and dance with me come dance with me and let 's get married by the sea let 's sing and sex let 's sex and sing let 's do damn near everything let 's rock a busting boogie babe forget your family and your slaves set them free for they 're sick of you as i 'm sick of everyone i knew we 'll be outcasts with smiling feet and not once lose the beat and walk those golden streets ( and meet christ in person then ) no longer interpreted by men `` some of you god loves very much '' carolina sea she 's as pretty as pretty can be met her on the carolina sea dancing a jig with a john named joe the boy could n't dance but boy could he row o how i loved that girl but then i forgot , went out alone stepped off the boat , sank like a stone drowned that night without a decent name now all they say is `` ai n't it a shame and o how he loved that girl '' today i 'm different than i was before walk through walls like they are doors a ghost , i guess , with flesh and breath now i 'll be thankful for that second death o how i loved that girl learned once that love is learned once that love is learned once that love is all you need in the whole wide world brave gentle growling at passersby in the subway because i do n't have anything better to do 'o , i 'm so sorry ! '