Lyrics to
I’ll Bet You

This version of I’Ll Bet You was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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The song I’ll Bet You is originally recorded by George Clinton and Funkadelic for their 1970 debut album called Eponymous. The Jackson 5 covered the song in the same year, with the song being used in the Jackson 5 TV episode named “Mistaken Identity.”

The song comes from Funkadelic, so the lyrics are a mish-mash that tells a crazy back and forth. The predominant theme is the lyrics telling you that I’ll Bet You the outcome in a series of life and relationship situations. The game has definite hints of gambling and that life is a gamble, and would be a great song to listen to while you hit the games online at sites like Teen Patti Master.

Ice cubes on a red hot stove will melt, and I’ll bet ya,
A drowning man bet his first words are help, and I’ll bet ya,
If you bet on a horse and the horse don’t win, you lose, and I’ll bet ya,
If you try, to sit on air, you’re gonna fall, and I’ll bet ya,

If you want a winning hand,
If you want a perfect man,
I’ll bet you never lose with love,
I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya,
Bet you never lose with love,
I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya,

Take a car, without fuel, it ain’t gonna move, and I’ll bet ya,
A carpenter can’t build his house without any tools, and I’ll bet ya,
If your shoes are too small, they hurt your feet, and I’ll bet ya,
And you can’t know what’s goin’ on, if you’re asleep, oh I’ll bet ya,

If you want a winning hand,
If you want a perfect man,
I’ll bet you never lose with love,
I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya,
Bet you never lose with love,
I know I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya,

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I’ll bet you never lose with love,
I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya,
Bet you never lose with love,
I know I’m gonna win, and I’ll bet ya etc

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About Lyrics and I’Ll Bet You by Jackson 5

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’Ll Bet You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Jackson 5. Some of the lyrics to I’Ll Bet You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Jackson 5 and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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