you touched mine "Cause part of you pours out of me In these lines from time to time
Oh you are in my blood like holy wine And you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet Oh I could drink a case of you I could drink a case of you darling Still I'd be on my feet I'd still be on my feet
I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said "Go to him, stay with him if you can Oh but be prepared to bleed" Oh but you are in my blood you're my holy wine Oh and you taste so bitter but you taste so sweet I could drink a case of you darling Still I'd be on my feet Still I'd be on my feet I'd still be on my feet
A Castle In The Sky
Composer(s): Marty Robbins
Performer(s): Marty Robbins
I dreamed that we were livin' in A Castle In The Sky A world of make believe a dream for you and I For one time in my lifetime I was sure about your love I held you in my Castle In The Sky
Then from another world a stranger came one day I begged you not to leave, but you left any-way I saw my castle tumble back to earth and there was I With mem'ries of My Castle In The Sky
The trouble that we're havin', does it mean there's someone new Or am I just bothered by the thought of losing you Will someone come and take you, will I lose you by and by Like I lost you in my Castle In The Sky
If we should ever part, the world for me would end How could I tell my heart, I only lost a friend Be faithful, don't forsake me, never leave and say goodbye Like you left me in my Castle In The Sky
A Casual Look
Composer(s): Ed Wells
Performer(s): The Beach Boys
and multiple other artists
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(Dut da da da da da dut da dut) (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) A casual look (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) A little wink (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) Can reveal (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) Just what you think (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) So don't be shy (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) Don't even cry (Dut da dut da dut) For I am your guy I am your guy
A soldier boy (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) When he proposed (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) (baby please) She said "no" (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) (oh come on baby) His face just froze (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) You know she loved him (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) But was so young (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) Can't marry no one (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) Can't marry no one
Oh darling can't you see That I'm goin' overseas For two three four years Don't know how long it will be So hear hear my plea And come marry marry me Before it's too late
And so with a smile (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) We walked down the aisle (Dut da da da da da dut da dut) She in her wedding dress (Dut da da da da da dut dut) A vision of happiness (Dut da da da da da dut dut) And just to think (Dut da da da da da dut dut) All it took (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Was a casual look (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
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(Dut da da dut da dut da dut) Oh oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Ohohoh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut) Oh oh oh (Dut da da da da da dut dut)
Windmills Of Your Mind Composer(s): Marilyn Bergman - Alan Bergman - Michel Legrand First release by: Noel Harrison - 1967 Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages: 1968 - Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (by Marcel Amont) 1969 - Cirkels (by Herman van Veen) 1970 - Sjælens Karrusel (by Pedro Biker) 1996 - Oprosti Mi, Ako Moe (by Dragan Stojnic) 2001 - I Mulini Dei Ricordi (by Enzo Jannacci)
Round Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Spinning silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Like a tunnel that you follow To a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern Where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving In a half-forgotten dream Like the ripples from a pebble Someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Spinning silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind Keys that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that I said? Lovers walk along a shore And leave their footprints in the sand Was the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway Or the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces but to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over Were you suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the colour of her hair? Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind
A Cat Had A Birthday
Composer(s): Jeff Moss
Performer(s): Sesame Street
Okay everybody, I'm gonna tell you about some birthday parties I've been to
And when I get to the "Happy Birthday" part, well
I want you to say "Happy Birthday" the same way the animals said it at the party
Here we go!
A cat had a birthday and all the cats came
To eat cat cake and play a cat game
To open cat presents and when they were through
They said "Happy Birthday" the way cats do
And they said, "Meow, meow, meow"
Everybody do it now, "Meow, meow, meow"
Really nothing to it, "Meow, meow, meow"
Well image that, you've just said "Happy Birthday" in cat
That's what you did!
A duck had a birthday and all the ducks came
To eat duck cake and play a duck game
To open duck presents and when they were through
They said "Happy Birthday" the way that ducks do
And they said, "Quack, quack, quack"
Everybody do it now, "Quack, quack, quack"
Really nothing to it, "Quack, quack, quack"
Well the ducks are in luck, you've just said "Happy Birthday" in duck
Now when a rooster wants to say "Happy Birthday" to you
He says, "Cock-a-doodle, cock-a-doodle-do"
Now listen real close and I'll tell you more
"Happy Birthday" to a lion is a great big "Roar", nice
A cow had a birthday and all the cows came
To eat cow cake and play a cow game
To open cow presents and when they were through
They said "Happy Birthday" the way cows do
And they said, "Moo, moo, moo"
Everybody do it now, "Moo, moo, moo"
Really nothing to it, "Moo, moo, moo"
Well you just learned how to say "Happy Birthday" in cow
Where's the cats? (meow, meow, meow)
Let's hear the ducks! (quack, quack, quack)
Do it rooster! (cock-a-doodle-do)
What's up lion? (Roar)
Word cows! (moo, moo, moo)
You were really great, I'm proud of ya, "Happy Birthday"!
Shake! Shake!
Don't go
I believe in a celebration
I believe in setting me free
I believe you can loose this chains
I believe you can dance with me
Dance with me
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
I believe in the third world war
I believe in the atomic bomb
I believe in the powers that be
But they won't overpower me
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
Shake! Shake!
Shake! Shake!
And we don't have the time
And everything goes 'round and 'round
And we don't have the time
To watch the world go tumbling down
Go! Go!
I believe in the bells of Christchurch
Ringing for this land
I believe in the cells of Mountjoy
A dozen on the stand
And, and you can go there too
And, and you can go go go go
I believe in the walls of Jericho (And you...)
I believe they're coming down (Can go there too)
I believe in this city's children (And you...)
I believe the trumpet's sound (Can go go go go)
And you can go there too
And you can go go go go...
I believe in what I'm doing
What am I doing here ...
A Certain Girl
Composer(s): Naomi Neville
First release by: Ernie K-Doe - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists
There's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) I can't reveal her name until I've got her (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) Well, I've tried to get her time and time again We just end up as nothing but friends And there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!)
Well, there's a certain chick I've been sweet on since I met her (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) I can't repeat her name until I get her (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) Well one day, I'm gonna wake up and say "I'll do anything just to be your slave" And there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!)
Well, I've tried to get her time and time again We just end up as nothing but friends And there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!)
There's a certain chick I've been sweet on since I found her (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) I can't reveal her name until I get her (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!) Well now one day, get her time and time again We just end up as nothing but friends And there's a certain girl I've been in love with a long, long time (What's her name?) I can't tell you (No!)
I can't tell you (No!) I can't tell you (No!) I can't tell you
