Neil Diamond - Longfellow Serenade Lyrics






Longfellow Serenade
Such were the plans I'd made
For she was a lady
And I was a dreamer
With only words to trade

You know that I was born
For a night like this
Warmed by a stolen kiss
For I was lonely
And she was lonely

Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I'll sing my song
Let me sing my song
Let me make it warm for you

I'll weave his web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight
Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenade

Longfellow serenade
Such were the plans I made
But she was a lady
As deep as the river
And through the night we stayed
And in my way I loved her as none before
Loved her with words and more
For she was lonely and I was lonely

Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I'll sing my song
Let me sing my song
Let me make it warm for you

I'll weave his web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight
Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenade

Weave your web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time
On your winged flight





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  1. S.... L....

    Sexy sexy song. So beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  2. T.... T....

    Thank you for sharing. I love him so much forever, forever and ever.

  3. B.... M....

    Oozing charisma

  4. A.... W....

    He is so hot in those tight pants, the shot from the backside is amazing...........I cant believe how stiff the audience was.

  5. l.... ....

    Big voice, Big songs, Huge performances a massive part of music history.

  6. h.... s....

    Yesss fantastic Singer , great voice

  7. J.... M....

    Wow! He was in his prime here! This is one of the best songs he composed and performs. He is handsome, sexy. What passion in the lyrics, what a catchy melody! “Let me make your dreams come true. Let me make it warm for you”. Thank you ‘Fritz5176’ for this great video. I watch it all the time. 🥰👍☺️

  8. K.... D....

    The ultimate innuendo song!

  9. n.... r....

    Maravilhoso!!!❤❤❤

  10. A.... P....

    Mí amor platónico en mí maravillosa adolescencia en aquellos maravillosos años 70’s. No cesaba dé escucharlo. Gracias 🙏 N.Diamond por estar a mí lado desde entonces hasta él día dé hoy. Nunca te olvidaré...

  11. k.... ....

    Forever

    k.... ....

    Always in my heart

  12. m.... s....

    Apparently Neil is retired from touring ! So Please watch and listen to. Luca Stangl. He's twelve years old from Austria and sings and plays the accordion. Luca Stangl 🎤 🎹 🎵

  13. m.... s....

    Nearly Neal or Bobby Bruce out of Vancouver. B.C. is a great Neil Diamond impressionist ! 🎤 🎻 🎻🎻🎹 🎺 🎸🎵

  14. L.... L....

    Wow I am feeling faint just watching this!!!! Whew!!!

  15. A.... W....

    What a hunk of man.

  16. A.... S....

    Seine Songs sind einmalig schön. Alle ich liebe die Songs und die Musik die er geschrieben hat

  17. G.... W....

    Singer-songwriter without peer; one of the absolute best ...

  18. L.... V....

    Very sexy. That crowd is awful

  19. G.... C....

    Niel Daimond, não tem ninguém no mundo,melhor q você maravilhoso você e mto lindo.

  20. S.... H....

    Great song. Very 70s for the outfit he has on....

  21. K.... J....

    The audience seems very stiff ....kind of a snooty crowd! ! Oh well . Neil Diamond was a hit and still is. God bless you Neil. ❤

  22. C.... H....

    Soy,muy celosa QUE NADIE,LO MIRÉ.SOLO YO JAJAJA

  23. C.... M....

    the guitar strap on the neck its a nice looking strap i so wont the jump shot

  24. O.... P....

    What a sly word-master he is. C'mom, baby, ride. And I love the red jumpsuit.

  25. L.... C....

    What a beautiful man. Absolutely love this man and his music

  26. V.... U....

    So BOSS! ♡♡♡

  27. t.... k....

    NO TALENT TODAY 1970S A MAGICAL TIME SO MUCH TALENT GOOD BANDS AND SINGERS 🎶🎵🎼

  28. B.... P....

    😍😍😍😍

  29. E.... W....

    This crowd is wasted on him. Germany, I believe.

  30. S.... ....

    That man could sing for me anytime. The only bad thing about the 70's was the clothing. Way too much polyester, pantsuits, just ugly.

  31. K.... J....

    Boy does he have the smolder down pat. What a hugely talented man. I have often wondered if some of the songs his writes about, are about women he's had affairs with. Most of them talk about one night stands.

  32. L.... G....

    ,,Danke Schön" NEIL 1974

  33. R.... D....

    Neil Diamond Neil Diamond

  34. g.... R....

    why he looks like Elvis?

