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Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond


Background information
Birth name Neil Leslie Diamond
Born January 24, 1941
Origin New York City, United States
Genre(s) Folk
Country
Years active 1958—present
Label(s) Columbia Records
MCA Records
Bang Records
Uni Records
Website Website



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Neil Diamond Album


Home Before Dark (05/05/2008)
05/05/2008
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Without Her (bonus track)
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Make You Feel My Love (bonus track)
. . .


if I don't see you again
it was a hell of a ride
don't need to say let's be friends
don't need to promise you'll write
we rode that train through the night
and never cared where it went
if I don't see you again
if I don't see you again
we ran a whole other race
two strangers meet on the road
and find a time and a place
we never once had to lie
we've passed the age of conscent
if I don't see you again
I know it's crazy out there
my head is sleeping around
I went out looking for love
and never liked what I found
don't pay to make it alone
God knows it's lonely out there
I made it once on my own
and hardly anyone cared
if I don't see you again
who you gonna run to baby
who you gonna hide behind when the nights
it's suddenly cold
who's gonna hold you
who's gonna love you
who will you go to
who you gonna call if it ain't me
when you're feeling lost
and there is nobody out there
looking for you
what will you do
where will you go
if I don't see you again
if I don't see you again
you made it happen somehow
I think I gave up on life
but I feel better right now
something you see turn around
don't need to know what you meant
if I don't see you again
and at the end of the day
I hated sleeping alone
there's nothing worse when you're lost
and you don't wanna go home
it's gonna work out some way
I just don't wanna be found
I'm waiting here round the bay
and I'll be hanging around
if I don't see you again
who am I kidding
I'm going nowhere
I can't even get through
an hour without you
should be ashamed
just wanna hear you
calling my name
two of those missed conventions
these men must have somehow missed something more
cause we're here alone
I know we're together
to fall apart
I know how to get back home
each time we say that
cause you're frustrated too long
you've been too lonely to know
to find that something is wrong
the time if perfect to go
before the curtain descents
right now when both of us know
that everything has got to end
if I don't see you again
what's it gonna come to baby
who you gonna hide behind when the nights
get filled up with dirt
looking to run
you're running away
and when you came on to save me
doesn't look like the future is clear
I need you to hear me
praying to
but nobody hears me
I had a plan to the moon
each time you're saying good bye
cause if I stayed for too long
you get too lonely to work
to find that something was wrong
the time is perfect to go
before the curtain descents
right now when both of us know
everything has got to end
if I don't see you again
if I don't see you again
somehow we both made it through
I would have gave up on life
before I gave up on you
you went and turned me around
could be with something you said
I couldn't make out the sound
I didn't care what it meant
if I don't see you again
if I don't see you again
if I don't see you again

. . .


Pretty amazing grace is what You showed me
pretty amazing grace is who You are
I was an empty vessel
You filled me up inside
and with amazing grace restored my pride

Pretty amazing grace is how You saved me
and with amazing grace reclaimed my heart
love in the midst of chaos
calm in the heat of war
showed with amazing grace what love was for

You forgave my insensitivity
and my attempt to then mislead You
You stood beside a wretch like me
Your pretty amazing grace was all I needed.

Stumbled inside the doorway of Your chapel
humbled in God by everything I found
beauty and love surround me
freed me from what I fear
ask for amazing grace and You appear

You overcame my loss of hope and faith
gave me a truth I could belive in
You led me to a higher place
showed Your amazing grace
when grace was what I needed

look in a mirror I see Your reflection
open a book You live on every page
I fall and You're there to lift me
share every road I climb
and with amazing grace You ease my mind

Came to You with empty pockets first
when I returned I was rich man
didn't believe love could quench my thirst
but with amazing grace You showed me that it can

In Your amazing grace I had a vision
from that amazing place I came to be
into the night I wandered
wandering aimlessly
found Your amazing grace to comfort me.

pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing
pretty amazing

You overcame my loss of hope and faith,
gave me a truth I could believe in.
You led me to that higher place
showed me that love and truth and hope and grace were all I needed.

. . .


