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I’ve Got to Be There Lyrics by William Katt

Pardon My English

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[MAN, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen
Please welcome back to the Club Twenty One
Our illustrious owner Golo singing
[GOLO/MICHAEL, spoken]
Me?
"I've Got to Be There" in A flat
"I Gotta Be There" in A flat
Two, three, four
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
When I keep seeing things and going places
My life has color
Without new songs, without new friends and faces
'Twould be much duller
Whenever people step up
To say, "Let's step tonight"
If I've been low, I pep up
Again the future's bright
Whenever there's a party I can go to
It makes the world seem right
When music is playing
And couples are swaying
Say, I've gotta be there
I've gotta be there
When joy's in the making
And ceilings are shaking
And there's never a care
I've gotta be there
Check my hat
And throw the stub away
I'm a lamb
Who's gone astray
When bottles are popping
And dignity's dropping
And the women are fair
I've gotta be there!
[WOMEN]
When music is playing
And couples are swaying
Say
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
I've gotta be there
[WOMEN]
He's gotta be there
When joy's in the making
And ceilings are shaking
And there's never a care
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
I've gotta be there
[WOMEN]
He's gotta be there
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
Check my hat
[WOMEN]
And throw the stub away
He's a lamb
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
Who's gone astray
[GOLO/MICHAEL & WOMEN]
When bottles are popping
And dignity's dropping
[GOLO/MICHAEL]
And the women are fair
I've gotta be there!
[Dance break.]
[GOLO/MICHAEL & ENSEMBLE]
When music is playing
And couples are swaying
Say, I've gotta be there
I've gotta be there
When joy's in the making
And ceilings are shaking
And there's never a care
I've gotta be there
Check my hat
And throw the stub away
I'm a lamb
Who's gone astray
When bottles are popping
And dignity's dropping
And the women are fair
I've gotta be there!
Credits

William Katt

About “I’ve Got to Be There” by William Katt

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"I’ve Got to Be There" appears on "Pardon My English".

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