Letra Cracklin' Rosie

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.

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