Goin' Places is one of The Jacksons songs that's in the album, Goin' Places. This song was written and produced by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and had a promotional film clip that was filmed by The Jacksons.[1]
Lyrics
- I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m ridin’ in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m ridin’ in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I want to go
- To a different land
- Try my best
- To understand
- The different traditions
- And customs
- That people have, yeah
- The world is bigger
- Than this ole town
- I wanna get my feet up
- Off the ground
- I’ve saved up my money
- I’m leavin’ here today
- ’Cause I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I wanna get
- A first class seat
- Climbing so high up to forthy thousand feet
- It don’t take long
- To get where I wanna go, yeah
- I’m gonna have myself a ball
- This ole world I wanna see it all
- I got my clothes packed
- I’m leavin’ right away
- ’Cause I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’, goin’, goin’, goin’
- The world is bigger
- Than this ole town
- I wanna get my feet up
- Off the ground
- I’ve saved up my money
- I’m leavin’ right away
- ’Cause I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’ places
- I like the feelin’ I get
- When I’m riding in a jet
- Say I’m goin’, goin’, goin’, goin’
- Goin’, goin’, goin’, goin’
- Ad libs
- (New York, look out here we come)
- Here we, here we come, yeah
- (Detroit, look out here we come)
- Detroit, here we come
- (D.C., look out here we come)
- D.C., look out here we come
- (L.A., look out here we come)
- L.A., look out here we come
- (Houston, look out here we come)
- Houston, look out here we come
- (Chicago, Philadelphia)
- Gary, Indiana
- (I say we’re going accross the water)
- Going accross the water
- (Going accross the water)
- Going, goin’, goin’ places
- (Japan, look out here come)
- Come on, yeah
- (England, look out here we come)
- England
- (Scotland, look out here we come)
- Look out, look out here we come
- (I say Philipines)
- Yes, indeed
- (Russia, China, goin’ to Africa)
- Going accross the water
- Going accross the water, yeah
- First class sit
- I’m gonna see it all
- Get it on
Charts
It charted at no.8 on the R&B singles chart and no.52 on the Hot 100 in the US, and no.26 in the UK.
In Goin' Places
This song is the 2nd song in this album.[2]
References
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