Michael Jackson
What Goes Around Comes Around lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:32
What goes around, comes around
I've had my eyes on you
For three long years
When no one else wanted you
I took you in and held you near
But then you drifted away
After you said you'd always stay
How could you be so mean and untrue?
He didn't want you until he'd seen
What my love did for you, yeah
Ooh baby, what goes around, comes around
I knew he'd soon be gone
Yeah baby, he put you down, now you're the clown
And you want me to come back home
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I've had no love affairs
For three long years
Remember how I used to care
When you were down, I dried your tears
Who did you think was the fool?
I let you treat me so cruel
This is the moment of truth for you
Do you think your playing is through?
I don't think I can trust you
Ooh baby, what goes around, comes around
I knew he'd soon be gone
Yeah baby, he put you down, now you're the clown
And you want me to come back home?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
What goes around, comes around
He put you down, now you're the clown
Yeah, yeah, baby, what goes around, comes around
I knew he'd soon be gone
Na na baby, he put you down, now you're the clown
And you want me to come back home?
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Key vocabulary
- i've
- I have
- drifted
- moved slowlyC1
- you'd
- you would
- didn't
- did notA2
- he'd
- he had; he would
- knew
- past of knowA2
- how
- in what wayA1
- when
- at what timeB1
- near
- close byA1
- one
- a single numberA1
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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.”