Lyrics to
Call Of The Wild

This version of Call Of The Wild was released by Jackson 5 in 1975.

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Call of the wild
Call of the wild
Call of the wild

People tell me this
And people that me that

Ooo, everybody thinks they know
Where it’s at

Life is getting harder
And it’s tearing me down

It’s time to pack my bags
I’m gonna leave this town

The call of the wild is calling me
The wilderness is beckoning me
The call of the wild is calling me
Where nature moves over the free

Call of the wild
Call of the wild
Call of the wild

People quibbling’ this
And people quibbling’ that

The ones with the money
Just keep on getting that

There ain’t no solitude
The quiets getting loud

Any place you want to go
Gotta fight right through the crowd

The call of the wild is calling me
The wilderness is beckoning me
The call of the wild is calling me
Where nature moves over the free
The earth and the sky and the sea
The numbers of signs you can see
The call of the wild is calling me
The call of the wild is calling me
The wilderness is beckoning me
The call of the wild is calling me

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About Lyrics and Call Of The Wild by Jackson 5

The lyrics to Call Of The Wild are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Jackson 5 in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Call Of The Wild are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Jackson 5 and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Call Of The Wild back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Call Of The Wild by Jackson 5 in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Call Of The Wild" means the words set to the music of Call Of The Wild, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Call Of The Wild and the lyrics to Call Of The Wild are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to Call Of The Wild, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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