Lyrics to
The Young Folks

This version of The Young Folks was released by Jackson 5 in 1970.

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You better make a way for the young folks!
Here we come & we’re so glad
We’re here for business budy & don’t want no jive
Oh right in tomorrow….
You gotta make a way for the young folks , oooo
Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

We say yes & you so no
We ask you why & you close the door

My ole friend I thought you know by now
You can’t do that to the young folks, oh
No no no no!
You might no like it, but I gotta tell you
I gotta tell you, oh yeah…
You gotta make way for the young folks
Ooo, yeah….

We’re marching with signs
We’re standing in line yeah

Here’s the deal accept it if you will
Were going strong it’s our turn to deal

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides The Young Folks. 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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About Lyrics and The Young Folks by Jackson 5

The lyrics for The Young Folks 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 The Young Folks 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 The Young Folks 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 The Young Folks" means the words set to the music of The Young Folks, 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 The Young Folks and the lyrics to The Young Folks 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 The Young Folks, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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