Neil Diamond
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Cracklin' Rosie
Cracklin' Rosie, get on board
We're gonna ride till there
ain't no more to go
Taking it slow
Lord, don't you know
Have me a time
with a poor man's lady
Hitchin' on a twilight train
Ain't nothing there that I
care to take along
Maybe a song
To sing when I want
Don't need to say
please to no man for a happy tune
Oh, I love my Rosie child
She got the way to make me happy
You and me, we go in style
Cracklin' Rosie you're a store-bought woman
You
make me sing like a guitar hummin'
So hang on to me, girl
Our song keeps
runnin' on
Play it now
Play it now
Play it now, my baby
Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
God if it lasts for an
hour, that's all right
We got all night
To set the world right
Find us
a dream that don't asks no questions, yeah
Oh, I love my Rosie child
You got the way to make me happy
You and me, we go in style
Cracklin' Rosie, you're a store-bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin'
So hang on to me, girl
Our song
keeps runnin' on
Play it now
Play it now
Play it now, my baby
Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
God if it lasts for an
hour, that's all right
We got all night
To set the world right
Find us
a dream that don't asks no questions, yeah
Crunchy Granola Suite
I got a song been on my mind
And the tune can be sung and
the words all rhyme
Deedle-ee deet deet deet deet deet deet deet dee dee
Though it don't say much and it won't offend
If you sing it
in school then they're liable to send you home
Never knowing what you're
showin'
Think you're growin' your own tea
Good lord!
Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin'
Crunchy granola's
neat
Sing it out
Alright
Da da da da
Da da da da da
Dee dee dee
dum
I know a man was outta touch
And he'd hide in a house and
he didn't say much
Deedle-ee deet deet deet deet deet deet deet dee doo
And like a man with a tiger outside his gate
Not only
couldn't relax but he couldn't relate
Now he can
Family man
Tried my
brand
Dig
Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin'
Crunchy granola's
neat
Sing it out
Alright
Da da da da
Da da da da da
Dee dee dee
do
Deedle-ee dum dum
I'll have a double, please
Deep Inside You
Good morning. I love you.
Now that you're here where you
belong,
I want to be the man you need.
Just tell me you love me,
Because I need to hear it, too.
Just let me be the one you carry deep inside
of you.
I need you beside me; the road is so long.
You run through
my heart like the words of a bitter-sweet song.
I'd travel the whole world,
across the earth, around the sun
if I could be the one you carry deep inside
of you.
Without you beside me, the road is so long.
You live in my
heart, and it hurts when I think of you gone.
I need you in my way.
I
have no right to love so true.
But let me be the one, the one who lives
inside of you.
Just let me be the one you carry deep inside of you.
Desiree
It was the third of June
On that younger day
Well I
became a man
At the hands of a girl
Almost twice my age
And she came to
me
Just like a morning sun
And it wasn't so much
Her words as such
As the way they were sung
It was the way they were sung
Desiree
Oh, Desiree
There I was found
By the sweet
passion sound
Of you loving song
Time was right, the night was long
Remember, Desiree
Oh Desiree
Somehow I knew
I could only have you
'Til the morning light
If only for that single night
Sweet Desiree, you
made it right.
Then came the fourth of June
On that sleepless night
Well I tossed and I turned
While the thought of her burned
Up and down my
mind
For she was there and gone
Without one regret
But she continues on
Like the words of a song
I could not forget
I could not forget
Desiree
Oh, Desiree
There I was found
By the sweet
passion sound
Of your loving song
Time was right, the night was long
Remember, Desiree
Oh, Desiree
And though somehow I knew
I could only
have you
'Til the morning light
The night was long, the time was right
Do you remember, Desiree
Everybody
Ev'rybody needs someone that they're gonna believe in.
Ev'rybody's the same around the world.
If you wanna find someone, then you
only have to show it.
Nothin's sadder than love that's left unheard.
Me, how I tried to deny that it pointed to you.
Too many
roads up ahead lookin' shiny and new.
Ev'rybody needs someone, but it's gotta
mean something.
Giving up a piece of you's the hardest part.
If you wanna
have someone, then you really got to know it.
Doesn't take very much to break
a heart.
May I get lost in your eyes for a lifetime or two?
Something
about you and I leads me right to the truth.
Some people always got something they got left to say.
Some
need to keep it inside; they just wanna hide away.
And I'm glad I have you there, 'cause I would've been nowhere.
Bein' here all alone's a lonely sound.
Ev'rybody needs someone that they're gonna believe in.
Ev'rybody's the same around the world.
Free Life
Free life.
Scratch on my head.
Pick me a tune.
Sing
it like a black man,
Oh, oh, oh, mm, mm, mm.
Free life.
You know my name.
I’ll leave on a light
And burn it in the window,
Oh, oh, oh, mm, mm, mm.
