Morningside | Neil Diamond | Cover & Acoustic Guitar Lesson

#judgetimbers#neildiamond#morningside Neil Diamond told UK DJ Ken Evans in 1972: "Morningside is a very sad song. It's a song of dying alone, something that I've been aware of for a long time. I was struck by it when my grandparents passed away - that they did die alone - that they weren't with their children when they died. And a year and a half ago when I was in London for the first time, I passed a shop and saw this beautiful table in the window. It was carved by hand and for some reason the two things came together and the song started then." Morningside The old man died And no one cried They simply turned away And when he died He left a table made of nails and pride And with his hands he carved these words inside "For my children" Morning light Morning bright I spent the night With dreams that make you weep Morning time Wash away the sadness from these eyes of mine For I recall the words the old man signed "For my children" And the legs were shaped with his hands And the top made of oaken wood And the children sat around this great table Touched with their laughter Ah, and that was good Morningside An old man died And no one cried He surely died alone And truth is sad For not a child would claim the gift he had The words he carved became his epitath "For my children"