So…Denise used to record Oprah to watch when she came home. One day I wandered into the living room after coming home from work. Oprah had Neil Diamond on that day. He had a brand new album and she was going on and on about it. The song he did on the show was “Delirious Love“. It had a strong beat and the lyrics were ear catching. I started to remember how it was when I first met Denise. The song was old fashioned rock-n-roll. I thought, this is danged good stuff.
I later found the song on my Emusic site. The album had two versions on it. It seems as though Brian Wilson heard the song and he told Neil Diamond he could add some harmonies and suggestions. The version with Brian Wilson is amazing. I have listened to this song 50-60 times. I can still see Denise the first day we met. Here are the lyrics and the reason we call our Blog “Delirious Love”
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Delirious Love
Me and you underneath a mysterious spell
Nothin’ I could do and it suddenly felt like a bolt out of hell
I’m tellin’ you
To the sound of the beat I was hanging on
Like a powerful truth, it was banging on me
Wouldn’t let me go
Like a shot in the dark she was hot like a spark
I only know
Neither one of us trying to hold it down
Neither one of us taking the middle ground
Wasn’t how to make sense we were thinkin’ of
Just the two of us bent on delirious love
Me and you being spent on delirious love
Like a ride on a rocket it took us up
Didn’t want it to stop and it shook us up good
We were moving fast
Just ahead of the law
We were beggin’ for more
And what a blast
Comin’ round to a new kind of view of it
Never did it before we were doin’ it now
And I gotta say it was easy to give
Was a reason to live another day
Neither one of us stopping to figure out
What the roll and the rockin’ was all about
All we knew was that we couldn’t get enough
You and me in the heat of delirious love
Makin’ time to the beat of delirious love
I can feel it
I can feel it
I can feel it
Come down had a new kind of view of it
Wouldn’t do it before we were doin’ it now
And I gotta say it was easy to give
Was a reason to live another day
Neither one of us stoppin’ to figure out
What the roll and the rockin’ was all about
All we knew was that we couldn’t get enough
You and me in the heat of delirious love
Makin’ time to the beat of delirious love
You and me gettin’ sweet on delirious love
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