Lyrics to
Yes I Will

This version of Yes I Will was released by Neil Diamond in 1974.

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Yes I will
Indeed I will
If I may, if I might
If I can

Once upon a passing night dream
He beheld a mystic image
Bathed in blue reflection
Then he stood and made his song

Closed his eyes to feel the thunder
Echo like a wave around him
Love was in this strange house
And he knew he did belong,
Yes he did belong
Yes I will,
‘Deed I will, if I can

And cold it was within the marrow
Waiting like the wounded sparrow
Helpless and forgotten
While the radio played on
Sing your song you fool, you dreamer
Cross the space that lies between us
Cast the stones of fortune
For the journey has begun,
Yes it has begun

So you do,
So you want to be giving
Say it out loud if you need to be holy
So you do,
So you want to be loving
Say it out now
If you need to be holier still

Say you do, Say you want to be giving
Say it out loud if you need to be holy,

And you do and you want to be loving
Say it out now
If you need to be holier still

So it seems or so it may be
I can’t know for sure but lately seems
I’m on a journey
To a place I’ve never been

And baby if I had the answers
I would lay them all before you
Plainly it’s a circle,
One that ends and then begins,
And begins again
Yes I will,
‘Deed I will if I can

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Neil Diamond has released many songs over the years besides Yes I Will. Neil Diamond released songs from 1966 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Feel Of Neil, Velvet Gloves And Spit, Touching You, Touching Me, Sweet Caroline, Tap Root Manuscript, Stones, Do It, Moods, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Serenade, Beautiful Noise, I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, September Morn, The Jazz Singer, On The Way To The Sky, Heartlight, Primitive, Headed For The Future, The Best Years Of Our Lives, Lovescape, The Christmas Album, Up On The Roof: Songs From The Brill Building, The Christmas Album Volume Two, In My Lifetime, Tennessee Moon, and 12 Songs. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Neil Diamond.

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About Lyrics and Yes I Will by Neil Diamond

When you decide to study the lyrics to Yes I Will, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Neil Diamond. Some of the lyrics to Yes I Will have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Neil Diamond and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Yes I Will if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Yes I Will" means the words set to the music of Yes I Will, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Yes I Will and the lyrics to Yes I Will are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Yes I Will, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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