She wants to take it just a little bit further now,
don't let that happen cause if you let her in,
she's gonna take it away.
take anything
and what are you gonna sing?
you better be aware
don't go there
don't wanna let her play with what belongs to you
cause if you let her play with you know what
you know what she's gonna do
she's gonna take it from you
that's just what she's gonna do
I don't know where
I don't know where
ow boy she's sitting on my shoulder and telling me
the night is warm now but it might be get cold out there
and look out friend
before you finaly deside which way to go
i hope you stop and review the scenario
and how it ends
so it just can't get
i don't know where
alright
don't say i didn't warn you my friend
if you think it will last
maybe it's time to start thinking again
you're looking for love and you're thinking you've found it some
you're looking for putting it away in the bank and save it
how do you like a deodorant and cheap parfume?
you're paying a price when your heart is been misbehaving
don't go there
don't go there
you wanna play it save and make no promises
if she understands the rules of the game
it 'll maybe work out fine
but baby take your time
and don't you be unkind
if all that's clear
then don't go there
this thing is light on to take some funny turns
the only thing that you concurn is have new and take yourself
it's not like you're the one who's you is lying blank
but in the heat of things you got to apply your mind
to something else
life ain't fair
don't go there
once you're in you might not get out
hehehehehe
you're looking for love in the back of a limousine
you're looking for something that's missing inside within you
if you think you can run on the power of nicotine
they've got a new drug for your mood that will surely thrill you
don't go there
don't go there
didididididididdidi
dididididididididi
dodododo
this ain't the bible and it ain't no moral tale
if it's a lesson it's a the bible you can learn it
if it's not too late
but don't you wait
here's a tune
and listen is clear
cause don't go there
tidididididididididi
tidididididididididi
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there
don't go there

. . .


another sunny afternoon
tonight is the world
it look that sun might face
to make it through the years
and somehow took those boats in silly waves
it was another day that time forgot
another day that time forgot
oh no
oh no
should have held you till the storm went by
we had nothing left to hang on to
too many words you say
not the words connecting me to thy
just another day that time forgot
another day that time forgot
oh no
oh no
the two of us we both just let it fly
didn't see it leave
didn't do and try
I only knew that we were moving on
suddenly it's gone
never knowing why
oh no
oh no
don't have a reason I can give
at least not one that I can understand
just somehow disappeared
slipped beneath the fingers of my hand
was on a day that time forgot
another day that time forgot
oh no
oh no
had it once but we just let it fall
should have held it close
could have had it all
I'm thinking 'bout the life we could have made
lost what we had
somewhere along the way
oh no
oh no
a wake up call alone again
half remembered dream inside my head
you took me through the day
followed me at night into my bed
another day that time forgot
another day that time forgot
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no
oh no

. . .


been away from you for much too long
been away but now I'm back where I belong
leave while I was gone away
but I do just fine
but I couldn't get the music of my mind
and I couldn't leave the meaning behind
read the word from the page
free the bird from the cage
just go out there and face
what you did before
did it once
you can do it once more
yeah
comming back for one more bite of the apple
tastes as sweet
it's the nectar of life
and you know that it's right
cause you know you're not out there alone
and that one more bite of the apple is all
you gonna need to bring it home
I couldn't count the chances that I've lost
couldn't count the chances of the cost
but I can't help thinking about the days
of way back when
and I know I wanna taste them once again
yes I know I wanna taste them once again
got some things to be said
going round in my head
time to get out of bed
cause I've slept too long
and I know there's a place I belong
yeah
comming back for one more bite of the apple
tastes as sweet
it's the nectar of life
and you know that it's right
cause you know you're not out there alone
and that one more bite of the apple is all
you gonna need to bring it home
was a time that I won't ever forget
they were times that I will never regrait
I've been thinking about those days
since way back when
and thinking I could bring back again
just maybe I could bring them back again
one more dance in the night
one more chance to get it right
one more creditful gras wind it's flying by
one more toaste to the mud in your eye
yeah
comming back for one more bite of the apple
tastes as sweet
it's the nectar of life
and you know that it's right
cause you know you're not out there alone
comming back
and sitting that fight on the saddle
all I want
is to do it once more
let me get through that door
cause I still do believe that I can
want that one more bite of the apple
and just a chance to taste it once again
been around the world a time or two
everywhere I've been I thought of me and you
I was hoping you'd remember how it used to be
and maybe that you'd still remember me
and that apple just as sweet as it could be
reach right up and pick one of that apple tree

. . .


