Lyrics to
Don’t Go Near The Water

This version of Don’T Go Near The Water was released by Beach Boys in 1971.

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Don’t go near the water
Don’t you think it’s sad
What’s happened to the water
Our water’s going bad

Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
Have all been touched by man
The poison floating out to sea
Now threatens life on land

Don’t go near the water
Ain’t it sad
What’s happened to the water
It’s going bad

Don’t go near the water
Don’t go near the water

Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath
So let’s avoid an ecological aftermath
Beginning with me
Beginning with you

Don’t go near the water
To do it any wrong
To be cool with the water
Is the message of this song

Let’s all help the water
Right away
Do what we can and ought to
Let’s start today

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The lyrics for Don’T Go Near The Water are defined as the words making up the song released by Beach Boys in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Don’T Go Near The Water have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Beach Boys and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Don’T Go Near The Water by Beach Boys if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Don’T Go Near The Water" means the words set to the music of Don’T Go Near The Water, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Don’T Go Near The Water and the lyrics to Don’T Go Near The Water are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Go Near The Water, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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