Neil Diamond – Cracklin' Rosie

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Cracklin' Rosie, get on board
We're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go
Taking it slow
Lord, don't you know
Have me a time with a poor man's lady
Hitchin' on a twilight train
Ain't nothing there that I care to take along
Maybe a song
To sing when I want
Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune

Oh, I love my Rosie child
She got the way to make me happy
You and me, we go in style
Cracklin' Rosie you're a store-bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin'
So hang on to me, girl
Our song keeps runnin' on

Play it now
Play it now
Play it now, my baby

Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
God if it lasts for an hour, that's all right
We got all night
To set the world right
Find us a dream that don't asks no questions, yeah

Oh, I love my Rosie child
You got the way to make me happy
You and me, we go in style
Cracklin' Rosie, you're a store-bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin'
So hang on to me, girl
Our song keeps runnin' on

Play it now
Play it now
Play it now, my baby

Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
God if it lasts for an hour, that's all right
We got all night
To set the world right
Find us a dream that don't asks no questions, yeah

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    General Comment:Obviously sparkling Rose wine. Most women aren't available for purchase in a liquor store (you're a store bought woman.)
    Flag nixauon September 17, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:My daddy liked to sing this to me when he would rough house with me and my sister Lynn when were really little. :) Great memories,the few that I have. Thank you Neil Diamond. :)
    Flag redshiftdazzleron July 31, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I like it cause it's got meaning 2 me and also has my mates song as part of the name crackling Rosie
    Flag lovemarleyon July 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I can turn invisible if I really try hard!
    Flag leemarvinon August 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Come on it's like Jackson Brown's "Rosie" - he's singing about self love. Cracklin' Rosie is his rosy palm. "Store bought woman" could refer to girly mag stimulation. "Poor man's lady"... "Hang onto me girl"...

    Lyrics are all right there on the palm of his hand!
    Flag Kopieon March 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Like he had lunch with Neil Diamond yesterday or some damn thing.
    Flag TheChampion4lon June 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Good grief, I can almost see RayMan tearing his shirt and weeping as he types what I can only imagine is a grain of truth blown way the hell out of proportion.
    Flag TheChampion4lon June 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Oops ... I screwed up on that one ... should read "the men greatly outnumber the women"
    Flag detailrichon November 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Ok, pinback, Rayman and sing em, you've all got parts of the idea. I heard Neil once describe the origins of the song, it was about an Indian reservation where the women greatly outnumber the men. For the guys who miss out, a bottle of wine becomes their woman for the night. The title Cracklin Rosie is a play on rose wine. I think the bits about aftershave lotion and blow up dolls are the product of over fertile imaginations though.
    Flag detailrichon October 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Cracklin Rose is the name given to a cheap american
    rose wine Believe me i once knew her well
    Flag sing_emon September 03, 2008   Link

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