Oh I try to right by you
Yeah, yeah, yeah where did it get me?
And I tried to do everything I knew
Don’t seem fair cos look where you left me

You’ve got me waiting out in the back
Under a stack
Stuck in a bin
You been keeping me in
High on a shelf all by myself
Feeling like I’m doing my time
Under a sign
That reads forgotten
Forgotten

Now I’m sending out an S.O.S
Before I drown somebody save me
And I tried you know that I did my best
You took me down to where I been lately

You’ve got me waiting out in the back
Under a stack
Stuck in a bin
You been keeping me in
High on a shelf all by myself
Feeling like I’m doing my time
Under that sign
That reads forgotten
Forgotten

Been thinking bout you everyday
Baby not just now and then
There’s got to be a better way
Don’t wanna be f, o, r, go, t, t, e, n no

I’m feeling like I’ve been used
You were gone before we got started
And I know it ain’t gonna make the news
You led me on then you departed

You’ve left me waiting out in the back
Under a stack
Stuck in a bin
That you been keeping me in
High on a shelf all by myself
Feeling like I’m doing my time
Under that sign
That reads forgotten
Forgotten
Forgotten
Forgotten
Forgotten
Forgotten
Forgotten

. . .


Songmaker
You heartbreaker
You figure
Better stop it while you can
You know you're just a worthless daydreamer
But hey dreamer
It's time to act like a man

Song writin'
It's just a little bit frightenin'
Like playin' with lightening
I'm not complainin' now you understand
You get to sing and dance all day
Like children play
But it's time to act like a man

Bein' a man means responsible
You hear it wherever you go
Nothing is ever impossible
Something inside tells me so
And I know
What I know.

Say lover
Better discover
Some other way to turn your head around again
And really don't you wait now
It's gettin' late now
It's time to act like a man

Bein' a man means responsible
You hear it wherever you go
Nothing is ever impossible
Something inside tells me so
And I know what I know

Songmaker
You heartbreaker
You figure
You better stop it while you can
You know you're just a worthless daydreamer
But hey dreamer,
It's time to act like a man.

You've got to act like a man.
Why don't you grow up and act like a man?

. . .


Whose hands are these
That reach into a secret place
Whose hands are these
That brush across my sleeping face
Like quiet waves, on silent shores
Whose hands are these
These hands are yours

Whose name is called
To find my soul in need of care
Whose name is called
To answer when that need is there
A name that sings, who`s music sours
Whose name is called
That name is yours

When I need peace
A quiet that belongs to me
To be released
From on a loud and angry scene
I think of you
Thinking of you quiets me
As only you can do
For me

Whose eyes are these
That see into this place I live
Whose eyes are these
Show me what I've yet to give
That see beyond unopened doors
Whose eyes are these
These eyes are yours

Where do I go
When not a door is open wide
What can I know
When questioned asked are un-replied
I know of one
One is all I need to confide
To fill that place inside
Of me

Whose hands are these
That touch me when my soul is bare
Whose hands are these
That offer all theyve got to share
To show the way
And stay the course
Whose hands are these
These hands are yours

Whose hands are these
These hands are yours

. . .


No words could say how I love you.
No words could be as true.
I've looked through books and read through dictionaries,
But I've found no words for you.

No words
No words
No words
Oh no
Oh no

No words can define what I'm feeling
When I feel close to you.
No words can bring that magic kind of healing
Just as much as your touch can do.

No words
No words
No words
Oh no
Oh no
No words

Well, I'll admit there may be one or two
That danced around in my head,
But words that talk about me and you
Are better felt than said.

There are no words that can tell our story.
They just get in the way.
It's all about the feelings that you're feeling,
Not about the words that you say.

No words
No words
No words
Oh no
Oh no
No words

Well, I'll admit there may be one or two
Been swimmin' 'round in my head,
But what they say about me and you
Is better felt than said.

There are no words that can solve life's mystery
Or explain God's eternal plan.
We only know enough to ask the questions,
Not enough to understand.

No words
No words
No words

Oh no

No words
No words
No words

Oh no
Oh no
No words

. . .


