Sweets for my sweetartist: neil diamond—from his cd “up on the roof)originally done by the drifters in 1961.words and music by doc pomus and mort shumanif you wanted a star that shines so brightlyto match the stardust in your eyesdarling, i would chase that bright star nightlyand try to steal it from the skies<chorus>cuz i'd give sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honeyyour perfect kiss thrills me sosweets for my sweet, sugar for my honeyi'll never ever let you goif you needed a dream to keep you smilingi'd tell the sandman you were blueand i'd ask him to keep that sand pilinguntil your dreams would all come true<chorus>if you wanted a love to last foreverthen i would send my love your wayand my love won't only last foreverbut forever and a day<chorus><chorus>transcribed by ronald e. hontzronhontz@worldnet.att.net