Lyrics to
Feelin’ Alright

This version of Feelin’ Alright was released by Jackson 5 in 1971.

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Seems i’ve got to have a change of scene
Cause every night I have the strangest dreams
Imprisoned by the way it could have been
Left here on my own or so it seems
I’ve got to leave before I start to scream
Someone locked the door and turned the key

Feeling alright
I’m not feeling good myself
Feeling alright
I don’t have to feel alright
I’m feeling good myself
Boy you sure took me for a ride
And even now I sit and wonder why
That when I think of you I stop myself from crying
I just can’t waste my time
I must keep trying

I’ve got to stop believing all your lies
Cause there’s to much to do before I die

Don’t you get to lost in all I say
But at the time you know
I really felt that way
But that was then and now you know its today
Lord I can’t escape I guess i’m here to stay
Till someone comes along to take my place
With a different name and a different face

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About Lyrics and Feelin’ Alright by Jackson 5

When you decide to study the lyrics to Feelin’ Alright, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Jackson 5. Some of the lyrics to Feelin’ Alright have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Jackson 5 and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Feelin’ Alright if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Feelin’ Alright" means the words set to the music of Feelin’ Alright, 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 Feelin’ Alright and the lyrics to Feelin’ Alright 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 Feelin’ Alright, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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