Fun ITT we post random song lyrics out of context

I've given you sunshine, I've given you dirt,
You've given me nothing, But heartache and hurt,
I'm beggin' you sweetly, I'm down on my knees,
Oh, please,
Grow for me!

 

He took a hundred pounds of clay
And they He said "Hey, listen"
"I'm gonna fix this-a world today"
"Because I know what's missin' "
Then He rolled his big sleeves up
And a brand-new world began
He created a woman and-a lots of lovin' for a man
Whoa-oh-oh, yes he did

 

I'd like to teach the world to sing,
In perfect harmony,
I'd like to hold it in my arms,
And keep it company.

I'd like to see the world for once,
All standing hand in hand,
And hear them echo through the hills,
For peace through out the land.

 

Now the valley cried with anger,
Mount your horses, draw your swords
And they killed the mountain people,
So they won their just rewards
Now they stood before the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
Peace on earth, was all it said.

 

The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
To see what he could see.

And all that he could see,
And all that he could see,
Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see.

 

I joined the navy to see the world
And what did I see?
I saw the sea
I saw the sea

 

The seaweed is always greener,
In somebody else's lake,
You dream about going up there,
But that is a big mistake,
Just look at the world around you,
Right here on the ocean floor,
Such wonderful things surround you,
What more is you looking for?

 

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade

 

We're a cracker jack brigade, on a pachyderm parade,
But we'd rather stroll, to a waterhole,
Hup two three four,
For a furlough in the shade.

 

Vacation, all I ever wanted
Vacation, had to get away
Vacation, meant to be spent alone

 

Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary,
Mary makes your heart so light,
When the day is gray and ordinary,
Mary makes the sun shine bright.

 

The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

 

So I'm wrinkly, crinkly, set in my ways,
It's true that my body has seen better days,
But give me half a chance and I can still misbehave,
One foot in the grave.

 

I don't stay out late
Don't care to go
I'm home about eight
Just me and my radio
Ain't misbehavin'
I'm savin' my love for you

 

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told,
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten for a bird,
You must not miss.

 

Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea,
Just me for you
And you for me alone.

 

Underneath the spreading chestnut tree,
There she said she’d marry me,
Now you ought to see our family,
‘Neath the spreading chestnut tree.

 

Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree

 

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all day long.

 

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

 

We’re floating down the river,
We’re floating down below,
We’re floating down the river,
To the O-hi-O!

 

Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn
So roll on, Columbia, roll on
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew
Canadian Northwest to the oceans so blue
Roll on Columbia, roll on

 

Row, row, row your boat
Gentle down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.

 

Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Look away, you rollin' river
It was for her I'd cross the water
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri.

 

I got to Kansas City on a Friday
By Saturday I learned a thing or two
Up til then I didn't have an iddy
Of what the modern world was comin' to.