The Jacksons – Goin’ Places

* Produced and composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff

Title track of the Jacksons second album, issued in October 1977.

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.

A promotional film ckip was filmed by the Jacksons.

Goin’ Places – 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