 Genius Lyrics
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Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
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“Sweet Caroline” was inspired by a photograph of the then-9-year-old Caroline Kennedy. The lyrics were written a few years later about Diamond’s then-wife Marsha.
In 1969, the
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Neil Diamond – Cracklin' Rosie
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Cracklin' Rosie" is a bottle of wine. Diamond got the idea for the song from a folk story of an Indian tribe in Northern Canada who had more men than women. He told David Wild at
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Neil Diamond – Forever in Blue Jeans
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Bridge] / Honey
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Neil Diamond – Holly Holy
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Holly holy eyes, dream of only me / Where I am, what I am / What I believe in / Holly holy / Holly holy dream / Wanting only you / And she come / And I run just like the wind will
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Neil Diamond – Soolaimón
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Come here, come say / Ride on the night / Sun becomes day / Day shall provide / Soo, soolaimon / Soolai, soolai, soolaimon / Soo, soolaimon / Soolai, soolai, soolaimon / Soo
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Neil Diamond – Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
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Diamond’s original intent for this song was to take evangelical preachers to task for what some of them did: take advantage of the down-hearted and troubled. The evangelical
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Neil Diamond – America
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“America” is the third and final single from the soundtrack to the 1980 movie The Jazz Singer.
The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making all three singles from the
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Neil Diamond – Hello Again
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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
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Neil Diamond – Cherry, Cherry
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Baby loves me, yes, yes she does / Ah, the girl's outta sight, yeah / Says she loves me, yes, yes she does / Mmm, gonna show me tonight, yeah / Hey, she got the way to move me
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Neil Diamond – Glory Road
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Wearin' my high boots / Got all my worldlies here in a sack / Looking for something / Knowing that it ain't here where I'm at / Ain't looking back / I'm comin' / Ride by thumbin
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Neil Diamond – Hell Yeah
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If you're thinking that my life / Is a hoot and a holler / From the start of the day / To the dark of the night / And that its ringin' like a bell / That you only want to follow
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Neil Diamond – Solitary Man
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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
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Neil Diamond – Brooklyn Roads
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[Verse 1] / If I close my eyes, I can almost hear my mother / Callin', "Neil, go find your brother / Daddy's home and it's time for supper, hurry on" / And I see two boys racin' up
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Neil Diamond – If You Go Away
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If you go away on this summer day / Then you might as well take the sun away / All the birds that flew in the summer sky / When our love was new / And our hearts were high / When
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Neil Diamond – Don't Think... Feel
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Hey / Sleepy old sun, sleepy old day / Sleepy old tree gonna make me some shade / Sleepy old time on my side of town / I'm feelin' fine, I'll explain to you now / Don't think, feel
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Neil Diamond – Heartlight
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“Heartlight” is the opening song and lead single of Diamond’s 15th album of the same name. It was written by Diamond along with the hit-writing team of Carole Bayer-Sager and Burt
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Neil Diamond – September Morn
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Stay for just a while / Stay and let me look at you / It's been so long, I hardly knew you / Standing in the door / Stay with me a while / I only wanna talk to you / We've traveled
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Neil Diamond – Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
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Diamond wrote this one for the ladies, which made up most of his fan base. David Wild wrote in his book He Is…I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond,
When
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Neil Diamond – Red Red Wine
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Red, red wine / Go to my head / Make me forget that I / Still need her so / Red, red wine / It's up to you / All I can do, I've done / But memories won't go / No, memories won't go
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Neil Diamond – Skybird
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Skybird / Make your sail / And every heart / Will know of the tale / [Spoken:] / And head for the farthest shore / Songbird / Make your tune / For none may sing it just as you do
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Neil Diamond – Do It
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Do it, while your soul's still burnin' / Don't hide the yearnin' away / Say what you want to say / 'Cause if you let her go / You'll always know you blew it / Go to it and do it
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Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue
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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
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Neil Diamond – Juliet
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Juliet I've been waitin' / For so long for you to come back / How I, I've been needin' you, Juliet / Wrapped up all in day dreams / But daydreams won't fill the night time / And I'
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Neil Diamond – I Am... I Said
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‘I Am… I Said’, released in 1971 was a strong chart hit, reaching number 4 in the US and UK singles charts, written about Diamond’s time in therapy in Los Angeles.
The track would
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Neil Diamond – Shilo
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[Verse 1] / Young child with dreams / Dreaming each dream on your own / When children play / Seems like you end up alone / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Papa says he'd love to be with you / If
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Neil Diamond – Longfellow Serenade
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Neil Diamond second no. 1 hit from 1974 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart (his first was Song Sung Blue).It peaked at #5 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
A lyrical song influenced by
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Neil Diamond – Anthem
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[Spoken:] / "Transcend, Purify, Glorious" / Sanctus / Kyrie / Sanctus / Kyrie / Kyrie Gloria / Gloria Holy / Holy Holy / Gloria / Sanctus / Kyrie / Sanctus / Kyrie / Kyrie Gloria
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Neil Diamond – I'm. i said
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LA's fine, sunshine most of the time / The feeling is laid back / Palm trees grow and the rents are low / But you know I keep thinking about / Making my way back / Well, I'm New
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Neil Diamond – Desiree
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“Desiree” is, as described by Time, a “deflowering anthem” about a young man’s one memorable night – June 3rd, to be precise – with an older woman.
The song peaked at #16 on the
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Neil Diamond (Ft. Barbra Streisand) – You Don't Bring Me Flowers
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[Verse 1: Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond] / 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
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Neil Diamond – We
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Love is all about chemistry / Isn't something you go off to school to learn / It isn't math or ancient history / It's the kind of thing that comes down to simple terms / It's not
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Neil Diamond – Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons
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And so they came with perfect schemes / And precious dreams that made them one / One by one / Oh, and there they stood lost in the haze / With spirits blazing like the sun
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Neil Diamond (Ft. Buffy Lawson) – Marry Me
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Say that you'll marry me / Sometimes carry me / And I will be there forever more / For you / And if you marry me / I will give every thing / And I will do anything That you need
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Neil Diamond – He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother
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The road is long / With many a winding turn / That leads us to who knows where / Who knows where / But I'm strong / Strong enough to carry him / He ain't heavy, he's my brother
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Neil Diamond – I'm a Believer
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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
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Neil Diamond – Alone Again (Naturally)
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In a little while from now / If I'm not feeling any less sour / I promise myself to treat myself / And visit a nearby tower / And climbing to the top / Will throw myself off / In
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Neil Diamond – Long Gone
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Say lady / Oh, you got to tell me / What it was came over you / You ain't the devil / But you might as well be / For all the changes / That you put me through / Long gone, baby is
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Neil Diamond – Tennessee Moon
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Hollywood don't do what it once could do / I used to wake up / And write me a song before noon / So I packed my dusty bags one night / Grabbed an old guitar / And I caught a red-
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