"Deep Inside Of You"
Words and Music by NEIL DIAMOND
and BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN


On the morning of February 16, 1996, Neil appeared on Good Morning America. Host Charles Gibson introduced him by saying he had sold more than 110 million records, and that he had just completed his first album rooted in country. Mr. Gibson then said Neil had just spent the last year living in Nashville where he had recorded the Tennessee Moon album and TV special.

Neil told Mr. Gibson he would be starting a world tour in March that would begin in Australia and end in the United States in the summer and fall.

 

The host then told Neil that someone on the show's staff had commented that after the tour, Neil would probably be sitting down and figuring out what to do with the rest of his life.

Neil replied he would probably take two weeks off and get back into his music!

Mr. Gibson then asked Neil if he ever thought he might do something different now, as he has nothing else to prove.

"This is what I do. This is what I get the most joy from" was Neil's reply. He said "Music is the thing that carries you; that's why I'm still around."

 

 

 

 

 

Neil then sang an absolutely gorgeous arrangement of "a beautiful little thing written with Beth Nielsen Chapman" called "Deep Inside Of You" with Linda Press. Alan Lindgren accompanied on the piano, and Rob Hajacos on "this beautiful fiddle" as Neil put it. Neil ended the song by winking at Linda!


Good morning.
I love you.
Now that you're here where you belong,
I want to be the man you need.
Just tell me you love me,
because I need to hear it, too.
Just let me be the one
you carry deep inside of you.

I need you beside me;
the road is so long.
You run through my heart
like the words of a bitter sweet song.
I'd travel the whole world,
across the earth,
around the sun
if I could be the one
you carry deep inside of you.

 

 



Without you beside me,
the road is so long.
You live in my heart,
and it hurts when I think of you gone.
I need you in my way.
I have no right to love so true.
But let me be the one,
the one who lives inside of you.
Just let me be the one 
you carry deep inside of you.

Text by Joanne

Video captures and layout by Iris

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