  35. D.... S....

    He is so full of sex appeal and they just sit there. They must have ice water in their veins!

  36. �.... �....

    _"...on this summer night-shhh"_ 😍😍😍💎💖🎼🎵💋
    He had it goin' _on!_
    Neil, lookin' mighty virile here in '74 & workin' that red jumpsuit!😍
    Ride ride...
    _oh baby, yeah!_

  37. B.... A....

    Brings back powerful memories of fall '74. I was just enjoying working and living. I'd love to be back there. I moved  in December '74, and I remember being sad about leaving Ephrata, PA. I had a chance to finally start college at age 25, but wasn't sure I wanted to go.  A terrible time to move just before Christmas.

  38. E.... K....

    Absolutely my favorite Neil song. Who doesn't like this one? Come on, folks.....

  39. T.... K....

    He must be performing a communist block country coward looks to scared to react

  40. S.... L....

    Uhhhh beautiful music...

  41. R.... P....

    Love him, hes so good looking...and Im straight

  42. A.... V....

    I was 17 when I first heard this beautiful song on the car radio, I was going over the expressway in Miami FL...Te amo Neil Diamond. ❤

  43. R.... M....

    I would jumped on stage and attacked him in that hot suit!!!!!!

  44. R.... P....

    I would have totally jumped on that and took it for a ride.

  45. T.... ....

    F**k hes amazing there and still is!

  46. J.... T....

    great song and my dads favourite ,always picture him belting it out sat in the kitchen with his cup o'tea in the morning RIP x

  47. I.... T....

    Longfellow Sederane .preciosa cancion del gran Neil Diamond. Muchos besos desde España.

  48. G.... c....

    That's a nice Martin he's playing with besides so many great songs! Mr. Neil Diamond at his best!! (Thanks for sharing)

  49. H.... G....

    It's amazing that he didn't end up like Elvis. You never hear one anything controversial about Neil Diamond. He's the f-ing man.

  50. R.... M....

    In that outfit, with that sex appeal....I would ride him any day!!!!!!

  51. d.... K....

    12 Jahre war ich da.Kindheit, Bonanza,Sweet,T.Rex ,warme Sommer,Fussball, HSV,unbeschwertheit, kurz,eine schöne Zeit.Ich zerre heute noch davon.

  52. E.... V....

    Esse cara fazia muito sucesso no Brasil nos anos 70. Musicas lindas e a voz magnífica!!! ♥

    E.... V....

    Edvaldo Valsique si amigo,acá na Argentina tamben era muito conhecido..seus músicas ficaron pra sempre en nossa memoria..

  53. R.... M....

    How could the audience sit so calm? I would have jumped his bones and been carried out by security if I saw him sing like this!!!!

    R.... M....

    REBECCA MONTOYA jajaja the audience are oldpeople...

  54. R.... M....

    Oooh my gosh!! His seductive, sexy eyes can bring any woman to her knees. Thank you Mr. Diamond for your beautiful, passionate music! You will always be in my heart!!!

    R.... M....

    Oh, yeeessss!

  55. d.... K....

    ....und das Publikum spiegelt das spießige Deutschland der 70er wieder.

  56. d.... K....

    Habe gerade gelesenndass er an Parkinson erkrankt ist.Diese wundervolle Musik ist Garant für Gänsehaut. Ein toller Künstler.

  57. M.... ....

    Happy Birthday Neil!

  58. B.... K....

    Neil Diamond back in 1974.

  59. L.... t....

    Merry Christmas!

  60. p.... ....

    Longfellow serenade means how it sounds. Neil Diamond was a bit of a perv. "Ride baby ride" my long fellow. Good songs but often that sexual undertone. Crackling Rosie singing about a prostitute. Get out of the gutter Neil.

    p.... ....

    cracklin rosie is not even about a person... sparkling rose wine was referred to as cracklin rosie, and it was cheap... hence the lyric, youre a storebought woman... and poor mans lady...

    p.... ....

    I did not know that about Cracklin Rose. But he still manages to turn innocent things into perv fests. He says longfellow serenade was about using poetry to woo women. All good, nothing wrong with that. But, the added spice is unmistakable, lol

    p.... ....

    Crackling Rosie was about a bottle wine.

    p.... ....

