Songs that mention rivers, lakes, riviera etc.

[Pea-n-Me]

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Yeah, down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Should I ask myself in the water
What a warrior would do?
Tell me underneath my armor
Am I loyal, brave and true?

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I can still recall
Our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the Seine
Laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Memories that remain

We made our way along the river
And we sat down in the grass by the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh, yes

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Where does it go from here?
Is it down to the lake I fear?

 

[BlueStarryHat]

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay- Otis Redding:

 

[GoingSince1990]

 

[allenfane]

Charlie Pride "Roll On Mississippi"

Walking along, whistling a song,
Barefoot and fancy free,
A big riverboat, passing us by, she's headed for New Orleans
There she goes, disappearing around the bend.
Roll on Mississippi; you make me feel like a child again.

A cool river breeze, like peppermint leaves,
The taste of it takes me back,
Chewin on a straw, torn overalls,
A cane pole and old straw hat and muddy river.
Just like a long lost friend.
Roll on Mississippi; you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi, big river roll.
You're the childhood dream that I grew up on.
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home.
Now I can see I've been away too long.
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on.

Now, when the world's spinning round, too fast for me,
And I need a place to dream.
So I come to your banks, I sit in your shade
Relive the memories
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Roll on Mississippi; you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi, Big river roll
You're the childhood dream that I grew up on.
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home.
Now I can see I've been away too long.
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on, Mississippi,
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on

 

[Brian_WDW74]

Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

 

[Brian_WDW74]

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

 

[Brian_WDW74]

Up On Cripple Creek - The Band

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

 

[LuvOrlando]

I wanna stand with you on a mountain
I wanna bathe with you in the sea
I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me

 

[Imzadi]

How about a whole band named after a river?

STYX - It's the river in Greek mythology between Earth and the Underworld.

And one of their most famous songs:

Come Sail Away
I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
'Cause I've got to be free
Free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain
So climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow
On every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try
To carry on
I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had

 

[Imzadi]

A not as well known, autobiographical song by Petula Clark that came off of one of her LPs.

Two Rivers

 

[Imzadi]

Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry

No river mentioned but implied.

"And then she said, I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

 

[Imzadi]

Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow

"Time in New England took me away to long rocky beaches you by the bay"

 

[Imzadi]

This one is perfect for Memorial Day, as it is also Fleet Week in NYC, when sailors in white flood NYC in masses.

New York, New York - from the musical, On the Town
Sung by the legendary Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Jules Munshin

"From Yonkers on down to the bay, in just one day
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town
The Bronx up and the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the ground
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town

We sailed the seas and played a bit of poker way in Mandalay"

 

[AppleDumpling]

New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel

I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River line
I'm in a New York state of mind

 

[LuvOrlando]