Lyrics to
I Wanna Be Where You Are

This version of I Wanna Be Where You Are was released by Jackson 5 in 1973.

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Ooh, can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind when I was gone
It’s not my thing trying to get back
But this time let me tell you where I’m at

You don’t have to worry ’cause I’m coming
Back to where I should have always stayed
And now I’ve learned the (????) to your story
And it’s enough love for me to stay

Can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind when I was gone
Well, it’s not my thing trying to get back
But this time let me tell you where I’m at

I wanna, wanna be where you are (ooh, aah)
Anywhere you are (ooh, aah)
I wanna, wanna be where you are (ooh, aah)
Everywhere you are (ooh, aah, ooh)

Please don’t close the door to our future
There’s so many things we haven’t tried
I gonna love you better than I used to
And give you all the love I have inside

Ooh

I wanna, wanna be where you are (ooh, aah)
Any, any, Anywhere you are (ooh, aah)
I wanna, wanna be where you are (ooh, aah)
I gotta, gotta be where you are (ooh, aah)

I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh, yea, yea, baby now)
I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh, ooo)
I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh, now, now, yea, yea)
I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh)

I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh, now, now, baby)
I wanna be, I wanna be (ooh)

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You can understand the lyrics to I Wanna Be Where You Are 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 I Wanna Be Where You Are" means the words set to the music of I Wanna Be Where You Are, 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 I Wanna Be Where You Are and the lyrics to I Wanna Be Where You Are 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 I Wanna Be Where You Are, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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