A fun exercise for your class might be to have different students turn the following songs into German versions and then sing them to the class or present them or something along those lines. Not only would it be cool, but they would have to watch more Bond movies in the process, which is by definition a good thing. Jonathan Pollack > UNDER THE MANGO TREE (Monty Norman) > > Underneath de mango tree me honey and me > Come watch for de moon > Underneath de mango tree me honey and me > Make boolooloop soon. > > Underneath de moonlit sky me honey and I > Come sit hand in hand > Underneath de moonlit sky me honey and I > Come make fairyland. > > Mango, banana and tangerine, > Sugar and ackee and cocoa bean, > When we get marry we make them grow, > And nine little child in a row. > *************** > > FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE > Words and music by: Lionel Bart. Sung by Matt Munro. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From Russia with love I fly to you, > Much wiser since my goodbye to you. > I've travelled the world to learn, > I must return from Russia with love. > > I've seen places, faces and smiled for a moment, > But oh, you haunted me so. > Still my tongue tied young pride, > Would not let my love for you show > In case you'd say no. > > To Russia I flew but there and then, > I suddenly knew you'd care again. > My running around is through, > I fly to you from Russia with love. > ---------------- > > GOLDFINGER > Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Music by John Barry. > Sung by Shirley Bassey. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Goldfinger. > He's the man, the man with the midas touch. > A spider's touch. > Such a cold finger. > Beckons you to enter his web of sin > But don't go in. > > Golden words he will pour in your ear, > But his lies can't disguise what you fear, > For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her, > It's the kiss of death from > > Mister Goldfinger. > Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold > This heart is cold. > > Golden words he will pour in your ear, > But his lies can't disguise what you fear, > For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her, > It's the kiss of death from > > Mister Goldfinger. > Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold > This heart is cold. > > He loves only gold, > Only gold. > He loves gold. > He loves only gold, > Only gold. > He loves gold. > ------------------- > > THUNDERBALL > Lyrics by Don Black. Music by John Barry. Sung by Tom Jones. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > He always runs while others walk, > He acts while other men just talk, > He looks at this world and wants it all, > So he strikes like Thunderball. > > He knows the meaning of success, > His needs are more so he gives less, > They call him the winner who takes all, > And he strikes like Thunderball. > > Any woman he wants he'll get > He will break any heart without regret. > > His days of asking are all gone, > His fight goes on and on and on, > But he thinks that the fight is worth it all, > So he strikes like Thunderball. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MISTER KISS KISS BANG BANG > by John Barry and Leslie Bricusse > ------------------------------------------ > > (verse 1) > He's tall and he's dark, > And like a shark, he looks for trouble. > That's why the zero's double- > Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. > > (verse 2) > He's suave and he's smooth > And he can soothe you like vanilla. > The gentleman's a killer- > Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. > > (refrain) > Madamoiselles and danger > Have filled the stranger's past. > Like a knife he cuts through life > Like every day's the last. > > (verse 3) > He's fast and he's cool, > He's from the school that loves and leaves 'em. > A pity if it grieves 'em, > Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang's not a fool. > > (repeat refrain and verse 3) > -- > > YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE > Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Music by John Barry. Sung by Nancy Sinatra. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You Only Live Twice or so it seems, > One life for yourself and one for your dreams. > You drift through the years and life seems tame, > Till one dream appears and love is its name. > > And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on, > Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone. > > This dream is for you, so pay the price. > Make one dream come true, you only live twice. > > And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on, > Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone. > > This dream is for you, so pay the price. > Make one dream come true, you only live twice. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD > Lyrics by Hal David. Music by John Barry. Sung by Louis Armstrong. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > We have all the time in the world, > Time enough for life to unfold > All the precious things love has in store. > We have all the love in the world; > If that's all we have, you will find > We need nothing more. > > Every step of the way will find us > With the cares of the world far behind us. > > We have all the time in the world, > Just for love, > Nothing more, nothing less, > Only love. > > Every step of the way will find us > With the cares of the world far behind us. > > We have all the time in the world, > Just for love, > Nothing more, nothing less, > Only love. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER > Lyrics by Don Black. Music by John Barry. Sung by Shirley Bassey. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Diamonds are forever, > They are all I need to please me, > They can stimulate and tease me, > They won't leave in the night, > I've no fear that they might desert me. > > Diamonds are forever, > Hold one up and then caress it, > Touch it, stroke it and undress it, > I can see ev'ry part, > Nothing hides in the heart to hurt me. > > I don't need love, > For what good will love do me? > Diamonds never lie to me, > For when love's gone, > They'll lustre on. > > Diamonds are forever, > Sparkling round my little finger. > Unlike men, the diamonds linger; > Men are mere mortals who > Are not worth going to your grave for. > > I don't need love, > For what good will love do me? > Diamonds never lie to me, > For when love's gone, > They'll lustre on. > > Diamonds are forever, forever, forever. > Diamonds are forever, forever, forever. > Forever and ever. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > LIVE AND LET DIE > Words and music by: Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. Sung by Paul > McCartney and Wings. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > When you were young and your heart was an open book, > You used to say live and let live. > (You know you did, you know you did, you know you did) > But if this ever-changing world in which we live in > Makes you give in and cry, > Say live and let die! > Live and let die, > Live and let die, > Live and let die. > > What does it matter to ya, > When you've got a job to do you gotta do it well, > You gotta give the other fellow hell! > > You used to say live and let live. > (You know you did, you know you did, you know you did) > But if this ever-changing world in which we live in > Makes you give in and cry, > Say live and let die! > Live and let die, > Live and let die, > Live and let die. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN > Lyrics by Don Black. Music by John Barry. Sung by Lulu. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > He has a powerful weapon > He charges a million a shot, > An assassin that's second to none, > The man with the golden gun. > > Lurking in some darkened doorway, > Or crouched on a roof top somewhere, > In the next room, or this very one > The man with the golden gun. > > Love is required whenever he's hired, > It comes just before the kill. > No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him > For his million dollar skill. > > One golden shot means another poor victim, > Has come to a glittering end, > For a price, he'll erase anyone > The man with the golden gun. > > His eye may be on you or me. > Who will he bang? > We shall see. Oh yeah! > > Love is required whenever he's hired, > It comes just before the kill. > No-one can catch him, no hit man can match him > For his million dollar skill. > > One golden shot means another poor victim, > Has come to a glittering end, > If you want to get rid of someone, > The man with the golden gun > Will get it done > He'll shoot anyone > With his golden gun. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > NOBODY DOES IT BETTER > Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager. Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Sung by Carly > Simon. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Nobody does it better > Makes me feel sad for the rest. > Nobody does it half as good as you. > Baby, you're the best. > > I wasn't lookin' but somehow you found me. > I tried to hide from your love light, > But like heaven above me the spy who loved me > Is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight. > > And nobody does it better > Though sometimes I wish someone could. > Nobody does it quite the way you do. > Did you have to be so good? > > The way that you hold me whenever you hold me. > There's some kind of magic inside you > That keeps me from runnin' but just keep it comin' > How'd you learn to do the things you do? > > And nobody does it better > Makes me feel sad for the rest. > Nobody does it half as good as you. > Baby, baby, darlin' you're the best. > Baby you're the best. > Baby you're the best. > Baby you're the best. > Darlin' you're the best. > Darlin' you're the best. > Baby you're the best. > Baby you're the best. > .. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MOONRAKER > Words by Hal David. Music by John Barry. Sung by Shirley Bassey. