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If I Have To Move A Mountain

This version of If I Have To Move A Mountain was released by Jackson 5 in 1972.

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(Who’s the one that loves you)
(The special one who needs you)
You made the odds a million to me
(No one else can love you)
(Nobody else can need you)
No more than the one whose heart you won’t believe

So if I have to move a mountain
Simply to prove that you’re my love (my love)
That you’re my love, baby (my only love)
I’ll do it, yes I’d do it
To show I love you

In your eyes
I see no faith
There’s an absence of trust
In your embrace

But why would I
Pretend to give
Just to take from the person
For whom I live

(I told you that I love you)
(especially I need you)
You’re one love in a million was made from the stars
(and maybe you’d believe me)
(then maybe you would need me)
But maybe may not ever convince your stubborn heart

So if I have to move a mountain
Simply to prove that you’re my love (my love)
You’re my love, baby (my only love)
I’d do it, and I’ll do it, yes I’ll do it for you
And if I have to stop a river
To make you belive that I’m the one (the one)
That special one you need (that special one)
I’d do it, yes I’d do it (to show I love you)

(Pins and needles sticking in my heart)
(We’re so close, but still so far apart)
(What to do, what to do to make you need my love too)

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About Lyrics and If I Have To Move A Mountain by Jackson 5

The lyrics to If I Have To Move A Mountain are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to If I Have To Move A Mountain 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 If I Have To Move A Mountain 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 If I Have To Move A Mountain" means the words set to the music of If I Have To Move A Mountain, 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 If I Have To Move A Mountain and the lyrics to If I Have To Move A Mountain 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 If I Have To Move A Mountain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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