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Goin’ Back To Indiana

This version of Goin’ Back To Indiana was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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I’m goin’ back to Indiana
Back to where I started from
Goin’ back to Indiana
Indiana here I come

I spread my wings for greener pastures
I still ain’t found what I was after
I’ve got the blues and that is why I sing
I just wanna do my thing, yeah

I’m goin’ back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come, yeah, yeah
I’m goin’ back to Indiana
’cause that’s where my baby’s from
Yeah, okay Tito you got it

I’m goin’ back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I’m goin’ back to Indiana
’cause that’s where my baby’s from, yeah

Hollywood you got a lot of pretty things
I saw a lot of movies stars with diamonds rings
But I ain’t got my baby and I’m feeling wrong
That’s why I got to sing my song

I’m goin’ back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I’m goin’ back to Indiana
’cause that’s where my baby’s from, yeah

I’m comin’, I’m comin’, I’m comin’
I’m home, yeah

Ha ha Sis Boom Bah
One more time for Roosevelt High
Johny Ray, Tex, Scooter and Lorenzo too
Watch T W Brown do the boogaloo
Ev’ry soul that passes by
This song is for you from the Jackson 5
I’m comin home It’s plain to see
I still got Indiana soul in me

I’m goin’ back to Indiana
Indiana, here I come
I’m goin’ back to Indiana
‘Cause that’s where my baby’s from, yeah
That’s where she is, yeah yeah yeah

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides Goin’ Back To Indiana. Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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The lyrics to Goin’ Back To Indiana are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Goin’ Back To Indiana have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jackson 5 and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Goin’ Back To Indiana by Jackson 5. 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 Goin’ Back To Indiana" means the words set to the music of Goin’ Back To Indiana, 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 Goin’ Back To Indiana and the lyrics to Goin’ Back To Indiana 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 Goin’ Back To Indiana, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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