Was getting deeper into the night,
Knew you weren't coming home.
Nothing I was doing was right,
And now I've got to face it alone.
The night getting darker.
Baby the darker it got, struggled with why and what,
But I could not fight what I knew was true.
I was not gonna get through the night
Without the power of two...
Me and you.

Feeling like I'm out on a ledge,
Standing with my back to the wall.
Used to be I'd go straight ahead,
Now I'm going nowhere at all.
The night getting longer.
Baby the longer it went, just didn't make any sense.
Couldn't see, couldn't hear, didn't know what to do.
Was like I had no power at all
Without the power of two...
Me and you.

I never knew before that two was more
Than one and one until that night.
Was nothing I could do
But think of how I'm losing you, and
It shook me, it shocked me, you locked me out there.

Looking for a place I could hide,
Searching for a corner to turn.
Left me here alone for one night,
Showed me I had something to learn.
I tried not to need you, but I needed you anyway.
Wouldn't be easy to say, but the way that I see it
I'm half without you, and I'm not gonna make myself whole
Without the power of two...
Me and you.

Morning couldn't wait.
I knew that it was getting late, but I hung on.
I had no choice at all, was either walk away or crawl, and
I'm pleading, I'm bleeding.
I think I'm falling deeper into that hole,
Deeper that I thought I could get.
Like a bug that's stuck in a bowl climbing out's impossible, yet
He keeps trying harder, harder than he thought he could.
I finally understood.
I could hear, I could see, and the truth came through.
We had ten times the power of one.
We had the power of two...
Me and you.
Was nothing we couldn't do,
Just me and you.
We had the power of two.

. . .


pick it up
hurry up son
we gotta run if you wanna get down
clean speed
where does it need you
if you wanna succeed
i'm thinking you need to
but are y really sure

it's a lot to endure
but i got me a cure
slow it down!
slow it down you
slow it down
take your time and you'll find your time has a meaning
easy now
catch those sounds of your heartbeat before it's leaving
you say you want satisfaction
just steaming away from the action
get some traction
between you and the scenery

say hello way
not to fast
it don't last
just follow my reflection

day by day
see that view
it's for you
just pay some affection

forget about competition
your doover and intuition
stop your wishing
won't get there by dreaming

slow it down!
slow it down you
take your time
even last and reclaim
desine and desting

doing fine
make it flow
let it go
you'll see it walk the alley
you're looking for bitter and greater
and counting on sooner and later
that's the way you won't be free
slow it down!
slow it down
slow it down
slow it down you
slow it down
slow it down

. . .


home before dark
before the night comes falling
the sun going down
and I can hear you calling
I followed my star
just to be where you are
but I couldn't get far
in the dark

home before dark
before the day deserts me
I looked for my truth
knowing the truth might hurt me
been traveling light
just the head of the night
and I'll be getting home right
before dark

I've been searching
can't explain
looked for reasons
but what I found in me
know for certain
things are changing
I've been changing
now I need you to be
home where I can see

home before dark
before the light escapes me
to be at your side
that's where the journey takes me
and I've been afraid
if I lost my way
then I wouldn't be save
before dark

I've got stories
I wanna tell you
you need to hear them
maybe then you'll see
that I've found them
never knowing
they were going
on inside of me
it's where I had to be

home before dark
know you'll be waiting for me
to be at your door
and talking to a fool
in the morning
been so long
the places I know
but I knew i'd get home
before dark

because of you
I get home
before dark

. . .


I spend the night in the chair
Thinking she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do

It's just no good anymore
When you walk through the door of an empty room
And then you go inside and set a table for one
It's no fun when you spend a day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do

We burst the pretty balloon
Took us to the moon, it's such a beautiful thing
But it's ended now and it sounds like a lie
If I said I'd rather die than live without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do

Love is a beautiful thing
When it knows how to swing and it moves like a clock
But the hands on the clock tell the lovers to part
And it's breaking my heart to have to spend a day without her
Do do do, do do do do, do do do

I spend the night in the chair
Thinking she'll be there but she never comes
And then I wake up and wipe the sleep from my eyes
And I rise to face another day without her
Do do do, do do do do

Can't go on without her
Do do do, do do do do
There's no song without her
It's all wrong without her
Can't go on without her

. . .


When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love

. . .


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