Lyrics to
One More Chance

This version of One More Chance was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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Everybody loves the star
When hes on the top
But noone ever comes around
When he starts to drop

But you were someone special
You stuck through thick and thin
But I was much too busy
Trying to shine
To let your love shine in

Let you slip away
I must have been insane
Stop in the name of love
Dont make me live my life in vain

Give me one more chance
Thats all I ask of you
Just one more chance
Ill make it up to you
Just one more chance
Thats all I ask of you
Ill build you a world for two
Ill make it up to you

Now since Im all alone
Im talking to myself
I know youre out there somewhere
Having fun with someone else

But a distant voice of hope
Echo from within, sayin
(Dont give up)
(Your ship is comin’ in)

Though my ships alone
Ill play right to the end
Im crying outside
Heavens door
Wont you let me back in

Youll never know
What Ive been through
Let your love shine in again
This time Ill shine with you

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides One More Chance. Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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The lyrics for One More Chance are defined as the words making up the song released by Jackson 5 in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to One More Chance 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 One More Chance 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 One More Chance" means the words set to the music of One More Chance, 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 One More Chance and the lyrics to One More Chance 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 One More Chance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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