SOME OF THE SONG LYRICS WRITTEN/SUNG BY NEIL DIAMOND
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"GIRL YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON"
Love you so much can't count all the ways
I'd die for you girl and all they can say is
"He's not your kind".
They never get tired of puttin' me down and
I never know when I come around
What I'm gonna find
Don't let them make up your mind
Don't you know.
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Please come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Soon, you'll need a man.
I've been misunderstood for all of my life
But what they're sayin', girl, just cuts like a knife
"The boy's no good".
Well, I finally found what I've been lookin' for
But if they get a chance they'll end it for sure
Sure they would
Baby I've done all I could
it's up to you.
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Please come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon
Soon, you'll need a man.
"AMERICA"
Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star.
Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream.
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America.
Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm.
Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm.
Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America.
Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America.
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today.
My country 'tis of thee
Today
Sweet land of liberty
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
Of thee I sing
Today.
"FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS"
Money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
And long as I can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans.
Honey's sweet
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
And if you pardon me
I'd like to say
We'll do okay
Forever in blue jeans.
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, you and I
All alone by the fire
Nothing around
But the sound of my heart
And your sighs.
Money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
And long as I can have you here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe.
"SWEET CAROLINE"
Where it began, I can't begin to knowing
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
Then spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along.
Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you.
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I'd be inclined
To believe they never would
So good, so good.
Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely
We filled it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulder
How can I hurt when I'm holding you.
One, touching one
Reaching out, touching me, touching you.
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I'd be inclined
To believe they never would.
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I'd be inclined
To believe they never would.
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I'd be inclined
To believe they never would.
"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.
"SOLITARY MAN"
Melinda was mine
'Til the time
That I found her
Holding Jim
Loving Him
Then Sue came along
Loved me strong
That's what I thought
Me and Sue
But that died too.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
The girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man.
I've had it to here
Bein' where
Love's a small word
Part-time thing
Paper ring.
I know it's been done
Havin' one
Girl who'll love me
Right or wrong
Weak or strong.
Don't know that I will
But until I can find me
The girl who'll stay
And won't play games behind me
I'll be what I am
A solitary man
Solitary man.
"SONG SUNG BLUE"
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one
Me and you are subject to
the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Sing them out again.
Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow.
Funny thing,
but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice.
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one.
Funny thing,
but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice.
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one.
Funny thing,
but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice.
You simply got no choice.
"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.
"BROTHER LOVES TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW"
Hot August night
And the leaves hanging down
And the grass on the ground smelling sweet
Move up the road
To the outside of town
And the sound of that good gospel beat.
Sits a ragged tent
Where there ain't no trees
And that gospel group
Telling you and me.
It's Love
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Pack up the babies
Grab the old ladies
Everyone goes
Everyone knows
Brother Love's show.
Room gets suddenly still
And when you'd almost bet
You could hear yourself sweat, he walks in
Eyes black as coal
And when he lifts his face
Every ear in the place is on him.
Starting soft and slow
Like a small earthquake
And when he lets go
Half the valley shakes.
It's Love, Love
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Pack up the babies
Grab the old ladies
Everyone goes
Everyone knows
Brother Love's show.
Sermon
Take my hand in yours
Walk with me this day
In my heart, I know
I will never stray
Halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle, halle.
It's Love, Love
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
Pack up the babies
Grab the old ladies
Everyone goes
Everyone knows
Brother Love's show
Amen.
"YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS"
You don't bring me flowers
You don't sing me love songs
You hardly talk to me anymore
When you come through the door
At the end of the day.
I remember when
You couldn't wait to love me
Used to hate to leave me
Now after lovin' me late at night
When it's good for you
And you're feeling alright
Well you just roll over
And you turn out the light
And you don't bring me flowers anymore.
It used to be so natural
To talk about forever
But 'used to be's' don't count anymore
They just lay on the floor
'Til we sweep them away.
And baby, I remember
All the things you taught me
I learned how to laugh
And I learned how to cry
Well I learned how to love
Even learned how to lie
You'd think I could learn
How to tell you goodbye
'Cause you don't bring me flowers anymore.
"HELLO AGAIN"
Hello again, hello
Just called to say 'hello'
I couldn't sleep at all tonight
And I know it's late
But I couldn't wait.
Hello, my friend, hello
Just called to let you know
I think about you every night
When I'm here alone
And you're there at home
Hello.
Maybe it's been crazy
And maybe I'm to blame
But I put my heart above my head
We've been thru it all
And you loved me just the same
And when you're not there
I just need to hear.
Hello, my friend, hello
It's good to need you so
It's good to love you like I do
And to feel this way
When I hear you say
Hello.
Hello, my friend, hello
Just called to let you know
I think about you every night
And I know it's late
But I couldn't wait
Hello.
"LOVE ON THE ROCKS"
Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Got nothing to lose
So you just sing the blues all the time.
Gave you my heart
Gave you my soul
You left me alone here
With nothing to hold
Yesterday's gone
Now all I want is a smile.
First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in the storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song.
You need what you need
You can say what you want
Not much you can do
When the feeling is gone
May be blue skies above
But it's cold when you're love's on the rocks.
First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in the storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song.
Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Yesterday's gone
And now all I want is a smile.
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