I Want You Back – English Lyrics

• By: The Jackson 5

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of classic American soul with 'I Want You Back'. This song is perfect for learners to practice natural English expressions of emotion and longing, all while experiencing the legendary energy and vocal precision of a young Michael Jackson.

[English]

(audience clapping)

("I Want You Back")

♪ Uh-oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Let me tell you now ♪

♪ Uh-Huh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ When I had you to myself ♪

♪ I didn't want you around ♪

♪ Those pretty faces always made you ♪

♪ Stand out in a crowd ♪

♪ But someone picked you from the bunch ♪

♪ One glance was all it took ♪

♪ Now it's much too late for me ♪

♪ To take a second look ♪

♪ Oh, baby, give me one more chance ♪

♪ To show you that I love you ♪

♪ Won't you please let me ♪

♪ Back in your heart ♪

♪ Oh, darling, I was blind to let you go ♪

♪ Let you go baby ♪

♪ But now since I see you in his arms ♪

♪ I want you back - yes, I do now ♪

♪ I want you back - ooh ooh, baby ♪

♪ I want you back - yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I want you back - now, now, now, now ♪

♪ Trying to live without your love ♪

♪ Is one long sleepless night ♪

♪ Let me show you girl ♪

♪ That I know wrong from right ♪

♪ Every street you walk on ♪

♪ I leave tearstains on the ground ♪

♪ Following the girl ♪

♪ I didn't even want around ♪

♪ Let me tell you now ♪

♪ Oh, baby, all I need is one more chance ♪

♪ To show you that I love you ♪

♪ Won't you please let me ♪

♪ Back in your heart ♪

♪ Oh, darling, I was blind to let you go ♪

♪ Let you go baby ♪

♪ But now since I see you in his arms ♪

♪ Uh, huh ♪

♪ Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ All I want, buh bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ All I need, buh bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ All I want, buh bum, bum, bum ♪

♪ All I need ♪

♪ Oh, just one more chance to ♪

♪ show that I love you ♪

♪ Baby - Baby ♪

♪ Baby - Baby ♪

♪ Baby, baby, I want you back ♪

♪ Forget what happened then ♪

♪ And let me live again ♪

♪ Oh, darlin' I was blind to let you go ♪

♪ But now since I see you in his arms - I want you back ♪

♪ Spare me of this cost (I want you back) ♪

♪ And give back what I lost ♪

♪ Oh darlin' I need one more chance, hah! ♪

♪ I tell ya that I love you ♪

♪ Baby - Oh! - Baby - Oh! - Baby - Oh! ♪

♪ I want you back ♪

(audience clapping)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pretty /ˈprɪti/ A1	adjective - attractive in a delicate way
crowd /kraʊd/ A2	noun - a large number of people gathered together
bunch /bʌntʃ/ B1	noun - a group of things held or growing together
glance /ɡlɑːns/ B1	noun - a brief or hurried look
chance /tʃɑːns/ A2	noun - a possibility of something happening
blind /blaɪnd/ B1	adjective - unable to see or unable to perceive something
sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/ B2	adjective - without sleep
tearstains /ˈtɪəsteɪnz/ C2	noun - marks left by tears
forget /fəˈɡet/ A1	verb - fail to remember
spare /speə(r)/ B2	verb - to refrain from harming or punishing
lost /lɒst/ A1	verb - past of lose; to be deprived of
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to remain alive; exist
wrong /rɒŋ/ A1	adjective - not correct
right /raɪt/ A1	adjective - true or correct as a fact
cost /kɒst/ A2	noun - an amount that has to be paid or given up