The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

10 Songs with a list in the lyrics



  1. California Girls The Beach Boys (Well, East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the Southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there The Midwest farmer's daughters really make you feel alright And the Northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night I wish they all could be California (Girls))
  2. Thank you very much The Scaffold (Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron, thank you very much, thank you very very very much ... for the birds and bees ... for the family circle ... for love ... for the Sunday joint ... and our...cultural heritage, national beverage, being fat, Union jack, nursery rhyme, Sunday times, napalm bomb, everyone! ...Thank you very much for playing this record, thank you very very very much ... for our gracious team)
  3. We didn't start the fire Billy Joel (Harry Truman, Doris Day Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon Studebaker, Television North Korea, South Korea Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-Bomb Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, The King And I, And The Catcher In The Rye Eisenhower, Vaccine England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace Santayana goodbye ... Joseph Stalin, Malenkov Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu Falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place Trouble in the Suez ...  Little Rock, Pasternak Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Zhou En-lai Bridge On The River Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle California baseball Starkweather Homicide Children of Thalidomide Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur Space Monkey, Mafia Hula Hoops, Castro Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee Payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho Belgians in the Congo ... Hemingway, Eichmann Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex J.F.K. blown away What else do I have to say?
  4. Route 66 Nat King Cole, etc (Now you go through St. Louis Joplin, Missouri And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty You see Amarillo Gallup, New Mexico Flagstaff, Arizona Don't forget Winona Kingman, Barstow, San Bernandino)
  5. My favourite things Julie Andrews (Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with string These are a few of my favourite things Cream coloured ponies and crisp apple stroodles Doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings These are a few of my favourite things Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into spring These are a few of my favourite things)
  6. Under the sea from Disney's Little Mermaid (The newt play the flute, The carp play the harp, The plaice play the bass And they soundin’ sharp The bass play the brass, The chub play the tub, The fluke is the duke of soul, Yeah, The ray he can play, The lings on the strings, The trout rockin’ out, The blackfish she sings, The smelt and the sprat They know where it’s at An’ oh that blowfish blow)
  7. Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry (They're really rockin' in Boston, In Pittsburgh, PA, Deep in the heart of Texas And 'round the 'Frisco Bay, All over St Louis, Way down in New Orleans, All the Cats wanna dance with Sweet Little Sixteen ... Cause they'll be rockin' on bandstand In Philadelphia PA, ....)
  8. Forever Young Bob Dylan (May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you, May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young ... May you grow up to be righteous, May you grow up to be true, May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, Stand upright and be strong, May you stay forever young, ... May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift, May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful, May your song always be sung, ...) [Dylan has several list songs]
  9. Fifty ways to leave your lover Paul Simon (You just slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus You don't need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee And get yourself free)
  10. Give peace a change Plastic Ono Band (Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism, This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m All we are saying is give peace a chance ... Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers Sinisters, Banisters and canisters Bishops and Fishshops and Rabbis and Pop eyes And bye bye, bye byes All we are saying is give peace a chance ... Ev'rybody's talking about Revolution, evolution, masturbation Flagellation, regulation, integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations All we are saying is give peace a chance .. Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna Hare, Hare Krishna)

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