Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline Lyrics

Neil Diamond Lyrics

"Sweet Caroline"

Where it began
I can't begin to knowin'
But then I know it's growin' strong

Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along

Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I...

...look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two

And when I hurt
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when holdin' you?

Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline
I believed they never could

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good

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Writer(s): Neil Diamond

There are at least two stories behind "Sweet Caroline": one is that Neil Diamond wrote it about his second wife, Marcia Murphey, but chose the name "Caroline" to fit the rhyme; another is that it was written about Caroline Kennedy whose picture he had seen in 1960s.

Of many cover versions of this song, Neil Diamond liked Frank Sinatra's one the most. He told AOL Music Canada, "He did it his way. He didn't cop my record at all. I've heard that song by a lot of people and there are a lot of good versions. But Sinatra's swinging, big band version tops them all by far."

"Sweet Caroline" lyrics

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