    In Neil's own words, during an interview, Cracklin Rose was a brand name of a bottle of Canadian whisky that he was enjoying in his hotel room while alone with only Cracklin Rose for company or comfort which is what gave him the inspiration for the song. You can read what you like into the lyrics but the only gutter element involved here is in your mind, you could never put Neil Diamond and gutter in the same sentence. He is a one off musical genius that we will never see or hear the likes of again.

  61. R.... S....

    I leave this ring of grime upon the tub tonight

  62. A.... B....

    NEIL DIAMOND JEWISH ELVIS BUT I LOVE HIM AND HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE

    A.... B....

    Anna Brown Why the “but”? He’s great.

    A.... B....

    Elvis was jewish too. I love Neil Diamond and I love Elvis.

  63. M.... C....

    Anyone notice @ 2:18 he was going to start saying she again.

  64. s.... e....

    amazing entertainer....love all his songs.....and a great human being....a legend for sure....thank you fritz for posting this.....bless.

  65. s.... f....

    Beautiful song, Where is music like this?!

  66. B.... ....

    I came here because a friend likes Neil Diamond and i was curious. Now i know that she has a bloody awful taste in music. This makes me want to rip my ears off and stick them in a deep fat fryer just to be certain i'll never hear anything so horrendous again in my life.

    B.... ....

    what sort of music catches your fancy? just curious...

  67. K.... F....

    His voice and his music is the madness. I love it <3

  68. j.... b....

    Fan of Neil since the early 70's, think one of my favourite from him

  69. S.... J....

    I love the man--I love the song/words and music--I love the outfit.

  70. R.... V....

    Ride baby ride indeed

  71. R.... W....

    One of my favorite songs of Neil Diamond. Thank you for posting!

  72. w.... ....

    whatta back wrencher gettin front row tables

  73. A.... J....

    This was in a German show.

  74. g.... s....

    Absolutely brilliant

  75. W.... ....

    A wonderful song about the famous American poet.

  76. N.... N....

    One of my favorite singer. Do his songs at Karaoke. Yet to see him live.

    N.... N....

    You need to see him live! There is no one like him! His voice, his gift, is shared, showing all of the love that he has for his fans. He truly is a poet at heart with a sensitive and caring soul. He gives everything he has to give and then he gives more! His shows typically run two and a half hours or more.

  77. L.... M....

    Bons tempos...

  78. F.... B....

    Best Song

  79. J.... T....

    how can any crowd stand so still damm i sure would not be i would be swaying dancing dreaming of that special woman i wanna sing this to :)

    J.... T....

    No kidding. Security would have been all over me!! I would have lunged that stage!!!! Lol

    J.... T....

    HAHA Rebecca I'd have done the same!!

    J.... T....

    John Thibodeau,
    I KNOW!!!!!!!

    J.... T....

    Charles Johnson, true! It would be moving if I had been there!

    J.... T....

    REBECCA MONTOYA, HAHAHA, right after me!

  80. A.... L....

    My husband used to play Neil a lot,
    lonely I have been since the cancel took him ... I still wait for him to stay at the door and smile and make me laugh....
    Memories....

    A.... L....

    I know About how those memories can be, I'm sorry

    A.... L....

    What a thrill Neil Diamond is...love him xxxx

    A.... L....

    I am so sorry about the passing of ur husband. It is beautiful that u have memories like that .

  81. M.... D....

    Saw him last night in Sydney. Amazing.

    M.... D....

    Lucky! I have yet to see him.

  82. M.... C....

    You know I was born for a night like this, warmed by a stolen kiss, and I was lonely and he was lonely.....
    A beautiful song for dreamers.

    M.... C....

    +Mireya Crespo Moruno This is a beautiful song about someone that he wanted to seduce but she said no, "for she was a lady as deep as the river." It made him love her more. It's a very beautiful song.

    M.... C....

    Did she say no? He says he loved her with words and more...

    M.... C....

    How could she have said “no?” LOL

  83. C.... T....

    He still looks fantastic at 74. And his voice is probably still what it was then. This guy has it together.

    C.... T....

    mmmm I'm thinking your the one who needs a haircut, and commiserations on not having a mother that loves you...

    C.... T....

    He still has it all together! Like, he was always so calm! His voice hasn't changed much either... He was full of youth back then though and you knew it! 😘

    C.... T....

    Is the crowd dead?

    C.... T....

    Cecil The Mystic Knight, yes!!!

  84. P.... A....

    Saw Neil at The Hollywood Bowl in May. He's still got it.

    P.... A....

    Oh! What a lovely way to wake upto this msgic man of my wildest dreams! Thanks if you are learning new things on fb...

