Lyrics to
Daddy’s Home

This version of Daddy’S Home was released by Jackson 5 in 1973.

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You’re the girl of my dreams
I’d like to thank you for waiting patiently
Daddy’s home, your daddy’s home to stay

How I’ve waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy’s home, your daddy’s home to stay

It wasn’t on a Sunday (Monday and Tuesday went by)
It wasn’t on a Tuesday afternoon (all I could do was cry)
But I made a promise that you treasured
I made it back home to you

How I’ve waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy’s home, your daddy’s home to stay
Daddy’s home to stay
I’m not a thousand miles away
Daddy’s home to stay
I’m gonna be here come what may
Daddy’s home to stay

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About Lyrics and Daddy’S Home by Jackson 5

The lyrics to Daddy’S Home are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Jackson 5 in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Daddy’S Home 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 Daddy’S Home back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Daddy’S Home 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 Daddy’S Home" means the words set to the music of Daddy’S Home, 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 Daddy’S Home and the lyrics to Daddy’S Home 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 Daddy’S Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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