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Where are you? Why do you hide? > Where is that moonlight trail that leads to your side? > Just like the Moonraker goes in search of his dream of gold, > I search for love, for someone to have and hold. > > I've seen your smile in a thousand dreams, > Felt your touch and it always seems > You love me, > You love me. > > Where are you? When will we meet? > Take my unfinished life and make it complete. > Just like the Moonraker knows his dream will come true someday, > I know that you are only a kiss away. > > I've seen your smile in a thousand dreams, > Felt your touch and it always seems > You love me, > You love me. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > FOR YOUR EYES ONLY > Lyrics by Michael Leeson. Music by Bill Conti. Sung by Sheena Easton. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For your eyes only, can see me through the night. > For your eyes only I never need to hide. > You can see so much in me, so much in me that's new. > I never felt until I looked at you. > > For your eyes only, only for you. > You'll see what no-one else can see, and now I'm breaking free. > For your eyes only, only for you. > The love I know you need in me, the fantasy you've freed in me. > Only for you, only for you. > > For your eyes only, the nights are never cold. > You really know me, that's all I need to know. > Maybe I'm an open book because I know you're mine. > But you won't need to read between the lines. > > For your eyes only, only for you. > You see what no-one else can see, and now I'm breaking free. > For your eyes only, only for you. > The passions that collide in me, the wild abandoned side of me. > Only for you, for your eyes only. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ALL TIME HIGH > Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by John Barry. Sung by Rita Coolidge. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > All I wanted was a sweet distraction for an hour or two. > Had no intention to do the things we've done. > Funny how it always goes with love, when you don't look, you find. > But then we're two of a kind, we move as one. > > We're an all time high, > We'll change all that's gone before. > Doing so much more than falling in love. > On an all time high, > We'll take on the world and wait. > So hold on tight, let the flight begin. > > I don't want to waste a waking moment; I don't want to sleep. > I'm in so strong and so deep, and so are you. > In my time I've said these words before, but now I realize > My heart was telling me lies, for you they're true. > > We're an all time high, > We'll change all that's gone before. > Doing so much more than falling in love. > On an all time high, > We'll take on the world and wait. > So hold on tight, let the flight begin. > > So hold on tight, let the flight begin. > We're an all time high. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > A VIEW TO A KILL > Music and lyrics by: Duran Duran and John Barry. Sung by Duran Duran. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Meeting you, with a view to a kill, > Face to face, in secret places. Feel the chill. > Nightfall covers me, > But you know, the plans I'm making > Still over see. > Could it be the whole earth opening wide > A sacred why? A myst'ry gaping inside > The weekends; why? Until we > > dance into the fire, > That fatal kiss is all we need. > Dance into the fire > To fatal sounds of broken dreams. > Dance into the fire; > That fatal kiss is all we need. > Dance into the fire. > > The choice for you is the view to a kill. > Between the shades, assassination standing still. > The first crystal tears > Fall as snowflakes on your body, > First time in years, > To drench your skin with lover's rosy stain. > A chance to find a phoenix for the flame, > A chance to die, but can we > > Dance into the fire, > That fatal kiss is all we need. > Dance into the fire > To fatal sounds of broken dreams. > Dance into the fire; > That fatal kiss is all we need. > Dance into the fire, > When all we see is a view to a kill. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS > Words and music by John Barry and Pal Waaktaar. Sung by a-ha. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hey driver, where are we going? > I swear, my nerves are showing > Set my hopes up way too high > The living's in the way we die > > Comes the morning and the headlines fade away > Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame > I've been waiting long for one of us to say > Spare the darkness, let it never fade away > > Ooohh, the living daylights > Ooohh, the living daylights (the living daylights) > > Alright, hold on tight now, > It's down, down to the wire > Get your hopes up way too high > The living's in the way we die > > Comes the morning and the headlines fade away > Hundred thousand changes, everything's the same > I've been waiting long for one of us to say > Save the darkness, let it never fade away > > Ooohh, the living daylights > Ooohh, the living daylights (the living daylights) > Ooohh, the living daylights (the living daylights) > > Comes the morning and the headlines fade away > Hundred thousand people, I'm the one they frame > Ooohh, the living daylights > Ooohh, the living daylights (the living daylights) > (the living daylights) set your hopes up way too high > (the living daylights) the living's in the way we die > (the living daylights) set your hopes up way too high > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > LICENCE TO KILL > Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Music by Narada Michael > Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff and John Barry. > Sung by Gladys Knight. