Lyrics to
(You Were Made) Especially For Me

This version of (You Were Made) Especially For Me was released by Jackson 5 in 1975.

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She’s specially for me
Baby oh baby (Baby oh baby)
Baby oh baby
I don’t wanna be , no
With anyone else you see
’cause you were made specially for me, no no no
I don’t wanna be , no
With anyone else you see
’cause you were made specially for me

Don’t ever gonna… darling
Don’t ever see you bad
Just don’t wanna be without you
It makes me wanna cry

No, I don’t wanna be with anyone else you see
’cause you were made specially for me
I don’t wanna darling

You know how to keep me satisfy
You give me what I need

No, I don’t wanna be with anyone else you see
’cause you were made specially for me, no no no

Don’t wanna be, baby

Darling baby

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The lyrics for (You Were Made) Especially For Me are defined as the words making up the song released by Jackson 5 in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to (You Were Made) Especially For Me 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 (You Were Made) Especially For Me 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 (You Were Made) Especially For Me" means the words set to the music of (You Were Made) Especially For Me, 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 (You Were Made) Especially For Me and the lyrics to (You Were Made) Especially For Me 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 (You Were Made) Especially For Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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