Michael Jackson
We've Got a Good Thing Going lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:03
Ooh-ooh
Ah-ah
Yeah, yeah
Alright
Love hurt, love hurt
Yeah, yeah
Uh-huh
Now, that girl
She does something to my chemistry
And when I'm close I'm sure
I raise her temperature
'Bout three degrees
Every day, yeah
In every way she makes my motor purr
And I reciprocate
My life I dedicate to lovin' her
So we've got a good thing going (good thing going)
A real good thing going, yeah (good thing going)
My girl and me (woo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
And I don't have to ask (ooh, ooh)
'Cause I know it's gon' last eternally (ooh, ooh)
Understandin'
Whenever handing any alibis
Instead of what you do (ooh, ooh)
Where you been or what's the use
We make it nice (c'mon it's so nice, nice, nice)
You see we've got a good thing going (good thing going)
A real good thing going, yeah (good thing going)
That girl and me (woo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
And she don't have to ask (ooh, ooh)
'Cause she knows it's gon' last eternally (ooh, ooh)
Said we've got a good, good, good, good, good thing going (good thing going)
A real good thing going, yeah
Yeah that girl and me (woo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
And we don't have to ask (ooh, ooh)
'Cause we know it's gon' last eternally (ooh, ooh)
Said we've got together (good thing going)
We got a thing together (a real good thing going, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, alright (woo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
We gonna beam together
Ah, ah, we should have got it going good
Said we've got a good thing going
A real good thing going, yeah, yeah
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Key vocabulary
- close
- near in distanceA1
- ooh-ooh
- express disapproval, fear
- ah-ah
- show realization or refusal
- alright
- okay; fine
- uh-huh
- yes; agreeing
- woo-doo-doo-doo-doo
- playful chant/sound
- ask
- request an answerA1
- cause
- make happenA2
- don't
- do notA1
- going
- moving toward a placeA1
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About this song
Michael Jackson was an American singer known for his groundbreaking role in the development of pop music, alongside R&B and funk-pop. He rose from the Jackson 5 to a dominant solo career marked by albums Off the Wall and Thriller and by major singles including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”