Neil Diamond Album

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE

AAAH….CRACKLIN’ ROSIE GET ON BOARD
WE’RE GONNA RIDE ‘TIL THERE AINT NO MORE TO GO
TAKING IT SLOW
LORD DON’T YOU KNOW
I'LL HAVE ME A TIME WITH A POOR MAN’S LADY
HITCHIN’ ON A TWILIGHT TRAIN
AINT NOTHING HERE THAT I CARE TO TAKE ALONG
MAYBE A SONG
TO SING WHEN I WANT
NO NEED TO SAY PLEASE TO NO MAN FOR A HAPPY TUNE

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WILL GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN’ ROSE YOU’RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN’
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON

PLAY IT NOW….PLAY IT NOW
PLAY IT NOW MY BABY

CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON'T ASK NO QUESTIONS, YEAH

CHORUS

OH I LOVE MY ROSIE CHILD;
YOU GOT THE WAY TO MAKE ME HAPPY
YOU AND ME WE GO IN STYLE
CRACKLIN ROSE YOU'RE A STORE BOUGHT WOMAN
BUT YOU MAKE ME SING LIKE A GUITAR HUMMIN'
SO HANG ON TO ME GIRL OUR SONG KEEPS RUNNING ON
PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW, PLAY IT NOW MY BABY
CRACKLIN’ ROSIE MAKE ME A SMILE
GIRL IF IT LASTS FOR AN HOUR
WELL THAT’S ALRIGHT
‘COS WE’VE GOT ALL NIGHT
TO SET THE WORLD RIGHT
FIND US A DREAM THAT DON’T ASK NO QUESTIONS-YEAH

BA BA BA BA BA BA BA….ETC

Free life
Scratch on my head
Pick me a tune
Sing it like a black man
Oh, oh, oh, mm, mm, mm

Aw 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 okay
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

One, knowing I'm one, hearing of two
And like a child believing dreams
Always a dream to take you home

Day, after the day, there comes the night
There comes the knowing when you laugh
If you should laugh,
The night alone will hear
And the night don't care

Coldwater morning
Take off your nighttime shoes
Coldwater morning
I've been waiting so long for you

One, knowing I'm one, hearing of two
Hearing of things that I once had
That you once had
And when the night would come
We'd sleep like one
Coldwater morning
Take off your nighttime shoes
Coldwater morning
I've been waiting so long for you
I've been waiting so long for you....

Jesus Christ, Fanny Brice
Wolfie Mozart and Humphrey Bogart
And Genghis Khan
And on to H. G. Wells

Ho Chi Minh, Gunga Din
Henry Luce and John Wilkes Booth
And Alexanders King and Graham Bell

Ramar Krishna, Mama Whistler
Patrice Lumumba and Russ Colombo
Karl and Chico Marx
Albert Camus,

E. A. Poe, Henri Rousseau
Sholom Aleichem and Caryl Chessman
Alan Freed and Buster Keaton too

And each one there
Has one thing shared
They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done

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

So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he, to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
LyricsOf love for one another

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on our way to there
Why not share

And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

Weeping sky
We bring the sun
To make you glad
And fill you with the day

Quiet tree
We have the wind
To make you dance
And fill you with our play

And you shall be glad
And you shall dance
And you shall come
To hear our song
And learn its tune
Before it fades away....

There was a flood
And many poor men were killed
And that is why our house
Is built on the top of a hill

The plains are like a friend,
Why can't we live on them
And if a flood should come,
Why can't we run

I am the lion
Bellowing out in the night
We had a cow
I left it alone to graze
And walked to the stream
And when I returned
It was stolen away
But now the cow is gone,
And we don't need a farm
We have not one thing
They would steal away

I am the lion
Bellowing out at the night
I Am
The lion
Bellowing out in the night
I am
The lion

[No lyrics]

Come he come say
Ride on the night
Sun becomes day
Day shall provide

Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon
Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon
Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon

God of my want, want, want
Lord of my need, need, need
Leading me on, on, on
On to the woman, she dance for the sun
God of my day, day, day
Lord of my night, night, night
Seek for the way, way, way
Taking me home

She callin'
Bring home my name
On the wings of a flea
Wind in the plain
Dance once for me

Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon
Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon
Soo, soolaimon
Soolai, soolai, soolaimon

Kristo, Kristo, Kristo

Nitakutana nayeye
Nitakutana nayeye
Atakutana nami
Atakutana nami

Kristo, Kristo, Kristo

Sina budi kwenda sasa sasa
Sina budi kwenda sasa sasa

Lazima nisichelewe
Mtoto amezaliwa
Mtoto amezaliwa
Mtoto amezaliwa

Kristo, Kristo, Kristo
Gloria


Lyrics[English Translation:]

Christ, Christ, Christ

I shall meet him
I shall meet him
He will meet me
He will meet me

Christ, Christ, Christ

I must go now,
Now I must go now
I must not be late
A child has been born
The child has been born

Christ, Christ, Christ
Gloria

[No lyrics]

And you shall come
To hear our song
And learn it's tune
Before it
Fades Away......