h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's raining again
Oh no, my love's at an end.
Oh no, it's raining again
and you know it's hard to pretend.
Oh no, it's raining again
Too bad I'm losing a friend.

Supertramp

If it takes forever I will wait for you
For a thousand summers I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you
Till I hear you sigh here in my arms

Translation of lyrics from 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg'
Among many - Andy Williams

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime

(Glad to see it's the pre-censored 5th line }


C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi tu m'aimais, moi je t'aimais
Et nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m'aimais, moi qui t'aimais


[Les Feuilles Mortes/Autumn Leaves (Dead Leaves)/Juliette Greco] (words by French poet Jacques Prévert)

I hear music when I look at you;
A beautiful theme of ev'ry
Dream I ever knew.
Down deep in my heart I hear it play.
I feel it start... then melt away.

I hear music when I touch your hand;
A beautiful melody
From some enchanted land.
Down deep in my heart, I hear it say,
Is this the day?


Kern/Hammerstein

Come into these arms again
and lay your body down
The rhythm of this trembling heart
is beating like a drum
It beats for you it bleeds for you
it knows not how it sounds
For it is the drum of drums
it is the song of songs

Love Song For A Vampire - Annie Lennox

* Jab, of course it's the pre-censored line. What else would you expect of me

I'll tell you why I wanna dance.
It ain' de sweetness in de music
I like de sweetness in de music,
But dat ain' why I wanna dance.
It's sumpin' thumpin' in de bass,
A bumpin' underneath de music.
Dat bum-bum-bumpin' under music
Is all I need to start me off.
I don't need nuthin' else to start me off.

Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
An' I don' need no tune at all!
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
An' I don' need no tune at all!

From Bizet's 'Carmen'

I wish I knew what the original line was...

This post has been removed.

They have removed my posting because it was partly in French! (for LadyC). Those interested should consult

http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~coby/songtr/gypsysong.htm

LadyC's posting was from Carmen Jones (words by Hammerstein, 1954)

Here endeth the lesson.

Jab

Well, if your hands start a-clappin'
And your fingers start a-snappin'
And your feet start a-movin' around
And you start to swing and sway
When the band starts to play
A real cool way out sound
And you get the can't help its and you can't sit down
Your feet start-a movin around

You need a shot of rhythm and blues
With just a little rock and roll on the side
Just for good measure.
Get a pair of dancin' shoes
Well, with your lover by your side don't you know
You're gonna have a lot of pleasure

[A Shot of Rhythm 'n Blues: The Big Three (?)]
Covered by The Beatles, Suzi Quatro, Van Morrison et al.

I realised someone had tried to be accommodating - didn't realise it was you Jabs Thank you for keeping me right

Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.

But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes.

Elvis Presley

Actually - I can't make the French fit - perhaps it's the lateness of the hour

They are the real words, and they do fit, (and it is late) - honest! Jab

These boots are made for walking,
and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you


[Nancy Sinatra]

Put on your high-heel sneakers, child
Wear your wig-hat on your head now
Put on your high-heel sneakers, baby
Wear your wig-hat on your head
Ya know you're looking mighty good, really
I'm pretty sure you're gonna knock 'em dead

Stones High Heel Sneakers

I wish that for just one time I could stand inside your shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
But you know what a drag it is to see you


[Bob Dylan: Positively 4th Street]

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dreams
No request is to extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Many people but I think originally from a Walt Disney film

I'm wishing on a star.
To follow where you are.
I'm wishing on a dream.
To follow what it means.
And I'm wishing on the rainbows that I see.
I'm wishing on the people who really dream.
And I'm wishing on tomorrow rain never comes.
And I'm wishing on all of the things we never done.

Lots of people and Beyonce

Star light star bright,
First star I've seen tonight,
Wish I may, wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.


[American Nursery Rhyme/ Peter Paul & Mary]

Is it a kind of dream,
Floating out on the tide,
Following the river of death downstream?
Oh, is it a dream?

There's a fog along the horizon,
A strange glow in the sky,
And nobody seems to know where you go,
And what does it mean?
Oh, is it a dream?

Bright eyes,
Burning like fire.
Bright eyes,
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes.

Simon and Garfunkel