Tennessee Moon

(sung with hal ketchum) written by neil diamond and hal ketchum

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I'm a little man
But you're my woman
And together we'll be strong)

The end of the road, is lonesome and cold
Ain't no place for making a stand
I got too much of you on my mind
Too much time on my hands

Some people say there just ain't no way
We can hold on and see this thing thru
I don't care what they say
They never loved one like you

Shame, it comes in every size
Touches many lives
Knocks on many doors
Shame, i've seen it in your eyes
Hurt you with their lies
But words don't count at all
Because i don't care what they say
There ain't no shame in loving you

I remember the day that i drove you away
Lord that whistle gave a lonesome moan
The train that took you away
Is gonna bring you back home

And i'll be standing right there in the cold mornng air
When that train comes a rolling in
Knowing, once you're back in my arms
You won't be leaving again

Shame, it comes in every size
Touches many lives
Knocks on many doors
Shame, i've seen it in your eyes
They'll hurt you with their lies
But their words don't count at all
Because i don't care what they say
There ain't no shame in loving you

No, i don't care what they say
There ain't no shame in loving you

Me, i don't care what they say
There ain't no shame in loving you

Written by: neil diamond and gary burr and tom shapiro

I know you worry everytime i go away
You wonder will these sweet sweet feelings shine or fade
But that's a question you don't have to ask
What heaven makes, it always makes to last

Gold don't rust, love don't lie
I'll be true, till the day that i die
Trust in me, you will find
Baby you're the gold in this heart of mine
And that gold will shine for a long long time

I wish that i could give you what you need from me
But what good is a promise or a guarantee
Love is still a simple act of faith
And a faithful is heart is always worth the weight

Gold don't rust, love don't lie
I'll be true, till the day that i die
Trust in me, you will find
Baby you're the gold in this heart of mine
And that gold will shine for a long long time

Love is still a simple act of faith
And a faithful is heart is always worth the weight

Gold don't rust, love don't lie
I'll be true, till the day that i die
Trust in me, you will find
Baby you're the gold in this heart of mine
And that gold will shine for a long long time

Baby you're the gold in this heart of mine
And that gold will shine for a long, long long time

Written by: neil diamond and tom shapiro

If you've been feeling blue
Hey, it's been the same for me
Now i'm here with you
You're exactly what i need

Put your defenses down
Let me show you now
This heart to heart is meant to be

Everything about you feels so right
I only want to have you in my life
All i really had to sing was somebody there for me
And if we stay right here all night

Don't you know it's a matter of love
Don't you know it's a matter of trust
A connection between you and me
Can't you see it's a matter of trust, matter of us, matter of love

We've got magic here, it's the power of love i know
It's dancing in the air, i can feel the feeling grow

Put your defenses down
Let me hold you now
And i won't ever let you go

Everything about you feels so right
I only want to have you in my life
All i really had to sing was somebody there for me
And if we stay right here all night

Don't you know it's a matter of love
Don't you know it's a matter of trust
Nothing's ever gonna seperate us
You and me, it's a matter of trust, matter of us, matter of love

Put your defenses down
Let me hold you now
And i won't ever let you go

Say, everything about you feels so right
I only want to have you in my life
All i really had to sing was somebody there for me
And if we stay right here all night

Don't you know it's a matter of love
Don't you know it's a matter of trust
A connection between you and me
Can't you see it's a matter of trust, matter of us, matter of love

(it's a matter of love...)

Written by: neil diamond and gary burr

If i lost my way
Would you stand with me
Would you love me still
And care for what i need
If i lost my way

If i lost my faith
To face up to the test
Would i let you down
Would you love me less
If i lost my way

Tell me i'm afraid without good reasons
Say that i'm a fool to feel this way
Could it be the me that you believed in
Is all you really need to make you stay
If i lost my way
If i lost my way

If i lost my dreams
Could i keep your trust
Promise that our love
Would not turn to dust
If i lost my way

Tell me i'm afraid without good reasons
Say that i'm a fool to feel this way
Could it be the me that you believed in
Is all you really need to make you stay
If i lost my way
Would you stand with me
Would you love me still
And care for what i need
If i lost my way

If i lost my way
If i lost my way
If i lost my way

(sung with beth neilson chapman) written by: neil diamond and beth neilson chapman

