SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL SONGTEXT
(Rolling Stones)

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vainI rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you

Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo

Zo mooi

Ze was mooi, het was in ‘61
Op het kerkplein, de lantaarns gingen aan
En het standbeeld van de Lieve Heer keek zwijgend op ons neer
We moesten allebei naar huis, maar bleven staan
En toen ik vroeg ''heb jij je huiswerk voor morgen al gemaakt?''
Zei ze: ''proef eens hoe mijn lippenstift naar Coca Cola smaakt''

Ben daarna nog vaak verliefd geweest, maar proefde toch nooit meer
De smaak van Coca Cola, van die allereerste keer

De zee was mooi, het was in ‘68
Op een duintop bij Den Haag
En achter ons de stad en de sterren van de grote beer keken juichend op ons neer
We waren alle vier geslaagd en ladderzat
En we dronken op de sterren, op de zee en op de maan
Ach we wilde daar voor eeuwig, met z’n vieren blijven staan

Ik heb daarna wat afgezopen, maar proefde toch nooit meer
Die geslaagde smaak die dronkenschap die allereerste keer

Want zo mooi wordt het nooit meer
Als die allereerste keer
Vraag maar aan de grote beer
Die was er bij, die eerste keer
Hmm, die allereerste keer

Het klonk mooi, het was in ‘73
Een bandje en we speelden Suzy Cue
En de spotlights flitste uit en aan
En het mooiste meisje stond vooraan
En we zongen om het hardst, hmm I love you
En zonder het te weten
Speelden we spontaan
De sterren van de hemel, want de zon was op gegaan

Ik heb daarna wat opgetreden, maar speelden toch nooit meer
De sterren van de hemel zoals die allereerste keer

Want zo mooi klinkt het nooit meer
Als die allereerste keer
Vraag maar aan, ach hoe heet ze ook al weer
Ze stond vooraan die eerste keer
Hmm, die allereerste keer

Het is mooi geweest in 20??
De kamer, ik zie mezelf al staan
Voor een spiegel die mij verteld, dat mijn dagen zijn geteld
En dat ook binnenkort mijn laatste uur zal slaan
He, maar mocht je ooit eens vragen, ik zou voor geen miljoen
Voor geen goud mijn leven nog
een keertje over willen doen

Want zo mooi wordt het nooit meer
Als die allereerste keer
Vraag maar aan, ach hoe heet ze ook al weer
De grote beer, de lieve Heer
Van die allereerste keer

Zo mooi wordt het nooit meer
Want na die allereerste keer
Smaakt het alleen nog maar naar meer
Maar nooit meer naar die eerste keer
Ooh, die allereerste keer
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Normaal hou ik niet zo van liefdesliedjes, maar dit is een uitzondering...

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Dying in the sun
The Cranberries

Do you remember
The things we used to say?
I feel so nervous
When I think of yesterday

How could I let things
Get to me so bad?
How did I let things get to me?

Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying x2

Will you hold on to me
I am feeling frail
Will you hold on to me
We will never fail

I wanted to be so perfect you see
I wanted to be so perfect

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty
Will I be rich
Here's what she said to me
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart, what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows
Day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome
Will I be rich
I tell them tenderly
Que será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que será, será
What will be, will be
Que será, será


Ze is vandaag overleden

@Beereekhoorn, dat lied hoorde ik ook vandaag

@stora: ik ook maar ik vind het een geweldig nummer

@Beereekhoorn, dat is van toen je jong was

@stora: en toch is het nu nog steeds geldig

@Beereekhoorn, volgens mij had ze zich teruggetrokken in Frankrijk en zich omringd met dieren.
Een echte dierenvriend.
Een geweldige vrouw dus.
Althans ik dacht dat ik zoiets ooit eens heb gelezen.

Dolores O'Riordan
The journey

When I was lost
I saw you pointing towards the sun
I know I am not the only one standing here
And in the darkness I was walking through the night
I could see your guiding light, very clear
This is your life
This is your moment
This is your life
This is your moment
When I was weak we both went walking on the sand
We were walking hand in hand it appeared
Once set our footprints when you carried me along
It was then that I abandoned my fears
This is your life
This is your moment
This is your life
This is your moment
This is your life
This is your moment
This is your life
This is your moment
This is your moment
This is your life
Your life
This is your time

The Stranglers: No More Heroes.

Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an ice pick
That made his ears burn

Whatever happened to
Dear old Lenin?
The great Elmyra
And Sancho Panza?
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

Whatever happened to
All of the heroes?
All the Shakespearoes?
They watched their Rome burn
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more

Whatever happened to
All of the heroes?
All the Shakespearoes?
They watched their Rome burn
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more

Wisemen
James Blunt

She said to me: "Go steady on me''
Won't you tell me what the wise men said?
When they came down from Heaven
Smoked nine until seven
All the shit that they could find
But they couldn't escape from you
Couldn't be free of you
And now they know there's no way out
And they're really sorry now for what they've done
They were three wise men just trying to have some fun"
Look who's alone now
It's not me, it's not me
Those three wise men
They've got a semi by the sea
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Really sorry now
They weren't to know
They got caught up in your talent show
With you persnickety little bastards in your fancy dress
Who just judge each other and try to impress
But they couldn't escape from you
Couldn't be free of you
And now they know there's no way out
And they're really sorry now for what they've done
They were three wise men just trying to have some fun
Look who's alone now
It's not me, it's not me
Those three wise men
They've got a semi by the sea
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Look who's alone now
It's not me, it's not me
Those three wise men
They've got a semi by the sea
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?
Got to ask yourself the question:
Where are you now?

