Neil Diamond - I Am I Said (1988, with lyrics)

Neil Diamond has been a mainstay on the American Music stage for his entire career... No longer singing now due to a medical issue, his music still pervades every nook and cranny around us... America was one song he sang with a passion, and paid tribute to his grandmother who immigrated to this Country from one far far away...

For my next Music Interlude song, I bring you Neil Diamond performing "I am I said" from a Live performance at the Aquarius Theatre in Los Angeles in 1988...

LYRICS:

"I Am... I Said" by Neil Diamond

L.A.'s fine, the sun shines most the time
And the feeling is "lay back"
Palm trees grow and rents are low
But you know I keep thinkin' about
Making my way back

Well I'm New York City born and raised
But nowadays,
I'm lost between two shores
L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home
New York's home,
But it ain't mine no more

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair

"I am"... I cried "I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names
And a few other changes
If you talk about me
The story's the same one

But I got an emptiness deep inside
And I've tried
But it won't let me go
And I'm not a man who likes to swear
But I never cared
For the sound of being alone

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
"I am"... I said
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... I said

Writer(s): Neil Diamond

I trust that you all will enjoy this one...
Kerry
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