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Dear Michael

This version of Dear Michael was released by Michael Jackson in 1975.

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She wrote “Dear Michael
You’ll probably never get this letter
Michael, I wrote you a hundred times before
Knowing how I feel
I’ll write a hundred more”

“Dear Michael, every time your record’s on
(Michael Michael)
Michael, I close my eyes and sing along
Dreaming you’re singing to me.”

(Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)

And then she wrote:
(Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)
“Michael, I love you
I held the tears back long as I can
(Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)
I’m sealing my feelings in this envelope
(Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)
‘Cause I wanna be more than just your number one fan”

I’m gonna answer your letter
(Michael Michael)
I’ll start beginning with the ABC’s of loving you
(I love ya)
(She wrote)
(Michael Michael)
(I love ya)
Your letter really touched my heart
(She wrote)
I’ve been dreaming of meeting the picture
That you send along, signed with all your love
(Michael Michael)
(I wrote ya)
(She wrote)

I’m gonna write you back, ouuh, i promess you that
(Won’t you write me back?, please write me back)

Girl, i think i love you
(Michael Michael)
Hurry, hurry mister postman, take my letter, tell her i love her
(She wrote)
(Won’t you write me back, please write me back)
(Michael Michael)
(She wrote)

Hurry, hurry mister postman, take my letter tell her i love her
(Won’t you write me back, please write me back)

(Michael Michael)
Yeah,
(I wrote you)
(She wrote)
I’m gonna write you back
I promess you that…

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About Lyrics and Dear Michael by Michael Jackson

The lyrics for Dear Michael are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Michael Jackson. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Dear Michael have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Dear Michael - Michael Jackson and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Dear Michael by Michael Jackson in multiple 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 Dear Michael" means the words set to the music of Dear Michael, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. 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 Dear Michael and the lyrics to Dear Michael are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dear Michael, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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