Neil Diamond

"All I Really Need Is You"

"All I Really Need Is You"



After all these years,
After all these tears between us
Still I couldn't find
Someone half as right as you
And each time I stop to think
What it is I truly need
Here's what I conclude
All I really need is you

Just say what you want to say
You don't have a chance in the world
Can I, knowin' how I've tried
Still come close to losing you, girl
When you are my world

Have I, spent these many years
Tryin' but in vain to tell you
Don't you know it too?
All I really need is you

How could I have known
We'd have ended here
Where we finally did?
You hooked your life to mine
Once upon a starry night

Now when someone asks of me
What it is that I believe
Say, I believe it's true
All I really need is you

Just say what you want to say
You don't have a chance in the world
Can I, knowin' how I've tried
Still come close to losing you girl
When you are my world
Have I spent these many years
Tryin' but in vain to tell you

Feelings come and go
Me, I'm never gonna
Ever let you go
Promise you I'm gonna
Always love you so
And all I really need is you

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(originally by Gilbert O'Sullivan)

"Alone Again (Naturally)"
(originally by Gilbert O'Sullivan)



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 an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it's like
When you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
Broken in the world that can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do

[Instrumental Interlude]

Alone again, naturally

Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever [Spoken]
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

"Alone At The Ball"

"Alone At The Ball"




Need a life with a set of directions
Get it right with a few small corrections
Find a groove, you just got to stay with it
Got to move, it's your life got to live it

Spirit down, look around
There's a cold wind a-blowin'
Being strong's what you long for
But you've got to show it
You're too vain to complain and ashamed
No one knows you at all

And you're alone at the ball
You're all alone at the ball

Got a car
Cadillac
El Dorado
Take it far, up to high Colorado
Got to move, it's your life got to live it
Find a groove then you got to stay with it

Hey this life's all about striking out taking chances
What's the point of it all if you call no one answers
Spend your time make rhyme
Just to find no one dancing at all

Then you're alone at the ball
You're all alone at the ball

Sing your song move along
'Cause the future awaits you
Free your brain from the chains
That remain to enslave you
Took your hits kept your wits
Never flinched stayed yourself through it all

Now you're alone at the ball
You're all alone at the ball
All alone, at the ball
You're all alone
Alone at the ball
You're all alone
Alone at the ball

"Amazed And Confused"

"Amazed And Confused"



Somebody's waitin' on the River Jordan
Somebody's waitin' on the other side
I cast my stones on the way to Heaven
But on the way you know that I will abide
Yes, on the way you know that I will abide

Yeah, walk that line boy
I'm amazed, I'm confused
I've been dazed, (yeah), I've been used

Take me home to that golden river
Take me back to that other shore
I'll find my way
To that peaceful playground
I know I'll find it
'Cause I've been there before
I know I'll find it
'Cause I've been there before

Somebody's callin' 'cross the River Jordan
Somebody's callin' from the other side
I cast my stones on the way to Heaven
And on the way you know that I will abide
Yes, on the way you know that I will abide

Hey, welcome to the new world boys
I'm amazed, I'm confused
I've been dazed, yeah, I've been used
I'm amazed and I'm confused
I've been dazed, yeah
Yes, I've been used
Amazed, yeah
Oh yes, oh yes

"Amazing Grace"

"Amazing Grace"



Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

"America"

"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
Ev'ry 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, Today, Today
Today, today, today......

"And I Love Her"

"And I Love Her"



I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her to
And I love her

She gave my everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me

Bright is the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
I love her
I love her

And I love her

"And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind"

"And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind"



Listen easy,
You can hear God callin'
Walkin' barefoot by a stream
Come unto me
Your hair softly fallin'
On my face as in a dream
And the time will be our time,
And the grass won't pay no mind

Sayin' nothin', lyin' where the sun is
Bakin' down upon our sighs
My lips touch you
With their soft wet kisses,
Your hands gentle in reply
And the time will be our time,
And the grass won't pay no mind

Child, touch my soul with your cries
And the music
Will know what we've found
I'll hear a hundred goodbyes,
But today I hear only one sound
The moment we're livin' is now
Na, na, na, na

Young bird flyin'
And a soft wind blowin'
Cools the sweat inside my palms
Close my eyes
And hear the flowers growin'
As you lay sleeping in my arms
And the time will be our time,
And the grass won't pay no mind
No, the grass won't pay no mind

"And The Singer Sings His Song"

"And The Singer Sings His Song"



Young it was
True it was
Days without wond'ring
Fall with a special thing
Laugh, I could laugh
And I did

And the singer sings his song
And the children dance along
And the singer sings his song
And we dance along

Good it was
When it was,
We chased the flowers
Warm summer showers
Once, it was once
Long ago

And the singer sings his song
And the children dance along
And the singer sings his song
And we dance along

Once, it was once
Long ago

And the singer sings his song
And the children dance along
And the singer sings his song
And we dance along
And the singer sings his song
And we dance along