Allé, tijd om wat serieuzer te gaan. Hieronder ééntje die zo in mijn ninetieskwis kan. (Trouwens, die kwis komt er aan, in april vermoedelijk)
In my role
As a groundbreaker
As a pallbearer
In my past life
As a benefactor
My lost years
As an actor
The stars are brighter
Are lighter
Than they have been
For years
Those stars are tighter
At one time
I've never seen so many
---
In my role
As a peacemaker
As a lifesaver
In your room
As a plan hatcher
A soul snatcher
There's a man I meet
Walks up our street
He's a worker for the council
Has been twenty years
And he takes no lip off nobody
And litter off the gutter
Puts it in a bag
And never thinks to mutter
And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag
The children call him Bogie
He never lets on
But I know 'cause he once told me
He let me know a secret
About the money in his kitty
He's gonna buy a dinghy
Gonna call her XXX
rino schreef:There's a man I meet
Walks up our street
He's a worker for the council
Has been twenty years
And he takes no lip off nobody
And litter off the gutter
Puts it in a bag
And never thinks to mutter
And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag
The children call him Bogie
He never lets on
But I know 'cause he once told me
He let me know a secret
About the money in his kitty
He's gonna buy a dinghy
Gonna call her XXX
Lady, I know it was hard
But it's much harder to ignore
There's a chance and I'll promise
I won't hurt you anymore
Hollywood nights we're romancin'
You can trust me anytime
Somewhere, oh babe - there is someone
Oh you're dancing in my mind
Ohoho, little queenie
I'm your fool
Come on, teach me the rules
And I will send an S.O.S. for love
Ohoho, little queenie,
I'm your fool
You need love, like I do
And I will send an S.O.S. for love
Lady, I know it was hard
But it's much harder to ignore
There's a chance and I'll promise
I won't hurt you anymore
Hollywood nights we're romancin'
You can trust me anytime
Somewhere, oh babe - there is someone
Oh you're dancing in my mind
Ohoho, little queenie
I'm your fool
Come on, teach me the rules
And I will send an S.O.S. for love
Ohoho, little queenie,
I'm your fool
You need love, like I do
And I will send an S.O.S. for love
Talloze keren gecovered, dus titel is genoeg, originele uitvoerder mag:
X on the hillside,
X made of ticky tacky,1
X on the hillside,
X all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in X
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in X
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In X made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
Sinds Weeds heb ik zowat elke versie gehoord: Little Boxes. De versie die daarin het meest gebruikt werd is die van een zekere Marina Reynolds dacht ik. Ik herinner me ook een versie van Costello.
