Ringo was a Romantic: Octopus's Garden Lyrics

The story goes like this: Ringo Starr was on a boating trip with family in 1968. On that trip he was offered octopus for lunch, but turned it down. The boat's captain told Starr that octopuses travel along the ocean floor picking up stones and shiny objects with which to build gardens. Starr claimed that hearing about these creatures spending their days collecting shiny objects was one of the happiest things he had ever heard. It was his inspiration for writing "Octopus's Garden" which was released in 1969 on the Abbey Road LP.

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 octupus's garden, in the shade.

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade.

We would be warm, below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head, on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octupus's garden with you
In an octupus's garden with you.