Lyrics to
Honey Chile

This version of Honey Chile was released by Jackson 5 in 1971.

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You’re shiftless and you’re crazy
Just like the hound-dog Daisy
That grandma had when I was young

And when she told me, darling
You’re not good for me honey
I fell down on my knees sweet honey chile

Honey chile
You’re ’bout to drive me wild
Can’t live without you, can’t do without you
Honey chile

Honey chile
You’re ’bout to drive me wild
Can’t do without you
Sweet, sweet honey chile

To think I needed someone
It turned out to be you
And I so glad, sweet honey chile

‘Cause they all told me about you
Said I got to leave you lonely
But I can’t do that to you, honey chile

Honey chile
You’re ’bout to drive me wild
Can’t live without you, can’t do without you
Honey chile

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The lyrics for Honey Chile are defined as the words making up the song released by Jackson 5 in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Honey Chile have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jackson 5 and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Honey Chile by Jackson 5 if you think through it. 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 Honey Chile" means the words set to the music of Honey Chile, 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 Honey Chile and the lyrics to Honey Chile 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 Honey Chile, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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