Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond

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[Verse 1]
             
Longfellow ser

          
enade,       s

              
uch were the p

                   
lans I'd made,
              
For she was a 

              
lady, and I wa

              
s a dreamer,
              
with only word

     
s to trade.
              
You know that 

             
I was born for

              
 a night like 

      
this.
              
Warmed by a st

              
olen kiss, for

             
 I was lonely.

  
.
            
and she was lo

nely.

[Chorus]
             
Ride, come on 

        
baby, ride    

             
  let me make 

             
your dreams..c

     
ome..true.
             
I'll sing my s

              
ong..let me si

        
ng my song..
              
let me make it

          
 warm..for..yo

u
             
I'll weave thi

              
s web of rhyme

              
 upon this sum

    
mer night
            
We'll leave th

              
is worldly tim

              
e on his winge

  
d flight
              
Then come, and

              
 as we lay, be

              
side this slee

   
py glade..
             
There I will s

              
ing to you..my

           
  Longfellow s

               
erenade

[Verse 2]
             
Longfellow Ser

            
enade,   such 

              
were the plans

         
 I made
              
But she was a 

              
lady..as deep 

               
as the river..
              
And through th

            
e night, we st

ayed
              
And in my way,

   
 I loved her a

s none before
              
Loved her with

              
 words and mor

              
e..for she was

         
 lonely..
          
and I was lone

ly

[Chorus]
             
Ride, come on 

        
baby, ride    

             
  let me make 

             
your dreams..c

     
ome..true
             
I'll sing my s

              
ong..let me si

        
ng my song..
              
let me make it

          
 warm..for..yo

u
             
I'll weave thi

              
s web of rhyme

              
 upon this sum

    
mer night
            
We'll leave th

              
is worldly tim

              
e on his winge

  
d flight
              
Then come, and

              
 as we lay, be

              
side this slee

   
py glade..
             
There I will s

              
ing to you..my

            
   Longfellow 

        
serenade
             
Weave your web

              
 of rhyme upon

            
 our summer ni

ght
            
We'll leave th

              
is worldly tim

              
e on his winge

  
d flight
(fade out)

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