Letra de
Cracklin' Rosie

La canción se inspiró en la historia de los pueblos indígenas de Australia, donde las mujeres de la comunidad juntaban su dinero para comprar un hombre por un tiempo para ser un marido comunitario. Neil Diamond, impresionado por esta historia durante su gira por Australia, escribió la canción como una interpretación fantasiosa de esa narrativa.

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'
Our song keeps runnin' on
Play it now
Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
Girl 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 ask no questions, yeah
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'
Our song keeps runnin' on
Play it now