Talking ‘bout ‘round, brown ladies
And maybe some wine.
All be fine.
If she ain’t no belle, hell, it’s OK;
I won’t pay no mind.
We’ll just have us a time.
Free life.
I’ll wait right here,
But I ain’t no kid
Believin’ in the Bible,
Oh, oh, oh, mm, mm, mm.
Ah, free life.
Heartlight
Come back again
I want you to stay next time
'Cause
sometimes the world ain't kind
When people get lost like you and me
I just made a friend
A friend is someone you need
But
now that he had to go away
I still feel the words that he might say
Turn on your heartlight
Let it shine whereever you go
Let it make a happy glow
For all the world to see
Turn on your heartlight
In the middle of a young boy's
dream
Don't wake me up too soon
Gonna take a ride across the moon
You
and me
He's lookin' for home
'Cause everyone needs a place
And
home's the most excellent place of all
And I'll be right here if you should
call me
Turn on your heartlight
Let it shine whereever you go
Let it make a happy glow
For all the world to see
Turn on your heartlight
In the middle of a young boy's
dream
Don't wake me up too soon
Gonna take a ride across the moon
You
and me
Turn on you heartlight now
Turn on you heartlight now
Holly Holy
Holly holy eyes
Dream of only you
Where I am, what I am
What I believe in
Holly holy
Holly holy dream
Wanting only you
And she comes
And I
run just like the wind will
Holly holy
Sing a song
Sing a song of songs
Sing it out
Sing it
strong
Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun's gonna
rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he's
gonna fly
And I fly
And I fly
Holly holy love
Take the lonely child
And the seed
Let it be filled with tomorrow
Holly holy
Sing a song
Sing a song of songs
Sing it out
Sing it
strong
Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun's gonna
rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he's
gonna fly
And I fly, yeah
And I fly
Holly holy dream
Dream of only you
Holly holy love
Holly holy love
I'm A Believer
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for
someone else but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it
seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace of
doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I
tried
I thought love was more or less a giving thing
Seems the
more I gave, the less I got
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine, I got rain
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace of
doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I
tried
Jungletime
Jungle time, time for the fight and it's time for the fury.
Jungle time, settin' it right and then takin' the glory,
Jungle time, rumble
time,
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.
Strut your stuff, lay it all out like you don't care who knows
it.
Strut your stuff, you keep your cool while the other guy blows it.
Strut your stuff, hangin' tough.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
baby.
Jungle time, rumble time, tumble time.
Hey, I'm walkin' proud, me and the boys got a date with the
angels.
Walkin' proud, we and them boys ain't exactly like strangers.
Walkin' proud, talkin' proud.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
baby.
Jungle time, rumble time, tumble time.
Hey, I'm checkin' out, this ain't my style it it ain't my
persuasion.
Checkin' out, guess I ain't built for this kind of occasion.
Checkin' out, steppin' out.
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama.
Jungle time, rough, tough, tumble time.
Jungle time rough,
tough, tumble time.
Morningside
Morningside
The old man died
And no one cried
They
simply turned away
And when he died
He left a table made of nails and
pride
And with his hands, he carved these words inside
'For my childen'
Morning light
Morning bright
I spent the night
With
dreams that make you weep
Morning time
Wash away the sadness from these
eyes of mine
For I recall the words an old man signed
'For my children'
And the legs were shaped with his hands
And the top made of
oaken wood
And the children that sat around his table
Touched it with
their laughter
Ah, and that was good
Morningside
An old man died
And no one cried
He
surely died alone
And truth is sad
For not a children would claim
the
gift he had
The words he carved
became his epitaph
'For my children'
Play Me
She was moring
And I was night time
I one day woke up
To find her lying
Beside my bed
I softly said
"Come take me"
For I've been lonely
In need of someone
As though I'd
done
Someone wrong somewhere
I don't know where
Come lately
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am
the tune
Play me
Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang
in me
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night
And what was right
Became me
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am
the tune
Play me
And so it was
That I came to travel
Upon a road
That
was thorned and narrow
Another place
Another grace
Would save me
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the word
I am
the tune
Play me
Shilo
Young child with dreams
Dream ev'ry dream on your own
When children play
seems like you end up alone
Papa says he'd love to be with you
If he had the time
So
you turn on the only friend you can find
There in your mind
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call you name
When no
one else would come
Shilo, you always came
And we'd play
Young girl with fire
Something said she understood
I
wanted to fly
She made me feel like I could
Held my hand out, and I let her take me
Blind as a child
All I saw was the way that she made me smile
She made me smile
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call you name
When no
one else would come
Shilo, you always came
And you'd stay
Had a dream, and it filled me with wonder
She had other
plans
"Got to go, and I know that you'll understand"
I understand
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call you name
When no
one else would come
Shilo, you always came
Come today
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