And that gospel group

She's got the way to move me Cherry

God if it lasts for an hour,
that's all right.

Find us a dream that don't asks no questions, yeah.

Forever in blue jeans, babe.

Apart from 'porcupine pie' being a fairly amusing concept by itself the whole song is just plain daft!

Boy ole Neil was really stretching for a rhyme that day. I mean, does his chair normally perk up its ears when he declares his existence? It must be comforting for Neil to believe in a sentient race of anthropomorphic chairs, especially when he's struggling with his own existence so. But personally I think it would have been more characteristic and possibly more colorful and authentic if he had just said 'Not even my flares'.....Oh I know it's not nice to poke fun at Neil but he is *such* an easy target!

Well, that's pretty deep Neil. Good times are good. Perhaps a thesaurus would have aided you on your quest for synonyms? Or...did you forget you already used the word? Why? Why did you write something that bad?

The sea can't free people from being sailors

Uh, no, Neil. I don't.

I understand what these lyrics mean they've just always came across as racist in a way the way there sang if you listen to the song, think about it, on the boats and on the planes, they're comin to america, I love my country but it's a horrible song

Shouldn't it be, 'coming home is worth being lost? The lyrics don't seem to add up. Also, what is it about the 'chair' in this song. A. Huxley would be proud.

Paul Newman

This was Diamond's 2nd #1 song, in 1972.

Even though Neil Diamond had been having several hits going back to 1966, and even writing hits for the Pre-Fab four group known as the Monkees, it would take the year 1970 and "Cracklin' Rosie" for Diamond to have his first #1 hit on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts.

Neil sings, "Song she sang to me, Song she brang to me." Perhaps he should have checked his dictionary before wirting these lyrics.

I couldn't find in in the dictionary linked to google.com. That is usually an indicator of a non-real word. So I assume he made it up. Hearts don't really have lights, anyway,

"Sang" is indeed the past tense of "sing", but that doesn't mean that "brang" is the past tense of "bring"

Refers to New York City, and to Los Angeles, California. If the Atlantic and Pacific shores of the U.S. also count as places, a reference to those could also be cited.