    P.... A....

    Am so happy i got to go to alot of his cnocerts when i lived on the Bay Area- a few were in San Francisco Ca., they were awesomely done- i was there like in a dream- goosebumps throughout the entore concert! I absolutely love him, his songs-are very creative, oh and the very beautful Jonsthan seagull film was incredibly great! Am back on New Mexico and when i get lonely for the ocean, i watch this film. I want Neil to live on forever!

    P.... A....

    I do own quite a collection of his .music in albums, cassettes, and cds. Do own the film, on cd..bought 3 before Hastings music store closed down. I also managed to get Neil's biography..love him totally.
    My sister went under the early stages and she was able to reach her arms around him ad he left the stage, but the security guards threw her out the back door! Hahaha! Ahh, i laughed so hard when i got to my cat after the concert! I also still have concert ticket stubs in my collection!

  85. J.... T....

    Neil is too fine here

    J.... T....

    His eyes get me every time.

    J.... T....

    He had a nice butt there.

    J.... T....

    Jo, I don't know if this man could ever be "too fine". I fell in love with his voice the first time I heard Cracklin' Rosie, and I was only 11 at the time. After that, I spent any earned money on his albums as well as a stereo. My teen years were spent late into the night sketching on an old school desk with Neil singing through my headphones so my parents didn't yell at me to turn it down. He inspired me so much and while I don't love his most recent music, I still love the man.

  86. S.... N....

    He was soooo hot in that jumpsuit!

    S.... N....

    @Stephanie Newbern yea, it's red and it makes him look like he's about to catch fire, hahahaha

  87. E.... R....

    I always wondered. Who wore the jumpsuits first? Elvis or Neil.

    E.... R....

    @Eric Reicher Well, you know, they used to be neighbors at one time. I can just imagine Neil leaning out the kitchen door yelling "Yoo Hoo! Elvis! Can I borrow a jumpsuit? I have a gig in an hour and my wife forgot to pick up the dry cleaning"

    E.... R....

    Probably Elvis was considering Elvis was singing long before Neil was.

    E.... R....

    I think Evel Knievel gave them both the idea.

    E.... R....

    Elvis was the first... Many have tried including Tim McGraw. Ugh !

  88. J.... H....

    The tune, arrangement and music are vital but to me, good lyrics are what makes a song most memorable. I think it safe to say that this guy has the lyrics thing nailed. 

    J.... H....

    +Joe Herald thank you for noticing that this man is amazing xo

    J.... H....

    +Joe Herald Part of his wonderful gift is that he is a poet. He is amazing. I have always loved words. When I first heard his voice, I couldn't believe how beautiful it was, but then I really got drawn in by his beautiful lyrics.

    J.... H....

    +Sandra Hanson Agree. Paul Williams, from around the same era, was also good at turning a memorable phrase in a song...as were Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, Billy Joel and many others. Don't want to get stuck in "my" era but I think the 60s'-70's produced some of the best songwriters ever.

  89. P.... D....

    DID U EVER?

  90. a.... ....

    My favorite Neil Diamond track!

  91. R.... R....

    Forty YEARS ago! ND is still packin' em in at concerts, still doing new music, and lookin' pretty damn good, too. Probably the side-effects of a few dozen millions of dollars...

  92. L.... T....

    QUE GATO QUE E VC NEIL ,,,, 

  93. p.... a....

    neil diamond  sucesso no brasil,bons tempos

    p.... a....

    paulo alberto marques Marques amigo EU no saiba que Neal Diamond estivera en Brasil en algum ano..Voce sabe de isso ? Acá na Argentina creio que nunca estive..

  94. N.... F....

    JULY  15  1974  SAD DAY ,GREAT SONG FOR ME

  95. G.... B....

    Oh the glam days I forgot about that

    G.... B....

    @Greg Boardman Glam? Oh please. Can you imagine Neil Diamond done up like Bowie? I'm trying not to die laughing while I try to get that image out of my head

  96. d.... d....

    sounds as good live as on records...

  97. W.... P....

    What a dead audience for Neil.   It must be a German audience at that time!!!!

    W.... P....

    @Winstone Perrotton Yes its a German public , you even hear him say "danke shon" at the end :)

    W.... P....

    Very funny. I cannot figure this audience out either! 😅

  98. H.... L....

    Love Neil Diamond. Great music& easy on the eyes too!!

    H.... L....

    Helen L we love Neal from Argentina