I Want You Back
Michael Jackson & Jackson Five Lyrics

When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around
I didn't appreciate your presence when you were always around me.

Those pretty faces always make you stand out in a crowd
Your beauty used to attract attention of others.

But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance is all it took
Someone else noticed your beauty and took you away from me with just one look.

Now it's much too late for me to take a second look
It's too late for me to realize my mistake and try to win you back.

Oh baby, give me one more chance (To show you that I love you)
Please give me another opportunity to prove my love to you.

Won't you please let me back in your heart
Can you please forgive me and allow me to be a part of your life again?

Oh darlin', I was blind to let you go (Let you go, baby)
I regret letting you go, my love. I was foolish not to realize your worth.

But now since I've seen you it is on (I want you back)
Seeing you again has reignited my love for you and I want you back in my life.

Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night
Being away from you is causing me emotional pain and suffering.

Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right
I want to prove to you that I am capable of making right decisions and treating you right.

Every street you walk on, I leave tear stains on the ground
Your absence brings me to tears and my emotions are visible everywhere I go.

Following the girl I didn't even want around
I am now following you, the same girl I once took for granted and didn't appreciate.

All I want, All I need, All I want!, All I need!
You are my everything, my desire, and my necessity.

Forget what happened then (I want you back)
Let's forget the past and start anew. I want you back in my life.

Spare me of this cost (I want you back)
I don't want to pay the price of losing you. I want you back.

Give me back what I lost
Please return to me the love and happiness I lost when I let you go.

Oh baby, I need one more chance, hah (I'd show you that I love you)
Please give me one more opportunity to prove my genuine love for you.

Baby baby baby baby baby baby (I want you back)
I want you back so badly that I can't help but keep saying it repeatedly.

Oh baby, I was blind to let you go
I now realize that I was blind to let go of someone as amazing and special as you.

But now since I've seen you it is on (I want you back)
Seeing you again has reawakened my true feelings for you, and I want to be with you again.