Als ik nog twee teksten zou mogen plaatsen... Deze nummers vind ik ook heel mooi!

ABBA
On and on and on

I was at a party
And this feller said to me
Something bad is happening
I'm sure you do agree
People care for nothing
No respect for human rights
Evil times are coming
We are in for darker nights?
I said who are you
To talk about impending doom?
He got kinda wary
As he looked around the room
He said, I'm a minister
A big shot in the state?
I said I just can't
Believe it, boy
I think it's great
Brother can you tell me
What is right and what is wrong?
He said, keep on rocking baby
'Til the night is gone?
On and on and on
Keep on rocking baby
'Til the night is gone
Over in the corner
I could see this other guy
He was kinda flirty
He was giving me the eye
So I took advantage
Of the fact that I'm a star
Shook my hair and took
A casual stroll up to the bar
And as sure as hell
This guy was coming up to me
He said, who am I and
Who are you and who are we
What's our situation do
We have some time for us?
I said, I was not exactly
Waiting for the bus
He said, if you're going
Somewhere can I come along?
I said, keep on rocking baby
'Til the night is gone?
On and on and on
Keep on rocking baby
'Til the night is gone

Sting
Fragile

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
Like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
Like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
How fragile we are

Elvis Presley
In the ghetto

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed

In the ghetto
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows

In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight

In the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand

In the ghetto
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

The Beatles
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ah

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
And you're gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ah

Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ah
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Ah
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo child
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand

Yeah

Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island
Might even raise a little sand

Yeah

'cause I'm a voodoo child
Lord knows I'm a voodoo child baby
I want to say one more last thing
I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time
I'll give it right back to ya one of these days

Hahaha

I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time
Ill give it right back one of these days

Oh yeah

If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh
I'll meet ya on the next one
And dont be late
Dont be late

'cause I'm a voodoo child voodoo child
Lord knows I'm a voodoo child

Hey hey hey

I'm a voodoo child baby
I dont take no for an answer

Ugly kid Joe-Cats in the cradle
(Cover van Harry Chapin, als ik mij niet vergis).

My child arrived just the other day
Came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch
and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
He was talkin' 'fore I knew it
And as he grew he said,
"I'm gonna be like you, Dad,
You know I'm gonna be like you."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man 'n the moon.
"When you comin' home?"
"Son, I don't know when. We'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

Well, my son turned ten just the other day.
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad. Come on, let's play.
Could you teach me to throw?"
I said, "Not today. I got a lot to do."
He said, "That's okay."
And he walked away and he smiled and he said,
"You know, I'm gonna be like him, yeah.
You know I'm gonna be like him."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man 'n the moon.
"When you comin' home?"
"Son, I don't know when. We'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say,
"I'm proud of you. Could you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See you later. Can I have them please ?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man 'n the moon.
"When you comin' home?"
"Son, I don't know when. We'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

I've long since retired, my son's moved away.
I called him up just the other day.
"I'd like to see you, if you don't mind."
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I could find the time.
You see my new job's a hassle
and the kids have the flu,
But it's sure nice talkin' to you, Dad.
It's been sure nice talkin' to you."
And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man 'n the moon.
"When you comin' home?"
"Son, I don't know when. We'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then.

Kinderen voor kinderen
Als we jou niet hadden gehad

In de zondagcompetitie
Speelt ons elftal een duel
We verweren ons hardnekkig
Maar we zitten in de knel...
Stel je voor, ik loop te sjouwen
En opeens heb ik de bal
En ik schiet 'm in de touwen
Met een loeiendharde knal
De verrassing is totaal
En ze juichen allemaal

refr.:
Tsjongejonge, bovenstebeste
Als we jou niet hadden gehad
Dan zaten we lelijk in de nesten
Als we jou niet hadden gehad
Jij bent ongeevenaard
Je bent wel tien medailles waard
We zouden echt niet weten wat
Als we jou niet hadden gehad

Op een donk're winteravond
Ben ik heel alleen in huis
'k Hoor een vreemd geluid op zolder
Volgens mij is dat niet pluis...
Stel je voor, ik sluip de trap op
En daar staat een enge man
Maar ik geef een flinke klap op
Zijn ongure hersenpan
De politie komt erbij
Vol bewondering voor mij

refr.

Stel je voor, ik red m'n ouders uit een ingestortte grot
Stel je voor, ik trek een aangespoelde olietanker vlot
Stel je voor, ik kan nog net op tijd een vlammenzee bestrijden
Stel je voor zeg, ik voorkom de overstroming van de eeuw
Stel je voor, ik ben een held, maar ik gedraag me heel bescheiden
Als Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw

refr.

Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the countenance divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among these dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear, oh clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Til we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land

Luister zelf maar.

Alphaville
Forever young

Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever, forever and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever? Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
why don't they stay young

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
and diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever, forever and ever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever, forever and ever

Forever young, I want to be forever young
do you really want to live forever?

@Noepetote: mooi nummer, kan het bijna horen als ik de tekst lees

Ja, mooi hé. Het stond vorig jaar ook (terecht)! in de Top2000.

@Noepetote: ik ben net weer terug op wmr, dus ik moet nog even weer uitvinden hoe alles werkt. Ging gisteren ook al de mist in met een spelletje
Gelukkig is dat hier geen probleem met al die lieve mensen

@Ronnymij: Ja, schatten zijn we hè!