Holly holy eyes
Dream of only me
Where I am
What I am
What I believe in
Holly holy
Holly holy dream
Wanting only you
And she come
And I run
Just like the wind will
Holly holy
(Sing) sing a song
(Sing) sing a song of songs
(Sing) sing it out
Sing it strong
(Sing, sing, sing, sing)
Yeah
Yeah
Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun's gonna rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he gonna fly
And I fly (fly)
Yeah, and I fly
Holly holy love
Take a lonely child
And the seed
Let it be
Full with tomorrow
Holly holy
(Sing) sing a song
(Sing, sing) sing a song of songs
(Sing, sing) sing it out
(Sing) sing it strong
(Sing, sing, sing, sing)
Yeah
Yeah
Call the sun in the dead of the night
And the sun's gonna rise in the sky
Touch a man who can't walk upright
And that lame man, he gonna fly
And I fly
(Fly) yeah
God, I fly
Holly holy dream
Dream 'bout only you
Holly holy sun
Holly holy rain
Holly hol'
Holy love
Ha Holly hol'
Holly holy love
"Holly Holy" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond with instrumental backing provided by the American Sound Studio house band in Memphis. Released as a single on October 13, 1969, it was a successful follow up to "Sweet Caroline", reaching #6 on the U.S. pop singles chart by December. The song also reached #5 on the Easy Listening chart. It became a gold record and then eventually a platinum record.
It was Diamond's favorite of the songs he had written to that point.
