I Want You Back

(album: Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 - 1969)

Uh-huh huh huhhh.
Let me tell ya now.
Uh-huh.
Mmhhmmm.

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.
Na, na, na, na.

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 tear stains on the ground, yeah.
Following the girl I didn't even want around.

Let me tell ya 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...
Oh, ha.

Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I want...
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I need...
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I want...
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I need...

Oh, just one more chance
To show you that I love you.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby!
I want you back.

Forget what happened then
(I want you back.)
And let me live again!

Oh, baby, I was blind to let you go,
But now, since I see you in his arms,
I want you back.

Spare me of this cause
(I want you back.)
Give me back what I lost!

Oh, baby, I need one more chance—ha—
I tell you that I love you.
Baby, oh! Baby, oh! Baby, oh!
I want you back!

Forget what happened then
(I want you back.)
And let me live again!