Play Me

Play Me

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Play Me

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ABOUT THIS SONG

release date of original song: 1972
music/lyrics: Neil Diamond
release date of this version: February 3, 2024
length: 3 min 53 sec
vocals: Chris Tong
karaoke arrangement: Rob Landeros

Play Me is that rare song that is contemplative: gentle, serene, soothing, beautiful and joyful. Whenever I listen to it or sing it, it leaves me in a peaceful state. A number of Neil Diamond's early songs (I Am... I Said, Holly Holy) had a spiritual quality to them. Those are my favorites among his many wonderful songs, and Play Me is one of them. It also is a waltz (in 3/4 time) and I love waltzes!

LYRICS

She was morning
And I was nighttime
I one day woke up
To find her lying beside my bed
I softly said, "Come take me"

For I was lonely
In need of someone
As though I'd done someone
wrong somewhere
But I don't know where
I don't know where
Come lately

You are the sun,
I am the moon
You are the words,
I am the tune
Play me

Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night
And what was right
Became me

You are the sun,
I am the moon
You are the words,
I am the tune
Play me

[INSTRUMENTAL]

And so it was
That I came to travel
Upon a road that was
thorned and narrow
Another place
Another grace
Would save me

You are the sun,
I am the moon
You are the words,
I am the tune
Play me

You are the sun,
I am the moon
You are the words,
I am the tune
Play me

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