Yesterday, all my troubles were so far away
Beatles
The good old days weren’t all that good
Tomorrow’s not as bad as it seems
-Billy Joel
Old days
Good times I remember
Fun days
Filled with simple pleasures
Chicago - Old Days
"-BB-"
We got no necked oilmen from Texas
And good ol’ boys from Tennessee
And colleges men from LSU
Went in dumb, come out dumb too
Randy Newman
You out of town guys sure think you’re real keen
Think all of us boys here are homespun and green
But that’s wrong my friend so get this through your head
We’re tough and we’re Texan with necks good and red
Elton John
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
It’s time we put the flame torch to their keep
Burn down the mission
If we’re gonna stay alive
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
See the red flame light the sky
–Elton
I went down to the riverside and I laid me down to sleep
Went down to the riverside, laid me down to sleep, Lord
A-well I went down to the riverside, laid me down to sleep
When I woke up there were shackles on both-a my feet
Lonnie Donegan. It Takes a Worried Man
Down by the lazy river, come as you please
Down by the lazy river, one big family
If you’re all alone, you won’t be long
Just bring your guitar and sing your song
Down by the lazy river, everybody follow me
The Osmonds (Down by the) Lazy River
Up a lazy river by the old mill run,
The lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun,
Linger in the shade of a kind old tree,
Throw away your troubles
Dream a dream with me.
Hoagy Carmichael - Up A Lazy River
-“BB”-
I must be looking for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it’s too hard to cross
And even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and I stand on the shore
And try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I’ve been looking for
Billy Joel, The River of Dreams
The river is wide, I cannot see
Nor do I have light wings to fly
There’ll be a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
The Kingston Trio, The River Is Wide (from The Water Is Wide, traditional)
Come on down to my boat, baby,
Come on down where we can play.
Come on down to my boat, baby,
Come on down, we’ll sail away.
Every Mother’s Son - C’mon Down to My Boat
-“BB”-
Aye Calypso the places you’ve been to
The things that you’ve shown us
The stories you tell
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well
John Denver, “Calypso”
We come on the Sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night
Got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up
I want to go home
Beach Boys Sloop John B
Got out of town on a boat, going to Southern islands.
Sailing a reach before a following sea.
She was making for the trades on the outside
And the downhill run to Papeete.
Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas,
We got eighty feet of the waterline, nicely making way.
In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you.
But on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away.
CSN, Southern Cross
But I’m sad to say I’m on my way ,
Won’t be back for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town.
Harry Belafonte, Jamaica Farewell
I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care
I Left My Heart In San Francisco . Tony Bennett]
But the fool on the hill,
Sees the sun going .
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning 'round.
Beatles - The Fool on the Hill
You got no money and you got no home
Spinnin’ wheel all alone
Talkin’ ‘bout your troubles and you, you never learn
Ride a painted pony let the spinnin’ wheel turn
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Spinning Wheel
You are the tear, I have no fear
You are so strange, I feel the same
Sorceress mind, we ride again
We are not chained to the wheel
To the wheel
It’s the way that you feel
It’s the truth in your eye
'Cause you’re up against the world and still you rise
Still you rise
The Cult