If You Know What I Mean

          When the night returns just like a friend
          When the evening comes to set me free
          When the quiet house that wait beyond the day
          Make peaceful sounds in me

          Took a drag from my last cigarette
          Took a drink from a glass of old wine
          I closed my eyes, and I could make it real
          And feel it one more time

          Can you hear it, babe
          Can you hear it, babe
          From another time
          From another place
          Do you remember it, babe

          And the radio played like a carnival tune
          As we lay in our bed in the other room
          When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
          In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean

          Here's to the songs we used to sing
          And here's to the times we used to know
          It's hard to hold them in our arms again
          But hard to let them go

          Do you hear it, babe
          Do you hear it, babe
          It was another time
          It was another place
          Do you remember it, babe

          And the radio played like a carnival tune
          As we lay in our bed in the other room
          When we gave it away for the sake of a dream
          In a penny arcade, if you know what I mean

Written By Neil Diamond

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