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ooooh > Oh-hooo > I need, I need, I've got to hold on to your love > Oooh. > > Hey baby, thought you were the one who tried to run away. > Ohh, baby, wasn't I the one who made you want to you? > Please don't bet that you'll ever escape me > Once I get my sights on you. > > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > And you know I'm going straight for your heart. > (Got a licence to kill) > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > Anyone who tries to tear us apart. > (Got a licence to kill) > Licence to kill. > > Hey baby, think you need a friend to stand here by your side? > Yes you do (your side) > Ohh, baby, now you can depend on me to make things right (things right) > Please don't bet that you'll ever escape me > Once I get my sights on you > > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > And you know I'm going straight for your heart. > (Got a licence to kill) > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > Anyone who tries to tear us apart. > (Got a licence to kill) > > Say that somebody tries to make a move on you > In the blink of an eye, I will be there too > And they better know why I'm gonna make them 'em pay > Till their dying day > Till their dying day > Till their dying day > > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > And you know I'm going straight for your heart, baby. > (Got a licence to kill) > Got a licence to kill > Anyone who tries to tear us apart. > (Got a licence to kill) > > Got a licence to kill (to kill) > And you know I'm heading straight for your heart. > (Got a licence to kill) > Got a licence to kill > Anyone who tries to tear us apart. > (Got a licence to kill) > Licence to kill > Gotta hold onto your loving. > Licence to kill > Ooohooo! > Kill. > ------------------------------------------- > > GOLDENEYE > Words and music by U2's Bono and The Edge. Sung by Tina Turner. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > See reflections on the water, > More than darkness in the depths, > See him surface in every shadow, > On the wind I feel his breath, > > GoldenEye, I've found his weakness, > GoldenEye, he'll do what I please, > GoldenEye, a time for sweetness, > But a bitter kiss will bring him to his knees, > > You'll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child, > You'll never know how it feels to be the one who's left left behind, > You'll never know the days, the nights, the tears, the tears I've cried, > But now my time has come, > And time, time is not on your side. > > See him move through smoke and mirrors, > Feel his presence in the crowd, > Other girls they gather round him, > If I had him I wouldn't let him out, > > GoldenEye, not lace or leather, > Golden chains link him to the spot, > GoldenEye, I'll show him forever, > It'll take forever to see what I got, > > You'll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child, > You'll never how it feels to get so close and be denied, > Its a golden honeytrap, > I've got for you tonight, > Revenge is a kiss, > This time I won't miss, > Now I've got you in my sights, > > With a GoldenEye, > Golden, GoldenEye, > With a GoldenEye, > GoldenEye. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN > Music by Michael Legrand. Lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman. Arranged > and produced by Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendez. Sung by Lani Hall. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You walk in a room, > A woman can feel the heat. > One look is a guarantee > Nights could be long and sweet. > The message is clear > Like nothing I've ever known. > But the more that I hear, > Forget about long-range plans > 'Cause this man's got his own. > > To get mixed up with a man who says never > May be big trouble, but then > I just could be the woman to take you > And make you never say never again. > > Never, never say never again. > Never, never say never again. > Never, never say never again. > Never, never say never again. > > You've got all the moves. > Ah, but baby I've got them too. > No matter your attitude or your mood > I'll come through. > The touch of your voice. > The feel of your eyes on me. > You leave me no choice. > Though I know there's danger there > I don't care, let it be. > > To get it bad with a man who says never > May have no future, but then > I just could be the woman to reach you > And teach you to never say never again. > > I'll beg you. > I'll get you. > I'll reach you. > I'll teach you. > I'll take you. > I'll make you.
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