Good morning, i love you
Now that you're here where you belong
I want to be the man you need
Just tell me, you love me
Because i need to hear it too
Just let me be the one
You carry deep inside of you

I need you beside me
The road is so long
You run thru my heart
Like the words of a bitter sweet song

I'll travel the whole world
Across the earth, around the sun
If i could be the one
You carry deep inside of you

Without you beside me
The road is so long
You live in my heart
And it hurts when i think of you gone

I need you, in my way
I have no right to love so true
But let me be the one
The one who lives deep inside of you

Just let me be the one
You carry deep inside of you

Written by: neil diamond and susan longacre

I never noticed when you changed your hair
Just another of those moments, i was only half there
When you wore that red dress, that was kind'a up to here
I never noticed, you were wearing a tear

I was always trying to win the world
What on earth was i thinking of
One time too often, i didn't hold you enough
I was always trying to win the world
But somewhere i lost you, i never saw you
Only trying to win my love

It should have been easy, for all of those times
It would have been me there, if i knew the signs
When you wore that red dress, how could i know then
You'd wear it for me once, and never wear it again

I was always trying to win the world
What on earth was i thinking of
One time too often, i didn't hold you enough
I was always trying to win the world
But somewhere i lost you, 'cause i never saw you
Only trying to win my love

Somewhere i lost you, 'cause i never saw you
Only trying to win my love

Written by: neil diamond and gretchen peters

I got worries by the ton
Getting kansas only one
Over taxed and alimony
Tired of eating fried baloney
I got burdens on my shoulders
Dying young and growing older
There's some brain cells i'm missing
But despite it all, i'd like to say

I'm gonna have a good day today
Gonna have a good time anyway
Put it all behind me, lay it all away
Gonna be a good day today

Bills and pills and former wives
Past estates and former lives
Bank account is overdrawn
Had a ??? and hairline's gone
Hearing voices in my head
Saying i should have stayed in bed
Doc just died but what the heck
Nothing worse can happen anyway

So i'm gonna have a good day today
Me, i'm gonna have a good time anyway
Put it all behind me, lay it all away
Gonna be a good day today

Pulled my back and wrecked my car
Girlfriend stole my vcr
Letter came from sixty minutes
Saying they wanna put me in it
Tell me my career just died
Years ago i might have cried
Now i'm just too old to do it
Maybe true but screw it anyway

Me, i'm gonna have a good day today
And i'm gonna have a good time anyway
Put it all behind me, lay it all away
Gonna be a good day today

Hey i'm gonna have a good day today
Me, i'm gonna have a good time anyway
Put it all behind me, lay it all away
Gonna be a good day today

(sung with rosemary butler) written by: sandy knox and steve rosen

Love never doubts or suffers or cries
Love shows no fear, love tells no lies
And love will never leave me in the dark
No, love never breaks my heart
Like you do, like you do

Love doesn't have unapproachable walls
Or a heart that beckons and then withdraws
And love would never steal my dignity
Love has never made a fool of me
Like you do, like you do

Oh, and i have known times
When love seems unsure
But when love is unkind
It is not love anymore

Love never threatens of frightens me
It's not held together with apologies
Love never screams my name
No, and love never turns away
Like you do, like you do

And i have known times
When love seems unsure
But when love maybe unkind
Love never turns away
Like you do, like you do

Like you do, like you do

Written by: neil diamond and jesse diamond

Everybody needs someone
That they're gonna be leaving
Everybody's the same around the world
If you wanna find someone
Then you only have to show it
Nothing's sadder than love that's left unheard

Me, how i try to deny
That it pointed to you
Too many roads up ahead
Looking shiny and new

Everybody needs someone
But it's gotta mean something
Giving up a part of you's the hardest part
If you wanna have someone
Then you really gotta know it
Doesn't take very much to break a heart

May i get lost in your eyes
For a lifetime or two
Something about your and i
Leads me right to the truth

Some people always got
Some thing they've got left to say
Some need to keep it inside
They just wanna hide away

And i'm glad i have you there
'cause i would have been nowhere
Being here all alone's a lonely sound

Everybody needs someone
That they're gonna be leaving
Everybody's the same around the world