Lyrics to
Goin’ Places

This version of Goin’ Places was released by The Jacksons in 1977.

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I like the feelin’ I get
When I’m ridin’ in a jet
Say I’m goin’ places

I like the feelin’ I get
When I’m ridin’ in a jet
Say I’m goin’ places

I want to go
To a different land
Try my best
To understand
The different traditions
And customs
That people have

The world is bigger
Than this ole town
I wanna get my feet up
Off the ground
I’ve saved up my money
And I’m leavin’ here today
‘Cause….

I like the feelin’ I get
When I’m ridin’ in a jet
Say I’m goin’ places

I want to get
A first class seat
Climbing to a high of forty feet
It don’t take long
To get where you wanna go

I’m gonna have myself a ball
This ole world I wanna see it all
I got my clothes packed
And I’m leaving right away

I like the feelin’ I get
When I’m ridin’ in a jet
Say I’m goin’ places

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The Jacksons has released many songs over the years besides Goin’ Places. The Jacksons released songs from 1976 to 1989 spanning across albums like The Jacksons, Goin' Places, Destiny, Triumph, Victory, and 2300 Jackson Street. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Jacksons.

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About Lyrics and Goin’ Places by The Jacksons

The lyrics for Goin’ Places are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by The Jacksons. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Goin’ Places 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 Goin’ Places - The Jacksons 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 Goin’ Places by The Jacksons 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 Goin’ Places" means the words set to the music of Goin’ Places, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jacksons. 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’ Places and the lyrics to Goin’ Places are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jacksons who came here looking just for the lyrics to Goin’ Places, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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