Lyrics to
Reach In

This version of Reach In was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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Can’t find no rhyme to it all
But still we keep on trying
The why and where of it all
Inside you the answer is lying

Reach in (reach in)
Find that tree of wisdom
Reach in (reach in)
Find out why you’re livin’

Reach in (reach in)
Put away that shade of sin
And let love shine in…
And let love shine in…
Shine, shine, shine, shine…

Don’t take the easy way out
Believe there is a Maker
Don’t be a body of doubt
In whom does live a faker

Reach in (reach in)
Find that tree of wisdom
Reach in (reach in)
Find out why you’re livin’

Reach in (reach in)
Put away that shade of sin
And let love shine in…
And let love shine in…

A soul without love
Is a soul without meaning
And the Lord up above
He’ll destroy every being

Reach in…

Reach in (reach in)
Find that tree of wisdom
Reach in (reach in)
Find out why you’re livin’

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides Reach In. 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 to Reach In are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Reach In 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 Reach In 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 Reach In" means the words set to the music of Reach In, 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 Reach In and the lyrics to Reach In 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 Reach In, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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