A canção foi inspirada pela história dos povos indígenas da Austrália, onde as mulheres da comunidade compravam, com dinheiro que coletavam entre elas, um homem por um tempo, para ser um marido coletivo. Neil Diamond, impressionado com essa história durante sua turnê na Austrália, escreveu a música como uma forma de interpretação fantasiosa dessa narrativa.
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Cracklin' Rosie, get on board
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We're gonna ride till there ain't no more to go Taking it slow, Lord don't you know
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Have me a time with a poor man's lady
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Hitchin' on a twilight train
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Ain't nothing there that I care to take along Maybe a song, to sing when I want
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune
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Oh, I love my Rosie child
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She got the way to make me happy
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You and me, we go in style
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Cracklin' Rosie you're a store-bought woman You make me sing like a guitar hummin'
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Our song keeps runnin' on Play it now
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Cracklin' Rosie, make me a smile
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Girl if it lasts for an hour, that's all right We got all night to set the world right
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Find us a dream that don't ask no questions, yeah
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Oh, I love my Rosie child
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She got the way to make me happy
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You and me, we go in style
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Cracklin' Rosie, you're a store-bought woman You make me sing like a guitar hummin'